Luxembourg’s gastronomic scene is celebrating this Monday 28 April. The Michelin Guide Belgium and Luxembourg 2025 star award ceremony took place in Antwerp and honoured several Luxembourg restaurants. The Léa Linster restaurant, headed by was awarded a second star. It’s a very fine accolade for the young chef, who works in Frisange in the restaurant founded by his mother Léa Linster. “This is a wonderful award for Louis, who, at only 34 years old, has the courage to create as he sees fit,” Léa Linster commented after the ceremony.

Louis Linster now wears a chef’s jacket with two red Michelin stars. Photo: Screenshot from the ceremony

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Louis Linster and his wife Njomza Musli. Photo: Screenshot from the ceremony

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Léa Linster, congratulating her son Louis during the 2025 edition of the Michelin Belux award ceremony, 28 April 2025. Photo: Screenshot from the ceremony

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The Michelin Guide has also chosen to award a star to Clovis Degrave for his work at Chef’s Table, a star to René Mathieu for Fields at Findel (and who thus gets his star back after leaving La Distillerie), and to Archibald de Prince, who recently opened his establishment.

“It’s a real pleasure to receive such an award,” commented Degrave. “We come to the ceremony every year to meet our colleagues, but this year, we were holding our breath. And when we saw our name, we were delighted and very moved! It’s a wonderful recognition for the entire team and it will help raise the profile of the restaurant even higher.”

René Mathieu has also been awarded a green star for his cuisine at Fields.

Clovis Degrave has received his first Michelin star for Chef’s Table. Photo: Screenshot from the ceremony

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Archibald de Prince has also been awarded a Michelin star. Photo: Screenshot from the ceremony

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René Mathieu received both a “classic” star and a green star for his cuisine at Fields. Photo: Screenshot from the ceremony

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And in Belgium

The Belgian gastronomic scene has also been widely awarded. A tribute was paid to chef Jonnie Boer (1965-2025) at the start of the ceremony. The Young Chef 2025 prize was awarded to Quentin Gallopyn of the Vicomté restaurant in Roucourt, who also received his first star. The Sommelier Award went to Laurenz Dierickx (Les Frères Louis in Ellezelles) and the Service Award went to not just one person, but an entire team: that of the Bozar Restaurant in Brussels.

Ten other restaurants received their first Michelin star: Eliane (Kobe Desramaults) in Brussels; Mémoire (Wouter Van Tichelen) in Bruges; Un max de Goût (Maxime Zimmer) in Comblain-au-Pont; Haut (Dimitri Proost) in Ostend; Le Beau Rivage by Curtis (Curtis Maquet) in Dave; La Botte (Guiseppe Giacomazza) in Ghent; Bistrot Blaise (François-Xavier Simon) in Marche-en-Famenne; Le Julien (Davy Devlieghere) in Lothenhulle; and Modest (Sander Spreeuwers) in Opglabbeek.

A green star was awarded to ‘T Gasthuis by Instroomart (Seppe Nobels) in Mechelen and to Sophie et Nicolas (Nicolas Septon) in Comblain-la-Tour.

House Colette (Thijs Vervloet) in Tongerlo was honoured with two stars.

And finally, the Boury establishments (Tim Boury) in Roeselare and Zilte (Viki Geunes) in Antwerp have received the highest distinction of three Michelin stars.

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