"Young chef Eugénie Béziat’s debut as the new chef of Espadon, the Hotel Ritz’s headliner restaurant, represented a daring departure from the conventions of luxury hotel restaurants in Paris. Instead of foie gras and truffles, Béziat’s very personal cooking references the flavors and produce she knew from her childhood in West Africa even as she shows off her supreme mastery of French culinary technique. The chef’s signature dish is her chicken yassa, which combines French and Senegalese flavors in an heirloom fowl from Houdan in the Yvelines. Located in the First Arrondissement." - Alexander Lobrano