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Top 25 Chef-driven restaurants based in France

Name: Chef-driven restaurants based in France
Creator: RevenueBase
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 19, 2026 1,110 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 1,110 chef-driven restaurants headquartered in France as of September 2026 and tracks 7,843 professional contacts across them, including 689 with verified work emails. Paris is the largest hub.

This list covers chef-driven restaurants headquartered in France, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 19, 2026.

Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.

How to read this list HQ checked on every row RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row Refreshed Sep 19, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review

1,110Companies

7,843Contacts tracked

689Verified emails

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The 25 largest chef-driven restaurants based in France

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 1,110 chef-driven restaurants based in France, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 19, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to chef-driven restaurants: strong evidence (its own description names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on the rest of its profile rather than the description shown). Click a contact count to view that company's people.
#	Company	RevenueBase Smart Search	Headquarters	Employees	Contacts
1	Groupe Crescendo Restauration	Indirect evidence	Estillac, FranceHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1,001-5,000	372 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Crescendo Restauration, depuis 1992, a pour concept de cuisiner des plats traditionnels et de saison devant les clients par nos équipes le matin même.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
2	Yarzin Sella High-End Food Services	Partial evidence	Paris, FranceHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	201-500	204 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Founded in 1988, Yarzin-Sella is a leading culinary group with a portfolio of over 30 concept restaurants and a boutique brewery.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
3	Serenest By Vermaat	Indirect evidence	Asnières-sur-seine, FranceHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	501-1,000	203 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Serenest by Vermaat, une famille de passionnés de cuisine et de bons produits, un acteur de la restauration d'entreprise depuis 2016!” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
4	Groupe Yannick Alléno	Partial evidence	Paris, FranceHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1,001-5,000	174 contacts →
	Partial evidence “En 2008, Yannick Alléno fonde le Groupe du même nom afin de fédérer autour de sa vision une équipe de talents, cheffes et chefs, femmes et hommes de salle.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
5	Saintclair	Indirect evidence	Saint-cloud, FranceHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	167 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Saintclair crée une cuisine vive, à la fois simple et astucieuse.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
6	LA Môme Groupe	Indirect evidence	Cannes, FranceHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	119 contacts →
	Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
7	Agapes Restauration	Indirect evidence	Villeneuve D'ascq, FranceHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	5,001-10,000	114 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Agapes Restauration est un éco-système de marques de restaurations telles que Salad & Co, Il Ristorante, 3 Brasseurs, Magna; et développe également une activité de préparation et…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
8	Loulou Restaurants	Indirect evidence	Paris, FranceHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	201-500	108 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Inspired by the imagination and audacity of Loulou de la Falaise, Yves-Saint-Laurent's muse, Loulou is a free spirit, a hedonist and a scholar who cultivates elegance, discreet…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
9	Groupe Bourdoncle	Partial evidence	Paris, FranceHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	501-1,000	101 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Fondé il y a plus de 25 ans, le Groupe Bourdoncle est aujourd’hui une référence incontournable dans le paysage des brasseries et restaurants traditionnels en France.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
10	Lecointre Paris	Partial evidence	La Garenne-colombes, FranceHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	91 contacts →
	Partial evidence “LECOINTRE PARIS c'est l’histoire d’une passion commune et de 14 restaurants d’entreprises engagés.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
11	Groupe Tour D'argent	Indirect evidence	Paris, FranceHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	64 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Riche d’une histoire séculaire, la Tour d’Argent dirigée par André Terrail est une maison familiale, chaleureuse et profondément ancrée dans son époque.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
12	Midi ET Demi	Indirect evidence	Saint Herblain, FranceHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	201-500	63 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Une restauration d'Entreprise simple et inspirée dans un cadre convivial.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
13	Gusto Family	Indirect evidence	Nice, FranceHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	201-500	56 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Installée sur la Riviera et dans le cœur des Niçois depuis 1968, la Gusto Family c’est bien plus qu’une équipe, c’est une vraie famille qui se réunit pour servir ses clients.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
14	Qualité&co	Indirect evidence	Paris, FranceHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	51 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Chez Qualité & Co, nous remettons le sens du service au cœur de la restauration en entreprise.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
15	LES Fils À Maman	Indirect evidence	Paris, FranceHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	50 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Pour la petite histoire… Comme celle que vous racontait votre maman avant de dormir.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
16	Frenchie	Partial evidence	Paris, FranceHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	47 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Le chef Greg Marchand a commencé son voyage culinaire dans l’ouest de la France à l’âge de 15 ans.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
17	LA Scaleta	Indirect evidence	Blois, FranceHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	42 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Depuis plus de 35 ans, La Scaleta, c’est une histoire d’amour pour l’Italie!” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
18	Eleni Group	Indirect evidence	Paris, FranceHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	41 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Depuis 2019, Eleni Group transforme la restauration en un terrain d’innovation et d’expériences inoubliables.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
19	LES Maisons Marcon	Partial evidence	Saint-bonnet-le-froid, FranceHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	37 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Au cœur de Saint-Bonnet-le-Froid, les Maisons Marcon rassemblent plusieurs lieux dédiés au bien-être et à la gastronomie : restaurant gastronomique, bistrot, hôtels, spa…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
20	Auguste ET Ferdinand	Indirect evidence	Lambersart, FranceHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	36 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Auguste et Ferdinand est un concept unique alliant artisanat, savoir-faire et dynamisme spécialisé dans la boulangerie, la pâtisserie, le traiteur, le burger et la restauration.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
21	Lapérouse	Partial evidence	Paris, FranceHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	35 contacts →
	Partial evidence “L'iconique restaurant Lapérouse hibernera quelques semaines pour parfaire ses fresques et ses lustres - avant sa ré-ouverture courant 2019.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
22	LA Maison Restaurant	Indirect evidence	Lyon, FranceHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	33 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Bienvenue dans votre nouvelle Maison Une grande maison bourgeoise aux charmes préservés ouverte sur un vaste jardin, des volumes intérieurs gargantuesques et une déco signée par…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
23	Diabolo Poivre	Indirect evidence	Strasbourg, FranceHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	201-500	32 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Chez DIABOLO POIVRE, nous pensons que ce qui fait le sel de la vie, c’est l’envie que l’on met dans chaque chose, l’envie que l’on a à accomplir ce que l’on aime faire.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
24	LA Belle Histoire Groupe	Partial evidence	Le Touquet Paris Plage, FranceHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	27 contacts →
	Partial evidence “La Belle Histoire, c’est une comptine qui se récite tous les jours par nos équipes dans nos restaurants/bars au Touquet-Paris-Plage.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
25	Maison Faber Lascombes	Partial evidence	Bordeaux, FranceHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	26 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Maison Faber Lascombes, c'est avant tout l'esprit de famille." Des restaurants chaleureux et épicuriens, toujours fidèles au Sud-Ouest - La Brasserie Bordelaise à Bordeaux, rue…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026

RevenueBase Smart Search

RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: chef-driven restaurants. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.

Strong evidence: The company's own public description of its business names chef-driven restaurants.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of chef-driven restaurants, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name chef-driven restaurants. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.

RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.

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Chef-driven restaurants based in France at a glance

As of Sep 19, 2026

8.8%Verified-email coverage

7.1Average contacts per company

1-10Median size (employees)

19.0%Largest-city concentration · Paris

Sep 19, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10

704

11-50

293

51-200

201-500

501-1,000

1,001-5,000

5,001-10,000

Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for France, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for France, over 1,110 companies.

How this list was built

Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among chef-driven restaurants, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.

Source: The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
What qualifies: Companies headquartered in France whose own description of what they do matches “chef-driven restaurants”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
RevenueBase Smart Search: RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names chef-driven restaurants), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
What we exclude: Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among chef-driven restaurants, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside France are excluded even when they keep an office there.
Match quality: In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
Ranking: Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
Verification: Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 689 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
Refresh: This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 19, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Corrections: Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.

Chef-driven restaurants by metro

Chef-driven restaurants in Paris211
Chef-driven restaurants in Lyon33
Chef-driven restaurants in Marseille25
Chef-driven restaurants in Toulouse25

Frequently asked

What is RevenueBase Smart Search?

RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names chef-driven restaurants, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.

How many chef-driven restaurants are there based in France?

RevenueBase identified 1,110 chef-driven restaurants headquartered in France as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.

What is the largest company on this list?

Groupe Crescendo Restauration, headquartered in Estillac, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most chef-driven restaurants?

Paris leads with 211 headquartered companies, followed by Lyon (33) and Marseille (25).

How do I get contact information for these companies?

A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 689 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 1,110 companies.

How current is this list?

The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 19, 2026.

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RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.