Tom Meyer, Grand de Demain & Meilleur ouvrier de France

Sylvie Berkowicz | 11/21/22

In April 2022, 420 competitors took part in the first round of the 27th Meilleur ouvrier de France (MOF) competition in the cook-cook category; then 158 in September, for the eliminatory round; and finally 30 for the final, held in Grenoble on November 16 and 17, during which only 8 cooks were crowned. One of them was 29-year-old Tom Meyer, one of the "109" revealed by Gault&Millau last September. We spoke to him the day after his victory.

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