Festival des Étoilés Monte-Carlo 2026 — The Six Most Anticipated Dinners of the Riviera Year
From 13 May to 14 November 2026, the most Michelin-starred resort in the world hosts a series of one-night-only dinners that has no equivalent anywhere in European gastronomy. The Festival des Étoilés Monte-Carlo — now in its sixth edition — pairs the four Michelin-starred chefs of Monte-Carlo Société des Bains de Mer with international guest chefs of the same calibre, for six exceptional four-hands evenings across the resort's starred restaurants, before closing with a single gala in November at which all of SBM's Michelin chefs cook together.
Each evening is unrepeatable. A specific room. A specific date. Two chefs at the pass. A menu designed once and never served again. For guests staying at Villa Monaco in Cap-d'Ail — within ten minutes of every venue — these dinners are the case for organising a Riviera trip around a single date in the calendar.
The Format
How a Four-Hands Dinner Actually Works
A quatre-mains dinner is, on paper, a collaboration. In practice it is something rarer — two chefs who would each be the centre of attention on any other night, choosing to share the pass for one evening only. A single menu is designed jointly, dish by dish, with each chef leading on the courses closest to their signature. The resident chef brings their kitchen brigade, the equipment, the wine cellar, and the rhythm of their dining room. The guest chef brings produce, ideas and the small differences that turn a great restaurant into one specific, unrepeatable evening.
The 2026 edition — the festival's sixth year — pairs Monte-Carlo SBM's four Michelin-starred chefs (Alain Ducasse, Yannick Alléno, Marcel Ravin and Dominique Lory) with six international guests of comparable seniority. Three-star colleagues, Meilleurs Ouvriers de France, chefs from Stockholm to Marseille. The format concludes on 14 November with a single closing gala at which all four SBM Michelin chefs cook together — a configuration that, outside of this festival, simply does not happen.
The Programme
The Six Four-Hands Dinners of 2026
Each dinner below is a one-night-only collaboration. Dinners marked past have already taken place; the four remaining dinners — plus the closing gala — are open for reservations through the individual restaurant lines or via the Villa Monaco concierge. Sales close on each dinner as soon as the room is full, which has typically happened weeks in advance.
Marcel Ravin × Glenn Viel
The festival opened with Marcel Ravin (Blue Bay, two stars) hosting Glenn Viel of L'Oustau de Baumanière (three stars) — Ravin's Caribbean-Mediterranean signature met Viel's sun-soaked Provençal cuisine for a single evening on the Larvotto seafront.
Dominique Lory × Christophe Moret
A reunion. Lory and Moret first worked together at Plaza Athénée and Spoon, then again at Le Louis XV. Twenty years on, Lory at the Le Grill pass and Moret now Executive Chef at Domaine Les Crayères — together for one night under the retractable roof of the Hôtel de Paris.
Yannick Alléno × Gérald Passedat
Alléno at the counter of Pavyllon hosts Gérald Passedat — for many years the only three-star chef in Marseille, and one of the great voices of Mediterranean cuisine. A meeting of two distinctly French sensibilities: Alléno's modernist precision and Passedat's deeply rooted sea-side cooking.
Ravin & D'Antonio × Christopher Coutanceau
A summer highlight on Monte-Carlo Beach. Marcel Ravin and Domenico d'Antonio at Elsa — the only fully organic-certified Michelin restaurant on the immediate coast — collaborate with Christopher Coutanceau, the La Rochelle three-star chef who has built his reputation entirely around sustainable seafood. A meeting of three ocean philosophies on a single terrace.
Yannick Alléno × Martino Ruggieri
The festival resumes after the summer break at L'Abysse Monte-Carlo — Alléno's omakase counter that gained two Michelin stars within its first eight months. Italian chef Martino Ruggieri joins from his Milan and Paris kitchens, blending Mediterranean precision with the Japanese discipline of the L'Abysse format. Counter seating only.
Ducasse & Pilon × Björn Frantzén
The most anticipated evening of the 2026 festival. Alain Ducasse and Emmanuel Pilon host Sweden's Björn Frantzén — chef of the three-Michelin-starred Frantzén in Stockholm and one of only a handful of chefs in the world to hold three stars at multiple addresses simultaneously. Three of the most decorated kitchens in modern gastronomy, on a single Tuesday in September, in Monaco's most storied dining room.
Each evening is unrepeatable. A specific room, a specific date, a menu designed once and never served again.
The Closing Gala
One Evening, All Four Chefs
Where the rest of the festival presents one resident chef at a time hosting one international guest, the closing gala does the opposite. On 14 November 2026, in the Salle Empire of the Hôtel de Paris Monte-Carlo, the four SBM Michelin chefs — Alain Ducasse, Yannick Alléno, Marcel Ravin and Dominique Lory — come together for a single collective menu in which each contributes courses to a tasting that, by definition, can only happen here, this once.
The Four SBM Michelin Chefs · One Evening
The Salle Empire is the Hôtel de Paris's grand ceremonial dining room — the same room used for the Bal de la Rose and the Red Cross Gala. For the Festival des Étoilés closing dinner, the room is reconfigured around the chefs themselves, who cook collectively rather than from separate kitchens. Dress is black tie; reservations are made directly through Monte-Carlo SBM.
How to Book
Securing a Table at a One-Night-Only Dinner
Festival des Étoilés dinners are not advance-sale tickets in the festival sense — each evening is sold as a regular reservation at the host restaurant, but with the menu fixed to the four-hands collaboration and the room typically configured to a single seating. Capacity is therefore tighter than usual, and tables are released in the weeks leading up to each date through the restaurant directly.
Three booking routes:
- Direct by telephone — the most reliable. Reservation lines for each venue are listed alongside each dinner card above.
- Monte-Carlo SBM online — at montecarlosbm.com
- Villa Monaco concierge — for guests of the villa, the concierge team handles reservations directly with SBM, including for the closing gala in November. For evenings that appear fully booked, late releases and waitlist placements are also possible by this route.
Dress code is smart elegant for all venues, jacket required at Le Louis XV, and black tie for the closing gala in November.
Where to Stay
Villa Monaco — Eight Minutes from Every Venue
All six Festival des Étoilés dinners take place within Monte-Carlo Société des Bains de Mer — Pavyllon and L'Abysse at the Hôtel Hermitage, Le Grill and Le Louis XV at the Hôtel de Paris, Blue Bay at the Monte-Carlo Bay, Elsa on the Monte-Carlo Beach, and the gala at the Hôtel de Paris's Salle Empire. From Villa Monaco's gate in Cap-d'Ail, every venue is within an eight- to ten-minute private chauffeur transfer — close enough to arrive without urgency, far enough that the evening ends in silence rather than the hum of a city-centre hotel.
For guests building a Riviera trip around the Festival, the villa's concierge can arrange the dinner reservation, the chauffeur both ways, dress and styling assistance, and — if desired — a complementary private chef evening at the villa the night before or after, as a quieter counterpoint to the public room.
Frequently Asked
Festival des Étoilés Monte-Carlo 2026 — FAQ
What is the Festival des Étoilés Monte-Carlo?
The Festival des Étoilés is an annual series of one-night-only "four-hands" dinners organised by Monte-Carlo Société des Bains de Mer. Each evening, a resident Michelin-starred SBM chef hosts an international Michelin-starred guest chef at one of the resort's six starred restaurants. 2026 is the festival's sixth edition.
When does the 2026 Festival des Étoilés take place?
From 13 May to 14 November 2026. Six four-hands dinners are spread across spring, summer and early autumn, followed by a closing gala on 14 November at the Salle Empire of the Hôtel de Paris.
Which chefs are participating in 2026?
SBM resident chefs Alain Ducasse and Emmanuel Pilon (Le Louis XV), Yannick Alléno (L'Abysse & Pavyllon), Marcel Ravin (Blue Bay & Elsa) and Dominique Lory (Le Grill) host international guests Glenn Viel, Christophe Moret, Gérald Passedat, Christopher Coutanceau, Martino Ruggieri and Björn Frantzén across the six dinners.
How do I book a Festival des Étoilés dinner?
Reservations are made directly with each restaurant by telephone, online at montecarlosbm.com, or through the Villa Monaco concierge. Each dinner has limited capacity and books out in advance — for popular evenings such as the Le Louis XV × Björn Frantzén dinner on 23 September, multiple weeks of advance booking is typical.
What is the closing gala?
The closing gala takes place on 14 November 2026 in the Salle Empire of the Hôtel de Paris Monte-Carlo. Unlike the four-hands dinners, the gala features all four SBM Michelin chefs cooking together on a single collective menu — a configuration that does not occur elsewhere in the year. Dress code is black tie.
How much does a Festival des Étoilés dinner cost?
Prices vary by venue and reflect the host restaurant's normal Michelin tasting-menu range — broadly €200–€350 per person for one- and two-star evenings, and from €420 for the three-star evening at Le Louis XV. Wine pairings are additional. The closing gala is sold separately as a black-tie evening with a single inclusive price.
What is the dress code?
Smart elegant for all evenings; jacket required for men at Le Louis XV (dinner on 23 September). The closing gala on 14 November is black tie.
Where should I stay for the Festival?
The dinners take place across multiple SBM properties (Hôtel de Paris, Hôtel Hermitage, Monte-Carlo Bay and Monte-Carlo Beach). A single private base outside the resort cluster is often the most elegant solution — Villa Monaco in Cap-d'Ail, three minutes from the Monaco border and eight to ten minutes from every Festival venue, is one of the few luxury rentals on the Riviera close enough for an unhurried arrival at any of the venues.