Gault Millau

Gault Millau

Is one of the most influential French restaurant guides founded by two restaurant critics, Henri Gault (1929-2000) and Christian Millau in 1965. Gault Millau is most famous for its rating system, on a scale of 1 to 20. Restaurants below 10 points are almost never listed. The points are awarded strictly based on the quality of the food with any comments about service, price or the atmosphere of the restaurant given separately. Based on this rating, high ranking restaurants may display one to four toques. In common with the Guide Michelin, but unlike many other guides, Gault Millau does not accept payment for listing restaurants.


Cristian Millau is a food critic and author. In 1965 he founded the restaurant guide Le Nouveau Guide with Henri Gault and Andre Gayot. [1] He was originally slated to be one of the judges at the historic Judgment of Paris wine tasting event of 1976 but was replaced by his brother Claude Dubois-Millot.[2]




Guide des restaurants fantômes. Ou les ridicules de la société française. Plon 2007 ISBN 9782259206990
Dieu est-il Gascon ? Le Rocher 2006 ISBN 2-268-05775-5
Bon baiser du goulag. Secrets de famille. PLON 2004 ISBN 2-259-19976-3
Commissaire Corcoran Editions Feryane 2004 ISBN 2-84011-701-0
Paris m'a dit: Années 50, fin d'une époque Fallois 2000 ISBN 2877063887
Au galop des hussards: Dans le tourbillon littéraire des années 50 Fallois 1999 ISBN 2877063461
Grand Prix de l' Académie française de la biographie, Prize Joseph Kessel.
The Best of Paris Gault-Millau 1994 ISBN 1881066037
Les fous du palais: Drôle de voyage au pays des gourmands R. Laffont 1994 ISBN 222107985X
The Best of London Gault-Millau 1990 ISBN 0130731803
The Best of Los Angeles Gault-Millau 1988 ISBN 0130760684
The Best of San Francisco & Northern California Hungry Minds Inc. 1988 ISBN 0130760846
La France à la carte Gault-Millau 1986 ISBN 2851084410
Dining in France Stewart, Tabori & Chang 1986 ISBN 0283993952