La Chat-Botte

GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – A group of Geneva’s top restaurants have a treat in store for lovers of fine food and wine who happily realize that the free concerts at the Geneva Festival leave them with something to spend the week after the city’s big summer party ends.

“Restaurant Week” from 15-20 August will see haute cuisine meals for CHF50 for two courses, one of which is dessert plus amuse-bouche and coffee, or three courses, amuse-bouche and coffee for CHF65 each, prices well below what diners usually pay.

The Restaurant Week idea for Geneva began with Chat-Botté, the Michelin-starred restaurant at Hotel Beau-Rivage, in February.

It was such a success with the public that two others have joined in what they hope will become a growing, annual Geneva event: Rasoi at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel and the Windows at Hôtel d’Angleterre.

Details, Savouring Switzerland food blog

Check out Nextstop‘s brilliant list of all the trendiest night spots in Lausanne! (from Rambling Epicure, Jonell Galloway-White, on GenevaLunch)

Zurich, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – GaultMillau has awarded its coveted title of Swiss chef of the year 2010 to Andreas Caminada, the second time the chef has been given this distinction. Caminada tends the stoves at Schloss Schauenstein in Fuerstenau, Graubuenden, which has 19 points. He won the title in 2008 as well.

GaultMillau includes 816 restaurants in its 2010 Swiss guide, none of which have 20 points, but eight of which have 19 (five are in French-speaking Switzerland). The promising young chef of the year for French-speaking Switzerland is Pierrick Suter at the Hôtel de la Gare in Lucens, Vaud.

Links to other sites: Lake Geneva region tourism office, GaultMillau and Michelin restaurants list