Argentinian-born Italian crowned top chef in FranceFrance's influential GaultMillau guide has named Italian Mauro Colagreco chef of the year for combining French gourmet cuisine with culinary influences from Argentina and Italy. The Argentinian-born Italian chef at Mirazur restaurant in Menton on the Franco-Italian border has worked with the biggest names in French cuisine French cuisine is considered to be one of the world's most refined and elegant styles of cooking. The national cuisine known today has evolved from centuries of social and political change. : Bernard Loiseau Bernard Loiseau (January 13, 1951 – February 24, 2003) was a French chef. He was born in Chamalières. He decided to become a chef as a teenager, apprenticing at the famous restaurant Troisgros , Alain Passard Alain Passard (born August 4, 1956 at La Guerche in Brittany, France) is a French chef and owner of the three star restaurant L'Arpège, located in Paris. The son of musicians, Passard is also passionate about music, playing the saxophone. , Alain Ducasse Alain Ducasse (b. September 13th 1956 on a farm in Castel-Sarrazin in southwestern France) is a famous French chef. In addition to his Louis XV restaurant in Monaco, he also operates two self-titled restaurants at the Jumeirah Essex House in New York City and the Plaza Athénée in and Guy Martin. "He is a young prodigy who approaches cuisine like a virtuoso can tap into the rebel soul," said GaultMillau ahead of the release of its 2009 guide on Thursday. Italy and France are "two sources of inspiration for a signature cuisine that is free-minded," said GaultMillau. GaultMillau had designated Colagreco the gastronomic gas·tro·nom·ic also gas·tro·nom·i·cal adj. Of or relating to gastronomy. gas  tro·nom world's revelation of the year in 2007.
This year's award for best newcomer chef goes to Pascal Vuillemin, of Le Rive Gauche restaurant in Tours, while the Chateau de la Muire in Tinqueux in the Paris region was named establishment of the year. The GaultMillau guide rates a total of 3,500 restaurants in France. 
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