One year after the death of chef Jean-Luc Tartarin, his wife announced the closure of his Michelin-starred restaurant in Le Havre (Seine-Maritime), Friday April 3. She gives one last meeting to her husband’s cooking lovers.
For many Le Havre residents, this is probably the address where, for the first time (and perhaps even the only time), they tasted the dishes of a star chef. People came there to celebrate birthdays, major events, or simply treat themselves to the pleasure of a tasty and unforgettable meal.
One year after the death of Jean-Luc Tartarin, two-star chef, the restaurant that bears his name will close its doors. An announcement made this Friday April 3, 2026 by his wife, Annabelle Tartarin. She will definitively draw the curtain at 73, avenue Foch on May 16.
Three weeks ago, the restaurant was once again listed in the famous Michelin Guide. “All this year, we worked hard, so hard with the whole team to keep the star, proudly underlines the chef’s wife in her message. This gratification was important.”
I have already written it, I tell you: “Jean Luc, we offer you this star”. It was very, very important for all of us, for me.
It was Valentin Vabre, the chef’s assistant, who took over in the kitchen, with part of the team who had been working since the opening of the establishment in 2008.
“It has been a sublime adventure for two over all these years, and with the whole team but for two with Jean-Luc. And like all great adventures, they must end”, continues, moved, the widow of the chef who was for a long time the only one in Normandy to display two stars (before losing one in 2023).
A few days before the final closure, a final meeting is given to lovers of this cuisine on May 13 for a four-handed dinner with Philippe Hardy, chef of Le Mascaret in Blainville-sur-Mer and “Jean-Luc’s friend of all people”.
“In the meantime, I invite many of you to come and visit us, say goodbye, and celebrate with us this magnificent adventure that this Jean-Luc Tartarin restaurant has been”, invites the hostess.
