{"id":24228,"date":"2026-01-26T11:06:39","date_gmt":"2026-01-26T10:06:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/amoiel.ch\/non-categorise\/quentin-philippe-a-starry-road\/"},"modified":"2026-07-22T12:06:49","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T10:06:49","slug":"quentin-philippe-a-starry-road","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amoiel.ch\/en\/portrait\/quentin-philippe-a-starry-road\/","title":{"rendered":"Quentin Philippe, a starry road"},"content":{"rendered":"

The year 2024 will be remembered as a vintage one. In that year, Quentin Philippe gave birth to his son, Arakel was awarded a Gault & Millau rating of 15 and, above all, the establishment was awarded its first Michelin star. Originally conceived as a wine bar, the place has evolved into a full-fledged restaurant, in keeping with the ambitions it had from the outset. The chef confides: “In 2024, everything came together at breakneck speed, like a tidal wave. And if the restaurant is regularly fully booked, it has become a precious habit that we must maintain.” <\/p>\n

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Chef Quentin Philippe behind the stoves at Arakel \u00a9DR<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Consistency<\/h2>\n

Today, Quentin Philippe sums up the past year in one word: consistency. A requirement dictated, on the one hand, by obtaining the star and, on the other, by a constant desire to improve. This involves attention to detail: a change of crockery for the cheese, a few jobs around the establishment, but also a refusal to rest on his laurels. With humility, however, the chef makes it clear that he is not in the race for the stars: “When the philosophy is clear and you take care to build on what you’ve learned, the path naturally leads to great things. <\/p>\n

True to the spirit of his early days at Arakel, Quentin Philippe looks back on the genesis of the project: “For me, Arakel was the beginning of a culinary adventure in which I really took sides to defend my cuisine. Today, this cuisine is sincere, clear and fully assumed. After a period when technicality was paramount, the chef has refocused on the essentials: the product, gourmet delights and emotion. The dishes evolve with the seasons and the producers, without rigidity, with a single ambition: to hit the mark. Here, every dish counts, not to demonstrate savoir-faire, but to leave a lasting impression. Because beyond the star, what Quentin Philippe seeks above all is to create a memory: the precise moment that the customer will never forget, and which gives his profession its full meaning. <\/p>\n

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Chef Quentin Philippe \u00a9DR<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The future…<\/h2>\n

For the coming year, the chef is looking ahead without haste. Consolidating what already exists, developing Arakel in small steps and continuing to surprise without betraying himself: the ambition is there, discreet but very real. More than a destination, Arakel is part of a movement, that of a restaurant in constant maturation, driven by a sensitive cuisine and a chef who moves forward with precision. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Behind the stoves at Arakel, Quentin Philippe looks back over the past two intense years. Between winning his Michelin star and a constant desire to progress, let’s meet a humble and determined chef. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":24229,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"slim_seo":{"title":"Quentin Philippe, a starry road | Restaurant Geneva | Edouard Amoiel","description":"Behind the stoves at Arakel, Quentin Philippe looks back over the past two intense years. Between winning his Michelin star and a constant desire to progress, l"},"_slim_seo_primary_term_category":0,"_slim_seo_primary_term_post_tag":0,"_slim_seo_primary_term_restaurants-par-lieux":0,"_slim_seo_primary_term_style-de-restaurant":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[358],"tags":[],"restaurants-par-lieux":[353],"style-de-restaurant":[],"class_list":["post-24228","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-portrait","restaurants-par-lieux-geneva"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/amoiel.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24228","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/amoiel.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/amoiel.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amoiel.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amoiel.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24228"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/amoiel.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24228\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27183,"href":"https:\/\/amoiel.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24228\/revisions\/27183"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amoiel.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24229"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/amoiel.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24228"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amoiel.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24228"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amoiel.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24228"},{"taxonomy":"restaurants-par-lieux","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amoiel.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/restaurants-par-lieux?post=24228"},{"taxonomy":"style-de-restaurant","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amoiel.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/style-de-restaurant?post=24228"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}