Michelin awards star to vegan restaurant for the first time in France - The Guardian
A vegan restaurant in south-west France has won a Michelin star, the first for an establishment serving only animal-free products in France.Claire Vallee runs the restaurant ONA – which stands for Origine Non Animale – in the city of Ares, near Bordeaux, which she launched in 2016 thanks to crowdfunding from supporters and a loan from a green bank.ONA is “the first vegan restaurant in France to win a starâ€, a Guide Michelin spokeswoman told AFP.Although now considered a pioneer for vegan cuisine in France, Vallee said she simply followed in the footsteps of others, singling out the late Jean-Christian Jury, who ran the Mano Verde restaurant in Berlin