No ski resort on earth cooks at this altitude. Courchevel 1850 counts a three-star, several two-stars and one-stars within a few hundred metres of each other — a constellation of Michelin tables you can, in theory, ski between. Here are the ones that define the resort's table.
Courchevel is the most decorated dining destination in the Alps: across its villages the resort counts seven Michelin-starred restaurants and thirteen stars, and Courchevel 1850 is the epicentre. Within a few hundred metres sit the region's only three-star, a cluster of two-stars and a newly crowned one-star — most of them inside the Palace hotels. Add the mountain restaurants you ski to at lunch and the village institutions, and 1850 becomes a place you plan an itinerary of meals around, not just a base to sleep in. This guide covers the tables worth booking, where each one sits, and how to actually get a table.
Courchevel 1850 restaurants at a glance
| Restaurant | Distinction | Chef / house | Known for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Le 1947 · Cheval Blanc | ★★★ | Yannick Alléno | The resort's only three-star; sauce-driven haute cuisine |
| Le Chabichou | ★★ | Stéphane Buron | Decades-old institution, Savoie-rooted, its own hotel |
| Le Sarkara · K2 Palace | ★★ | Sébastien Vauxion | The world's first dessert-led starred restaurant |
| Baumanière 1850 · Le Strato | ★★ | Baumanière house | Provençal light and precision at altitude |
| L'Altitude · K2 Altitude | ★ (new 2026) | K2 Collections | Intimate room at the top of the resort |
| Cap Horn | Mountain | — | 1850's oldest mountain restaurant (1954), sun terrace |
| La Cave des Creux | Mountain | — | Authentic wood chalet on the pistes, sunny deck |
| Le Tremplin | Village | — | 55+ years on La Croisette, terrace over the slopes |
The Michelin tables
Le 1947 — three stars
The resort's summit. Le 1947, inside Cheval Blanc, holds three Michelin stars under Yannick Alléno — named for the year Courchevel was founded, and the only three-star table in the resort. Alléno's sauce-obsessed, intensely technical cooking is served in a serene fur-and-porcelain room; this is the destination dinner of a Courchevel trip, and the hardest table to get. Cheval Blanc, 190 Rue du Jardin Alpin. Book weeks ahead in peak weeks.
Le Chabichou — two stars
The institution. Le Chabichou, on Rue des Chenus, has carried Michelin recognition for decades — currently two stars under Stéphane Buron, a Meilleur Ouvrier de France who draws flavour out of Savoyard produce rather than burying it. It is the rare grande table that is a hotel-restaurant in its own right rather than a palace annexe, which lends it a warmth the marble lobbies can lack. Hôtel Le Chabichou, Rue des Chenus.
Le Sarkara — two stars, all dessert
Genuinely one of a kind. At Le K2 Palace, Sébastien Vauxion's Le Sarkara holds two stars as the world's first starred restaurant built entirely around dessert — a full savoury-to-sweet progression where fruit, herbs and pastry do the work meat usually does. There is nothing else like it in the Alps, and it is the table for anyone who thinks they have eaten everything. Le K2 Palace, Rue des Clarines.
Baumanière 1850 — two stars
The Provençal transplant. Inside Le Strato, Baumanière 1850 — the mountain outpost of the celebrated Baumanière house from Les Baux-de-Provence — holds two stars, bringing southern light, olive oil and precision to a sporty, family-owned hotel run by an Olympic-skiing family. It is the two-star that feels least like a hushed temple. Le Strato, Route de Bellecôte.
L'Altitude — one star (new for 2026)
The resort's newest star. At Le K2 Altitude, near the altiport, L'Altitude earned one Michelin star in 2026 for a menu that reads as a journey through the great French tradition. It is the more intimate, higher, quieter choice — the table for those staying at the top of 1850, away from the Croisette bustle. Le K2 Altitude, Route de l'Altiport.
On the mountain — lunch with a view
Not every great Courchevel meal is a starred dinner. The resort's mountain restaurants are a category of their own, and lunch on a sunny deck between runs is as much the point as any tasting menu.
Cap Horn
Cap Horn is 1850's oldest mountain restaurant, open since 1954, with a south-facing terrace by the altiport, a reputation for gastronomy and a serious wine list. Seafood platters, a glamorous lunch crowd and a DJ into the afternoon — it is the see-and-be-seen slope-side table.
La Cave des Creux
La Cave des Creux sits right on the pistes in an authentic wood chalet with a sunny deck over the ski area — the more rustic, mountain-food answer to Cap Horn, and a favourite ski-in lunch.
Le Tremplin
Down in the village, Le Tremplin has held its spot on La Croisette for more than 55 years, with a terrace looking over the main lifts and the slopes — a reliable, well-located lunch or dinner in the heart of 1850.
Booking, prices and when to go
Expect palace prices: the starred rooms sit firmly in the top tier, and a tasting menu with wine at Le 1947 or Le Sarkara is a special-occasion spend. Book well ahead — the three- and two-star tables fill weeks in advance for Christmas, New Year and February half-term, and many require a card to hold the reservation. If your budget is finite, spend it on one starred dinner and eat the rest of the week on the mountain and in the village, where a fine lunch costs a fraction of an evening tasting. Half-board at your hotel also covers a surprising amount of very good eating without a separate booking.
Plan the rest of your stay
Dinner is one piece of a Courchevel trip. Pair it with a Palace hotel — several of these tables are in-house — and read our guide to getting to Courchevel 1850 before you book flights. For the shape of a full week's spend, see the cost guide.
