--- title: "Le Carmin: 1-Star MICHELIN Restaurant in Beaune" description: "Le Carmin is Christophe Quéant's one-star restaurant on place Carnot, in the heart of Beaune, a few minutes' walk from the Hôtel-Dieu." url: https://www.cote-privee.com/restaurants/le-carmin-beaune lang: en updated: 2026-10-02 generated: 2026-10-08 image: https://www.cote-privee.com/og/restaurants/le-carmin-beaune.png --- # Le Carmin > Le Carmin: Christophe Quéant's poised, product-first cooking in a Renaissance house on place Carnot Le Carmin is in Beaune. 1 MICHELIN star · Menus from €50. Le Carmin is Christophe Quéant's one-star restaurant on place Carnot, in the heart of Beaune, a few minutes' walk from the Hôtel-Dieu. The chef cooks clear, seasonal food without artifice in a sixteenth-century house run with his wife Nathalie, and it is one of only two starred restaurants within the town itself. ## Key facts - Type: Starred restaurant · 1 MICHELIN star - Where: Beaune · Côte-d'Or - Location: In Beaune - Coordinates: 47.0226, 4.8378 - In Beaune itself - 1 MICHELIN star - Menus from €50 - Chef: Christophe Quéant - Cuisine: Modern French, market-driven - MICHELIN Guide 2026: [guide.michelin.com](https://guide.michelin.com/fr/fr/bourgogne-franche-comte/beaune/restaurant/le-carmin) - Official website: [restaurant-lecarmin.com](https://restaurant-lecarmin.com/) - In Beaune, where your driver is based. - €110 hotel to table and back with a [private driver](https://www.cote-privee.com/private-driver) - Lunch here on our [half-day wine tour, €290](https://www.cote-privee.com/wine-tours/half-day). ## Getting there Coming by train or plane? [Transfers from stations and airports](https://www.cote-privee.com/transfers) Book your table with the restaurant, then the car for the same evening. Your driver waits while you dine, up to 3 hours, and drives you back. ## The story Quéant grew up in the Oise, the grandson and great-grandson of pastry cooks, and trained at the hotel school of Breuil-le-Vert before cooking for some of the great names of French gastronomy, Joël Robuchon and Alain Ducasse among them. In Burgundy he won a star at Loiseau des Vignes in Beaune and another at the restaurant of the Château de Pommard, where he settled in 2012. In August 2013 he and Nathalie bought a Henri IV-period house on place Carnot, with its cellar, inner courtyard and an inscription dated 1585 above a top-floor window. After months of renovation Le Carmin opened in October 2014, and the star followed in the 2016 guide. ## The cooking Quéant describes his cooking as instinctive and unadorned: each ingredient is carefully sourced, preferably through short supply chains, then cooked simply so that flavour and texture carry the plate. The menus follow the market and the seasons, with classical touches that reflect his training, and the chef insists that nothing on the plate should be purely decorative. The dining room, dressed in pale tones by Nathalie Quéant, is calm and intimate. The wine list is not published online, so ask the team for Burgundy pairings on the night. ## Good to know The official site lists a lunch formula from about 50 euros, served except on public holidays, and tasting menus of four to six courses; the restaurant closes on Sunday, Monday and Tuesday lunchtime. Check the website for current menus and reserve ahead, especially during harvest and the Hospices de Beaune wine auction in November. With a private driver, a lunch here slots neatly into a day of tastings on the Côte de Beaune, and nobody in the party has to drive. Telephone: [+33 3 80 24 22 42](tel:+33380242242) ## Did you know? Christophe Quéant has won MICHELIN stars at three different Beaune-area addresses: Loiseau des Vignes, the restaurant of the Château de Pommard and, since 2016, Le Carmin. ## How the evening works 1. **Book your table**: Directly with the restaurant. Weekends, the harvest and the Hospices de Beaune auction in November fill up weeks ahead. 2. **Book the car**: Choose the restaurant on our booking page: pickup at your hotel at the time you like, and a fixed price for the return trip. 3. **Back to your hotel**: Your driver waits nearby while you dine, up to 3 hours, then drives you home. Nobody has to drive. ## Around Le Carmin What to see before dinner at Le Carmin, nearest first. ### Things to do - [Beaune Market (Marché de Beaune)](https://www.cote-privee.com/things-to-do/marche-de-beaune), 1 km away: Beaune's Saturday market fills the covered halls and squares facing the Hôtel-Dieu with local produce. - [Marché aux Vins](https://www.cote-privee.com/things-to-do/marche-aux-vins-beaune) (1 km away): Taste Burgundy wines in the cellars and chapels of a medieval Franciscan church facing the Hôtel-Dieu. - [Alain Hess Cheese Shop (Fromagerie Alain Hess)](https://www.cote-privee.com/things-to-do/fromagerie-alain-hess-beaune), 1 km away: Beaune's master cheesemonger on the place Carnot, and the creator of the Délice de Pommard cheese. ### Villages - [Beaune](https://www.cote-privee.com/villages/beaune) (1 km away): The wine capital of Burgundy, with the Hôtel-Dieu, old ramparts and cellars beneath its streets. - [Pommard](https://www.cote-privee.com/villages/pommard) (4 km away): A red-wine village between Beaune and Volnay, known for deep, firm Pinot Noir. - [Chorey-lès-Beaune](https://www.cote-privee.com/villages/chorey-les-beaune) (4 km away): A village on the gentle land just north of Beaune, known for supple and fruity reds. ### Châteaux - [Château de Beaune](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-beaune) (1 km away): Louis XI's fortress in the Beaune ramparts, now home to the Bouchard Père & Fils wine house. - [Château de Challanges](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-challanges) (3 km away): A 19th-century country house in a wooded park south-east of Beaune, now a hotel. - [Château de Pommard](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-pommard) (3 km away): A Régence château of 1726 and a 20-hectare walled vineyard at the entrance to Pommard. ### Restaurants - [Clos du Cèdre](https://www.cote-privee.com/restaurants/clos-du-cedre-beaune) (1 km away · 1 MICHELIN star): A winemaker's mansion by Beaune's ramparts, with a starred kitchen and a cellar of over 1,000 wines - [Table de Levernois](https://www.cote-privee.com/restaurants/table-de-levernois) (4 km away · 1 MICHELIN star): A Relais & Châteaux country house outside Beaune, with its own kitchen garden and 1,800 wines - [Auprès du Clocher](https://www.cote-privee.com/restaurants/aupres-du-clocher-pommard) (4 km away · 1 MICHELIN star): Pommard's newly starred table, where the butcher's son cooks beside the church ### Events - **Friday 13 – Sunday 15 November 2026 (Confirmed by the organiser)** · [Vente des Vins des Hospices de Beaune](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/vente-des-vins-hospices-de-beaune): Burgundy's great charity wine auction, first held in 1859 and now staged each November in Beaune's covered halls. (Wine auction · Beaune) - **Saturday 10 – Sunday 11 October 2026 (Confirmed by the organiser)** · [Salon de dégustation Pains Vins Fromages](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/salon-pains-vins-fromages-beaune): Bread, cheese and wine under Beaune's covered halls, run by the town's tourism students. (Food & markets · Beaune) - **Friday 16 – Sunday 18 October 2026 (Confirmed by the organiser)** · [Vignobles en Scène](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/vignobles-en-scene-beaune): An October weekend of one-off wine experiences along the Route des Grands Crus. (Wine festival · Beaune and the Côte de Beaune) - **Friday, 13 November 2026 – Tuesday, 5 January 2027 (Confirmed by the organiser)** · [Lumières à Beaune](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/lumieres-a-beaune): Light projections on Beaune's landmarks, every evening in summer and from the Vente des Vins to early January. (Culture · Beaune) - **Friday 13 – Saturday 14 November 2026 (Confirmed by the organiser)** · [Semi-Marathon de la Vente des Vins de Beaune](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/semi-marathon-vente-des-vins-beaune): Burgundy's best-known half marathon, run through Pommard, Volnay and Meursault on the Vente des Vins weekend. (Sport · Beaune) - **Friday 13 – Saturday 14 November 2026 (Confirmed by the organiser)** · [Fête des Grands Vins de Bourgogne](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/fete-des-grands-vins-de-bourgogne): Every Burgundy appellation in one hall, poured by the growers themselves, on the Vente des Vins weekend. (Wine festival · Beaune) - **Wednesday 2 – Sunday 6 December 2026 (Confirmed by the organiser)** · [Beaune Blues Boogie Festival](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/beaune-blues-boogie-festival): Five nights of boogie-woogie, blues and swing in Beaune's theatres and wine cellars. (Music · Beaune) - **Saturday 12 – Sunday 13 December 2026 (Confirmed by the organiser)** · [Le Festi’Noël](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/festi-noel-marche-de-noel-beaune): Beaune's Christmas market by the Porte Marie de Bourgogne, with crafts, treats and mulled wine. (Christmas · Beaune) - **Thursday 1 – Sunday 4 April 2027 (Confirmed by the organiser)** · [Festival Beethoven à Beaune](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/festival-beethoven-beaune): A spring chamber music festival devoted to Beethoven, led by the cellist Sung-Won Yang. (Music · Beaune) - **Each year over several weeks in late spring and early summer, usually ending in early July** · [Mois des Climats](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/mois-des-climats): A festival of visits, walks and tastings celebrating Burgundy's UNESCO-listed Climats. (Culture · Beaune and the Côte-d'Or vineyards) - **Usually Ascension Thursday, in May, with staggered departures from late morning** · [Beaune Saveurs de Vignes](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/beaune-saveurs-de-vignes): A gourmet walk through Beaune's vineyards, with growers pouring at every stop. (Wine festival · Beaune) - **Usually four consecutive weekends in July** · [Festival international d’opéra baroque de Beaune](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/festival-opera-baroque-beaune): Since 1983, a summer festival of baroque opera in the Hôtel-Dieu courtyard and Beaune's historic churches. (Music · Beaune) - **Late September, over four days from Thursday to Sunday (24 to 27 September in 2026)** · [Festival d’automne Jazz O’Verre](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/festival-jazz-o-verre-beaune): Four days of jazz in Beaune at the end of September, in the spirit of a good glass of wine. (Music · Beaune) - **Early October, on a Saturday, with starts from late morning (3 October in 2026)** · [L’Automnale](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/l-automnale-beaune-cyclos): An autumn cycling tour of the Côte and Hautes-Côtes de Beaune, from 44 to 90 km. (Sport · Beaune) ### Guides about Le Carmin - [Beaune or Dijon: where to stay](https://www.cote-privee.com/guides/beaune-or-dijon-where-to-stay) - [Tasting on a Sunday or a Monday](https://www.cote-privee.com/guides/wine-tasting-burgundy-sunday-monday) ## Questions about Le Carmin ### How many MICHELIN stars does Le Carmin have? Le Carmin holds one MICHELIN star in the 2026 MICHELIN Guide France. ### Who is the chef at Le Carmin? The kitchen of Le Carmin is led by Christophe Quéant. ### How do we get to Le Carmin from Beaune? Le Carmin is in Beaune. Your private driver collects you at your hotel, drops you at the door and drives you back after dinner, from €110 for the whole car, up to 4 guests. → [Driver to dinner and back](https://www.cote-privee.com/private-driver) ### Can the driver wait and drive us back after dinner? Yes. Book the return trip: your driver takes you to Le Carmin, waits nearby while you dine, up to 3 hours, and drives you back to your hotel. Nobody in your party has to drive. ### Do we need to book a table at Le Carmin? Yes. Book your table directly with the restaurant, well ahead for weekends, the harvest and the Hospices de Beaune auction weekend in November. We book the car, not the table. Its official website (restaurant-lecarmin.com) has the booking details and opening days. ### Can we have lunch at Le Carmin on a wine tour? Yes, on the days it serves lunch: book our half-day wine tour from Beaune (€290 for the car, up to 4 guests) and your driver plans the route and the tastings around your table. You book the table yourself, and the tastings are paid to the domaines. → [Half-day wine tour, €290](https://www.cote-privee.com/wine-tours/half-day) ### How much is dinner at Le Carmin? According to the restaurant, menus start at €50 per person. Prices change with the seasons, so check before you go. ## Book - [Book a driver here](https://www.cote-privee.com/book?service=driver&place=restaurant:carmin): Return trip from Beaune from €110 · up to 4 guests ## Sources - - - - - --- Canonical page: