Pierre Wynants is a Belgian

Belgium

Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...

 chef

Chef

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. He owned and led the Comme chez Soi

Comme chez Soi

Comme Chez Soi is a restaurant in Brussels, Belgium. The chef is Lionel Rigolet, Gault Millau's Belgian Chef of the Year 2007.For 27 years , it was rated with 3 stars by the Michelin Red Guide...

restaurant

Restaurant

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 in Brussels, one of the finest and most famous restaurants in Belgium

Belgium

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Under his ownership, the restaurant held three Michelin stars from 1979 until 2006.

In 2004, he created the menu

Menu

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 of the Ostend Queen establishment. This restaurant received a rather good review in the 2005 Benelux

Benelux

The Benelux is an economic union in Western Europe comprising three neighbouring countries, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg. These countries are located in northwestern Europe between France and Germany...

 edition Michelin restaurant guide (or Benelux Michelin Guide

Michelin Guide

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), although the restaurant had not opened at the time of publication of the guide.