Bruno Verjus has announced that Table will serve its final meal on December 22, 2026. The decision brings one of Paris’s most closely watched restaurants to an end at the height of its recognition. Opened in 2013, Table earned two Michelin stars through a cuisine guided by exceptional produce, daily arrivals and Bruno Verjus’s conviction that the ingredient should always remain ahead of the chef. Its single Couleur du jour menu is currently priced at €480, before drinks.
“Fine dining is dead” – Brunol Verjus’s words express a growing discomfort with the economic boundary surrounding restaurants such as his own. He created Table to introduce guests to remarkable food, highly skilled cuisine and extraordinary service. Over time, he began to feel that this form of dining belonged to the past because its price excluded too many people from the experience.
Bruno Verjus still intends to cook and to continue feeding people. He now wants to use the abilities of the Table team in a completely different way, allowing his knowledge to reach beyond the small audience able to afford it. The last service on rue de Prague will therefore close a restaurant and the particular model it represents.
His decision recalls also the doubts expressed by René Redzepi in 2023, when Noma was preparing to end regular service in its existing form the following year. René Redzepi called for the industry to be “completely” rethought, describing its demands as unsustainable “as an employer and as a human being.” His concerns centred on the financial and human cost of maintaining the highest standards. Bruno Verjus now questions the social limit created by their price. Noma returned to Copenhagen in 2026 under a new structure, yet the debate opened by René Redzepi never disappeared.
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