A new date, new formats, and a fresh appearance! From August 25 to 30, 2026, the St. Moritz Gourmet Festival launches a new edition while remaining true to culinary excellence at the highest level.
Every MOMENThas its own FLAVOR.
The Chef line-up 2026
The new chef line-up brings together outstanding personalities from top international gastronomy, celebrated restaurant concepts and culinary signatures of particular distinction. Among them are culinary personalities who can be experienced for the first time in this setting in Switzerland.
Kai Ho
Julian Stieger
Varun Totlani
Joseph Lidgerwood
Álvaro Clavijo
Pascal Steffen
Marcel Ravin
Nicolai & Eva H. Tram
Emmanuel Pilon
Mikael Svensson
Kai Ho
Julian Stieger
Varun Totlani
Joseph Lidgerwood
Álvaro Clavijo
Pascal Steffen
Marcel Ravin
Nicolai & Eva H. Tram
Emmanuel Pilon
Mikael Svensson
The St. Moritz Gourmet Festival
moves to summer
Program preview 2026
This first preview gives you an insight into the program. Further program items will be added on an ongoing basis. Detailed information, prices and tickets will follow at the beginning of June. Times are subject to change until final publication.
Fire, Nature & Fine Dining
Together with host and hunter Claudio Laager and Nicolai and Eva H. Tram from Knystaforsen, this exclusive venture takes you out into the Engadin countryside. The Swedish duo has been awarded a Michelin star and a Michelin Green Star and stands for a cuisine that is as archaic as it is highly precise, and which lives entirely from fire, landscape and product.
Guest Chefs
Chef Nicolai & Eva Tram, Knystaforsen with hotel director and hunter Claudio Laager

Opening - Kitchen Party
To mark the glamorous start of the festival, Badrutt’s Palace is opening its kitchen for a rousing kitchen party full of enjoyment, encounters and culinary highlights. Experience all the guest chefs and their teams up close and enjoy their creations where passion, precision and great culinary art come together.
Guest Chefs

Cocktails & Culinary Bites
Discover creative signature drinks and fine culinary bites, which each bar interprets in its own unique way, while bar hopping at the St. Moritz Gourmet Festival in various festival hotels.
Guest Chefs

Sun Society by GRACE -A Penthouse Culinary Escape
This exclusive lunchtime event combines stylish lightness with great cuisine. Look forward to a 5-course lunch by Mikael Svensson and Andrea Bonini, accompanied by an exceptional Grand Siècle Vertical by Laurent-Perrier and relaxed sunny moments.
Guest Chefs
Andrea Bonini × Mikael Svensson / Oslo (4-hands concept)

Fine dining & jazz in the park
On the terrace in the larch forest of the Hotel Waldhaus Sils, guests can enjoy a relaxed fine dining concept, accompanied by jazz music and a laid-back summer atmosphere.
Guest Chefs
Marcel Ravin, Monaco

Gourmet Safari
The Gourmet Safari is one of the festival’s legendary formats and takes you on two parallel gourmet trails through selected Grand Hotels in the Upper Engadine. In a small, exclusive group, you will experience several kitchen teams, different styles and an evening full of culinary surprises.

Cocktails & Culinary Bites
Discover creative signature drinks and fine culinary bites, which each bar interprets in its own unique way, while bar hopping at the St. Moritz Gourmet Festival in various festival hotels.
Guest Chefs

Gourmet Safari
The Gourmet Safari is one of the festival’s legendary formats and takes you on two parallel gourmet trails through selected Grand Hotels in the Upper Engadine. In a small, exclusive group, you will experience several kitchen teams, different styles and an evening full of culinary surprises.

4 Hands Dinner
At the 4 Hands Dinner at the Grand Hotel des Bains Kempinski, Joseph Lidgerwood from Seoul and Marcel Ravin from Monaco meet in a culinary dialog full of tension, origin and signature. Lidgerwood’s curious, multi-layered language of flavors meets Ravin’s cultivated, sensual cuisine and creates a menu of haunting elegance.
Guest Chefs
Joseph Lidgerwood, Seoul / Korea
with Marcel Ravin / Monaco

Cocktails & Culinary Bites
Discover creative signature drinks and fine culinary bites, which each bar interprets in its own unique way, while bar hopping at the St. Moritz Gourmet Festival in various festival hotels.
Guest Chefs

Val Chamuera Tavolata
At Val Chamuera, James Baron and Alvaro Clavijo from Bogotá invite you to an open-air tavolata. Clavijo, whose restaurant El Chato was named the best restaurant in Latin America in 2025, stands for contemporary cuisine with a clear focus on products and a great curiosity about origin and flavor.
Guest Chefs
James Baron x Álvaro Clavijo, Bogota / Colombia

Gourmet Safari
The Gourmet Safari is one of the festival’s legendary formats and takes you on two parallel gourmet trails through selected Grand Hotels in the Upper Engadine. In a small, exclusive group, you will experience several kitchen teams, different styles and an evening full of culinary surprises.

Fascination Champagne by Laurent-Perrier
An evening dedicated to great champagne culture and fine cuisine. In a festive setting, Laurent Perrier’s outstanding cuvées meet the elegant cuisine of Emmanuel Pilon, whose work at the three Michelin-starred Le Louis XV Alain Ducasse stands for Mediterranean clarity and contemporary lightness.
Guest Chefs
Emmanuel Pilon / Monaco

The White Chapter - An Elevated Culinary Night at N/5 - The Bar
This special night at Grace combines creative flying snacks from Mikael Svensson and Andrea Bonini with a fine Riesling pairing from Van Volxem. Svensson, whose restaurant Kontrast in Oslo has been awarded two Michelin stars and a Michelin Green Star, stands for Nordic cuisine with great product fidelity and quiet consistency. Accompanied by DJ sounds and urban elegance, the result is an evening full of shimmer, excitement and an upbeat atmosphere.
Guest Chefs
Andrea Bonini x Mikael Svensson, Oslo / Norway

Cocktails & Culinary Bites
Discover creative signature drinks and fine culinary bites, which each bar interprets in its own unique way, while bar hopping at the St. Moritz Gourmet Festival in various festival hotels.
Guest Chefs

St. Moritz Garden Party
For the Garden Party at the Grand Hotel Suvretta House, all guest and local chefs gather at their own cooking stations and turn the afternoon into a feast for all the senses. Between Nordic product cuisine, Mediterranean delicacy, modern Korean narrative power and Taiwanese finesse, the entire stylistic range of the festival is presented in a single, generous summer format.
Guest Chefs
With all Guest & Local Chef’s

Gourmet Safari
The Gourmet Safari is one of the festival’s legendary formats and takes you on two parallel gourmet trails through selected Grand Hotels in the Upper Engadine. In a small, exclusive group, you will experience several kitchen teams, different styles and an evening full of culinary surprises.

Cocktails & Culinary Bites
Discover creative signature drinks and fine culinary bites, which each bar interprets in its own unique way, while bar hopping at the St. Moritz Gourmet Festival in various festival hotels.
Guest Chefs

Gourmet Festival Open Doors
The gourmet world of St. Moritz opens its doors to locals, guests and families at the open end of the festival. Culinary stations in hotels and gardens, relaxed encounters and an enjoyable Sunday make this format an accessible, lively and warm finale, supported by the diversity of all the culinary personalities involved.

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A FIXTURE OF THE GOURMET WORLD SINCE 1994
– FRESHER THAN EVER TODAY
The St. Moritz Gourmet Festival represents the fusion of top international cuisine and an alpine destination at the highest level, continuously evolving. “Every MOMENT has its own FLAVOR” embodies this philosophy—established, vibrant, and always open to new directions.
In excellent company
Our partner establishments
Nira Alpina
At the foot of Corvatsch, overlooking Lake Silvaplana and the Engadin mountains, the design hotel Nira Alpina combines alpine lifestyle…
Krone Säumerei am Inn
The Krone Säumerei am Inn in La Punt Chamues-ch combines Engadine history with stylish boutique flair. In this traditional house, which…
Hotel Waldhaus Sils
High above Sils-Maria, the Waldhaus Sils has combined grand hotel history with timeless elegance since 1908. This legendary five-star…
Kulm Hotel St. Moritz
Since 1856, as the town’s first hotel and the cradle of winter tourism, Kulm Hotel St. Moritz has shaped the history of the Engadin.…
Grand Hotel Suvretta House
Since 1912, Suvretta House, perched high above St. Moritz, has stood for great grand hotel tradition, visionary hospitality, and lived…
Grand Hotel Kronenhof
The Grand Hotel Kronenhof in Pontresina combines neo-baroque architecture from 1848 with the expanse of the Engadine mountain and glacier…
Grand Hotel des Bains Kempinski
Stylishly housed in a historic building dating back to 1864, the Grand Hotel des Bains Kempinski offers timeless European luxury against…
GRACE LA MARGNA ST MORITZ
Experience GRACE LA MARGNA ST MORITZ – a five-star hotel open year-round in the heart of St. Moritz. The boutique hotel combines the…
Badrutt’s Palace Hotel
For 130 years, a place that inspires, enchants, and defines guests through cuisine. Since 1896, Badrutt's Palace has welcomed international…




































