Jean-Michel Guilmot
Co-founder & Product
Passionate about gastronomy and hospitality, Jean-Michel spent 15 years in the restaurant industry before co-founding Plat du Jour. He knows the challenges of restaurant owners inside out.
ABOUTOur mission, our team, our values
Daily specials from independent restaurants, finally visible.
Plat du Jour connects food lovers with the best daily specials in their neighbourhood. And it gives restaurant owners a simple way to get the word out: one photo, one message, and everything is published.
No app to installNo commitment€0 commission on your bookings
Our mission
Bringing customers to neighbourhood restaurants
Every lunchtime, discover what the restaurants around you have prepared (meat, fish, vegetarian, vegan), in real time.
For restaurant owners, the kitchen comes before marketing. Plat du Jour takes care of the rest: your Google listing, mini-site, social media and reviews stay up to date without eating into your evenings.
How it works
One service, two audiences
For restaurant owners
Take a photo of your chalkboard and send it on WhatsApp, or simply tell ChatGPT or Claude. Our AI reads your menu and publishes it automatically. 30 seconds, no app to install.
See the features →For food lovers
Browse the directory city by city, filter by category, read reviews. Find the perfect lunch near you in no time.
Find a daily special →Our values
What guides our choices
Simplicity
No app to install, no complicated account. Technology serving simplicity.
Local
We support neighbourhood restaurants. Every daily special is an invitation to eat local.
Fair and transparent
Free for food lovers. For restaurant owners, a fixed price, no commitment and no commission on bookings.
The team
The people behind Plat du Jour
Patrick Faust
Co-founder & Technology
Engineer and amateur cook, Patrick combines his passion for AI and food tech to create tools that simplify the lives of restaurant owners.
Contact us
A question, a suggestion, a partnership?
Write to us, we reply quickly.
Try it with tomorrow's chalkboard.
Send a photo of your daily special on WhatsApp or ChatGPT: you see the result in seconds.