Uber Eats Awards 2026: Olla, in Montauban, named Restaurant of the Year at the first French edition

On 4 November 2026, in Paris, Uber Eats presented the prizes of the first French edition of its Uber Eats Awards. Here are the winners, how they were chosen and what you can take from it for your restaurant.

Who won the Uber Eats Awards 2026?

On the evening of the final, Uber Eats France paid tribute to the Olla team on Instagram. They are, it wrote, the big “winners of the first edition of the Uber Eats Awards in France” (translated from French). Olla, in Montauban, wins the Restaurant of the Year category.

According to Le Bonbon, which published the full list of winners:

• Restaurant of the Year: Olla, in Montauban, ahead of Nefs Berliner Kebab, in Lille, and La Petite Ferme, in Lyon;
• Bakery of the Year: Le Pain du Gone, in Lyon;
• Food Shop of the Year: Boucherie Moderne, in Paris.

Uber had set the prizes in its press release of 6 May 2026. The Restaurant of the Year receives €100,000. Half is prize money, the other half a marketing budget “to boost its visibility on the Uber Eats app” (translated from French). The second restaurant receives €15,000, the third €5,000. The bakery and the food shop of the year receive €15,000 each.

How were the winners chosen?

Uber first nominated 116 establishments: 82 restaurants, 16 bakeries and pastry shops and 18 food shops. All of them came from its “Livraison Étoilée” programme (literally, starred delivery), which lists each year the partners “with the best ratings in the app” (translated from French). They were spread across seven regions.

Three stages followed:

1. The public vote, from 4 to 23 May, on the competition website. According to that site, more than 50,000 people voted.
2. The regional semi-finals, in June and July. In each region, a local jury tasted the signature dish of the three leading restaurants, then chose one.
3. The national final, on 4 November in Paris. The 15 finalists presented their signature dish to the national jury, co-chaired by chef Julien Sebbag according to Uber.

For bakeries and food shops, the public vote directly decided the finalists.

What this changes for you

The selection started from “Livraison Étoilée”, Uber’s programme listing its best-rated partners. According to the competition website, Uber then refined it on several criteria, including customer ratings. Neither the press release nor the site details the method. So the rating wasn’t the only criterion, but it counted from the selection stage onwards.

After that, two things counted: the public, voting online, and a dish tasted by juries. Nominees therefore had to rally their customers, then stand behind one specific dish, their signature dish.

Finally, half of the Restaurant of the Year prize is a marketing budget in the app. So Uber also rewards with visibility on its platform.

On the competition website, Uber announces that the Awards “will be back next year” (translated from French). As of 5 November 2026, no date and no rules have been published. If the next edition follows the same model, the selection will again start from the best-rated partners.

What you can do now

1. Track your rating restaurant by restaurant, and look for what drags it down. Our guide to improving your rating on Uber Eats and Deliveroo helps you do this.
2. Reply to your reviews, especially the bad ones. Here is how to reply to a negative review.
3. Choose your signature dish and look after its listing: a real photo, a precise description. Our guide on dish photos gives the method.
4. Understand what makes a restaurant rise in the lists: read our article on how restaurants are ranked on Uber Eats and Deliveroo.

Frequently asked questions

Who won the Uber Eats Awards 2026 in France?

Olla, in Montauban, is Restaurant of the Year, according to Uber Eats France and Le Bonbon. Le Pain du Gone, in Lyon, is Bakery of the Year, and Boucherie Moderne, in Paris, Food Shop of the Year, according to Le Bonbon.

How much does the Restaurant of the Year win?

€100,000, according to Uber’s press release of 6 May 2026. Half is prize money, the other half a marketing budget in the Uber Eats app.

How can a restaurant be nominated?

For this first edition, Uber started from its “Livraison Étoilée” programme, which lists each year the best-rated partners in the app. It then refined its selection on several criteria, including customer ratings. The public vote, then the juries, decided the finalists and the winners.