Ousted from his Michelin-starred eatery atop the Eiffel Tower, French super chef Alain Ducasse is to strike back on Monday by launching a gastronomic, all-electric “floating restaurant” on the Seine - ironically moored at the foot of Paris’ iconic landmark.

The 61-year-old impresario, who has won a total of 21 Michelin stars for his restaurants dotted across the planet, is now "the most-starred chef in the world" after the death last month of fellow culinary legend Joel Robuchon.

But France’s best-known culinary statesman suffered a humiliating blow in recent weeks when a Paris court upheld a decision to evict him from the Jules Verne, a two-starred restaurant he had been running on the second floor of the Eiffel Tower for the past ten years.

French president Emmanuel Macron had chosen the eatery to host fast-food-loving US president Donald Trump and their respective spouses for a Bastille Day dinner last year.