Michelin Guide

{{Short description|Hotel and restaurant guide}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2016}} {{Use British English|date=June 2021}} {{Infobox magazine | title = Michelin Guide | logo = Michelin Guide logo.svg | logo_size = 90px | image_file = | image_alt = | image_caption = | firstdate = {{start date and age|1900}} | founder = [[Édouard Michelin (born 1859)|Édouard Michelin]] [[André Michelin]] | company = [[Michelin]] | finaldate =  | country = [[France]] | keypeople = | category = [[Gastronomy]], [[tourism]] | frequency = Yearly | website = {{URL|https://guide.michelin.com/en|guide.michelin.com}} }} The '''''Michelin Guide''''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|m|ɪ|ʃ|əl|ɪ|n|,_|ˈ|m|ɪ|tʃ|əl|ɪ|n}} {{respell|MISH|əl|in|,_|MITCH|əl|in}}; {{Langx|fr|Guide Michelin}} {{IPA|fr|ɡid miʃlɛ̃|}}) is a restaurant and hotel guide that has been published by the French tire company [[Michelin]] since 1900. Originally created as a guide for French motorists, it later developed into an international reference for dining and travel. It awards up to three Michelin [[star (classification)|stars]] for excellence to a select few [[restaurant]]s in certain geographic areas based on evaluations by anonymous inspectors. Michelin also publishes the '''''Green Guides''''', a series of general guides to cities, regions, and countries.

==History== [[file:Guidem michelin 1900.jpg|thumb|upright|The first ''Michelin Guide'', published in 1900]] In 1900, there were fewer than 3,000 cars on the roads of France. To increase the demand for cars, and accordingly car tires, the car tire manufacturers and brothers [[Édouard Michelin (born 1859)|Édouard]] and [[André Michelin]] published a guide for French motorists, the ''Guide Michelin'' (Michelin Guide).<ref name="hist1">{{Cite web |last1=Mayyasi |first1=Alex |url=https://priceonomics.com/why-does-a-tire-company-publish-the-michelin-guide |title=Why Does a Tire Company Publish the Michelin Guide? |website=Priceonomics |date=23 June 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161016182944/https://priceonomics.com/why-does-a-tire-company-publish-the-michelin-guide |archive-date=16 October 2016 }}</ref> Nearly 35,000 copies of this first, free edition were distributed. It provided information to motorists such as maps, tyre repair and replacement instructions, car mechanics listings, hotels, and petrol stations throughout France.{{Citation needed|date=August 2025}}

The founders thought the ''Guide'' might encourage car owners to drive more, which would increase tyre wear and in turn boost replacement sales.<ref name="cnn2">{{cite web |last=Buchwald |first=Elisabeth |date=10 February 2024 |title=Michelin Guide History: How Did a Tire Company Become an Elite Restaurant Rating Guide? |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2024/02/10/business/michelin-guide-history/index.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240220221317/https://edition.cnn.com/2024/02/10/business/michelin-guide-history/index.html |archive-date=20 February 2024 |access-date=19 May 2024 |publisher=[[CNN]]}}</ref> In 1904, the brothers published a guide for Belgium,<ref name="hist">{{Cite web |url=http://www.viamichelin.co.uk/tpl/mag6/art200903/htm/tour-saga-michelin.htm |title=The Michelin Guide: 100 editions and over a century of history |website=ViaMichelin.co.uk |date=2 March 2009 |access-date=20 May 2013 |archive-date=2013-05-05 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130505100337/http://www.viamichelin.co.uk/tpl/mag6/art200903/htm/tour-saga-michelin.htm }}</ref> and then for Algeria and Tunisia (1907); the [[Alps]] and the [[Rhine]] (northern Italy, Switzerland, Bavaria, and the Netherlands) (1908); Germany, Spain, and Portugal (1910); the British Isles (1911); and "The Countries of the Sun" (''{{lang|fr|Les Pays du Soleil}}'') in northern Africa, southern Italy, and Corsica (1911). In 1909, an English-language version of the guide to France was published.<ref name="ACGCM-20100513">{{Cite web |url=http://www.acgcm.com/guide_michelin.html |title=Le guide Michelin en quelques dates |language=fr |date=13 May 2010 |website=Association des Collectionneurs de Guides et Cartes Michelin |access-date=19 May 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304134653/http://www.acgcm.com/guide_michelin.html |archive-date=4 March 2016 }}</ref>

During [[World War I]], publication of the guide was suspended. After the war, revised editions of the guide continued to be given away until 1920. It is said that André Michelin, while visiting a tyre merchant, noticed copies of the guide being used to prop up a workbench. Based on the principle that "man only truly respects what he pays for", Michelin decided to charge for the guide, about 7.5 francs (about €{{To EUR|7.5|FRA|year=1922|cur=FRF|series=fixed}}) in 1922.<ref>{{cite magazine|last1=Wertenbaker |first1=Charles |title=The Testing of M. Thuilier |url=http://archives.newyorker.com/?i=1954-06-05#folio=072 |magazine=[[The New Yorker]] |date=5 June 1954 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160629140911/http://archives.newyorker.com/?i=1954-06-05#folio=072v|archive-date=29 June 2016 |url-status=live |url-access=subscription }}</ref> They also made several changes, notably listing restaurants by specific categories, adding hotel listings (initially only for Paris), and removing advertisements.<ref name="hist" /> Recognizing the growing popularity of the restaurant section, the brothers recruited a team of anonymous inspectors to visit and review restaurants.<ref name="beyond">{{Cite web |url=http://www.beyond.fr/food/michelin-guide-history.html |title=Michelin Guide History, restaurant and dining guides |website=Provence and Beyond |access-date=19 May 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304025504/http://www.beyond.fr/food/michelin-guide-history.html |archive-date=4 March 2016 }}</ref> Following the usage of the [[Murray's Handbooks for Travellers|''Murray's'']] and [[Baedeker Guides|''Baedeker'' guides]], the guide began to award [[Star (classification)|stars]] for restaurants in 1926. Initially, there was only a single star awarded. Then, in 1931, the hierarchy of zero, one, two, and three stars was introduced. Finally, in 1936, the criteria for the rankings were published:<ref name="hist" /> * [[File:Etoile_Michelin-1.svg|23px]] : "A very good restaurant in its category" (''{{lang|fr|Une très bonne table dans sa catégorie}}'') * [[File:Etoile_Michelin-2.svg|50px]] : "Excellent cooking, worth a detour" (''{{lang|fr|Table excellente, mérite un détour}}'') * [[File:Etoile_Michelin-3.svg|75px]] : "Exceptional cuisine, worth a special journey" (''{{lang|fr|Une des meilleures tables, vaut le voyage}}'').<ref name="beyond"/>

[[File:Bibendum-1911.jpg|thumb|upright|The 1911 ''Michelin Guide'' for the British Isles]] In 1931, the cover was changed from blue to red and has remained so in all subsequent editions.<ref name="beyond"/> During [[World War II]], publication was again suspended. In 1944, at the request of the [[Allies of World War II|Allied Forces]], the 1939 guide to France was specially reprinted for military use; its maps were judged the best and most up-to-date available. Publication of the annual guide resumed on 16 May 1945, a week after [[Victory in Europe Day|VE Day]].<ref name="hist"/> In the early post-war years, the lingering effects of wartime shortages led Michelin to impose an upper limit of two stars; by 1950 the French edition listed 38 establishments judged to meet this standard.<ref name="MG-19500328">{{Cite news |title=The Michelin Guide |work=[[The Manchester Guardian]] |date=28 March 1950 |page=4 |number=32275 |access-date=17 March 2020 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/46858809 |via=Newspapers.com }}</ref> The first ''Michelin Guide'' for Italy was published in 1956. It awarded no stars in the first edition. In 1974, the first guide to Britain since 1931 was published. Twenty-five stars were awarded.<ref name="Observer-19740324">{{Cite news |last1=Dawson |first1=Helen |title=British Michelin revived |work=[[The Observer]] |location=London |date=24 March 1974 |number=9530 |page=40 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/46859499 |via=Newspapers.com }}</ref>

In 2005, Michelin published its first American guide, covering 500 restaurants in the five boroughs of [[New York City]] and 50 hotels in Manhattan. In 2007, a Tokyo guide was launched. In the same year, the guide introduced a magazine, ''{{lang|fr|Étoile}}''. In 2008, a Hong Kong and Macau volume was added.<ref name="hist" /> As of 2013, the guide is published in 14 editions covering 23 countries.<ref name="hist" /> In 2008, the German restaurateur Juliane Caspar was appointed the first woman and first non-French national editor-in-chief of the French edition of the guide. She had previously been responsible for the ''Michelin guides'' to Germany, Switzerland and Austria. The German newspaper ''[[Die Welt]]'' commented on the appointment, "In view of the fact [[German cuisine]] is regarded as a lethal weapon in most parts of France, this decision is like Mercedes announcing that its new director of product development is a Martian."<ref name="I-20081217">{{cite news |last1=Paterson |first1=Tony |title=French find German's role hard to swallow |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/french-find-germans-role-hard-to-swallow-1201990.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220514/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/french-find-germans-role-hard-to-swallow-1201990.html |archive-date=14 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |access-date=18 March 2020 |work=[[The Independent]] |date=17 December 2008 |language=en}}</ref><ref>Paterson, Tony. [https://web.archive.org/web/20210802131450/http://infoweb.newsbank.com/iw-search/we/InfoWeb?p_action=doc&p_product=UKNB&p_text_direct-0=document_id=(%201252851A9E132478%20) "French shock at Michelin guide's first foreign chief"], ''[[The Independent]]'', 18 December 2008</ref>

The [[Korea Tourism Organization]] commissioned Michelin to include South Korea in its 2016 edition at a cost of 3.2 billion [[South Korean won|won]] (over US$1 million); government officials were unhappy with resulting inaccuracies such as typos, translation errors, and description errors regarding seating options.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/food/wp/2017/10/24/south-korea-paid-big-money-to-commission-its-michelin-guide-does-that-mean-u-s-cities-could-do-the-same/ |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |title=South Korea paid big money to commission its ''Michelin Guide''. Does that mean U.S. cities could do the same? |author=Maura Judkis |date=October 24, 2017}}</ref> In 2017, the [[Tourism Authority of Thailand]] agreed to pay 144 million Thai baht (US$4.4 million) over five years for the inclusion of their country.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hsiao |first=Tina |date=2017-12-06 |title=Bangkok street food joint gets Michelin star |url=https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/michelin-guide-bangkok-2017/index.html |access-date=2024-05-14 |website=[[CNN]] |language=en}}</ref> In 2022, the guide expanded to [[Canada]], with guides covering Toronto<ref>{{Cite web |title=The MICHELIN Guide Is Coming To Toronto |url=https://guide.michelin.com/us/en/article/news-and-views/the-michelin-guide-is-coming-to-toronto |access-date=2024-04-24 |website=MICHELIN Guide |language=en-US}}</ref> and Vancouver,<ref>{{Cite web |title=The MICHELIN Guide is Coming to Vancouver |url=https://guide.michelin.com/us/en/article/news-and-views/michelin-guide-vancouver-2022 |access-date=2024-04-24 |website=MICHELIN Guide |language=en-US}}</ref> in return for undisclosed payments from each city's local chapter of [[Destination Canada]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Silver |first=Mathew |date=August 5, 2022 |title=How did Toronto land the Michelin Guide? A Q&A with Andrew Weir, executive vice-president of Destination Toronto |url=https://torontolife.com/food/how-did-toronto-land-the-michelin-guide-a-qa-with-andrew-weir-executive-vice-president-of-destination-toronto/ |work=[[Toronto Life]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Grant |first=Josh |date=November 4, 2022 |title=Michelin recognition is a boon for Vancouver and its restaurants, but why all the secrecy? |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/michelin-guide-vancouver-1.6637266 |work=[[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|CBC]]}}</ref> The guide announced its first list of restaurants in the US state of Florida on 9 June 2022, after the state and city tourism boards in Miami, Orlando, and Tampa, agreed to collectively pay the company up to US$1.5 million.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Freund |first1=Helen |title=Tampa, Orlando and Miami restaurants can now earn Michelin stars |url=https://www.tampabay.com/life-culture/food/2021/11/01/tampa-orlando-and-miami-restaurants-can-now-earn-michelin-stars/ |work=Tampa Bay Times |date=1 November 2021 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Frías |first1=Carlos |title=Mark your calendars. We finally know when Florida restaurants will get Michelin stars |url=https://www.bradenton.com/entertainment/restaurants/article261385407.html |work=Miami Herald |date=16 May 2022|via=Bradenton Herald}}</ref> The guide awarded a single two-star ranking and fourteen one-star rankings, and 29 Bib Gourmands.<ref name="Florida2022">{{cite press release |url=https://dgaddcosprod.blob.core.windows.net/corporate-production/attachments/clktd7z0l08y12fhh6bz089q8-20220906-mg-miami-orlando-tampa-2022.pdf |title=MICHELIN Guide 2022 – Florida |location=Boulogne-Billancourt |date=9 June 2022 |publisher=Michelin |access-date=10 June 2022 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221007130103/https://www.michelin.com/en/documents/michelin-guide-2022-florida-first-selection/ |archive-date=7 October 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Kara |first1=Faiyaz |title=The Michelin Guide handed out its stars tonight. Here are the Florida restaurants that earned them |url=https://www.orlandoweekly.com/food-drink/the-michelin-guide-handed-out-its-stars-tonight-here-are-the-florida-restaurants-that-earned-them-31778348 |work=Orlando Weekly |language=en}}</ref>

In late 2022, the guide expanded to Vietnam, Malaysia, Estonia, and the United Arab Emirates in return for undisclosed payments.<ref name=":0">{{cite web |date=8 February 2023 |title=Paying Michelin Guide to Help Promote Your Tourism Can be a Messy Business |url=https://skift.com/2023/02/08/paying-michelin-guide-to-help-promote-your-tourism-can-be-a-messy-business/ |website=[[Skift]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Latham |first=Tori |date=June 7, 2023 |title=Vietnam Just Got Its First Michelin-Starred Restaurants—Here They Are |url=https://ca.style.yahoo.com/vietnam-just-got-first-michelin-010000030.html |access-date= |website=[[Yahoo! Movies]] |language=en-CA}}</ref> In February 2023, the [[Ministry of Tourism (Israel)|Israeli Tourism Ministry]] announced a bid to bring the ''Michelin Guide'' to their country in return for a payment of €1.5 million.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Spiro |first=Amy |date=February 1, 2023 |title=Tourism Ministry greenlights entry of ''Michelin Guide'' to Israel |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/tourism-ministry-greenlights-entry-of-michelin-guide-to-israel/ |work=[[The Times of Israel]]}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> Also in 2023, the guide expanded to several cities in Colorado ([[Aspen, Colorado|Aspen]], [[Beaver Creek Resort]], [[Boulder, Colorado|Boulder]], [[Denver]], [[Snowmass Village, Colorado|Snowmass Village]], and [[Vail, Colorado|Vail]]) that paid between US$70,000 and US$100,000 on top of a state contribution; other cities ([[Aurora, Colorado|Aurora]], [[Colorado Springs, Colorado|Colorado Springs]], [[Fort Collins, Colorado|Fort Collins]], and [[Grand Junction, Colorado|Grand Junction]]) declined to participate.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-09-12 |title=Colorado's first-ever Michelin star restaurants are here |url=https://denverite.com/2023/09/12/colorado-michelin-star-restaurants/ |access-date=2024-05-14 |website=Denverite |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The MICHELIN Guide Arrives in Colorado |url=https://guide.michelin.com/us/en/article/michelin-guide-ceremony/michelin-guide-colorado-announcement |access-date=2024-04-24 |website=MICHELIN Guide |language=en-US}}</ref> In September 2023 the ''Michelin Guide'' also expanded to Atlanta, in return for a payment of US$1 million over three years.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jorden |first=Rashaad |date=2024-04-24 |title=Atlanta's Michelin Guide Deal Translates to Tourism Dollars |url=https://skift.com/2024/04/24/atlantas-michelin-guide-deal-translates-to-tourism-dollars/ |access-date=2024-05-14 |website=[[Skift]] |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The MICHELIN Guide Heats up Atlanta |url=https://guide.michelin.com/us/en/article/michelin-guide-ceremony/michelin-guide-atlanta-georgia-new-destination-addition-restaurant-hotels |access-date=2024-04-24 |website=MICHELIN Guide |language=en-US}}</ref> In October 2023, the guide announced that it would start awarding stars to hotels (following the restaurant model).<ref>{{Cite web |date=October 5, 2023 |title=Après les restaurants, le Guide Michelin va créer une distinction pour les hôtels |url=https://www.lesechos.fr/industrie-services/tourisme-transport/apres-les-restaurants-le-guide-michelin-va-creer-une-distinction-pour-les-hotels-1984972 |access-date=March 6, 2026 |website=Les Echos}}</ref>

In the early 2020s, Michelin began requiring certain countries which had previously received reviews to pay for continued coverage. [[Hungary]], [[Slovenia]], and the [[Czech Republic]] agreed to do so.<ref>{{cite news |newspaper=Prague Morning |date=January 25, 2023 |title='Pay or There'll be No Stars.' Czech Republic May Lose its Michelin Restaurants}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://praguemorning.cz/czech-government-will-pay-to-be-included-in-michelin-gastronomic-guide/ |title=Czech Government Will Pay to be Included in Michelin Gastronomic Guide |date=July 13, 2023 |newspaper=Prague Morning}}</ref> In 2025, the guide plans to expand to the [[southeastern United States]], called the ''American South edition'', which includes Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee. The edition will include the ''Atlanta guide''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Michelin Guide expands into North Carolina with new announcement |date=2 April 2025 |url=https://www.wral.com/lifestyle/food/michelin-guide-expands-north-carolina-april-2025/ |publisher=WRAL |access-date=2 April 2025}}</ref> A few months later, on 12 May 2025, Michelin announced plans to expand the guide to Boston and Philadelphia, with the restaurant selections to be revealed later in the year.<ref name="Philly01">{{cite web |title=The MICHELIN Guide Debuts in Boston and Philadelphia |url=https://guide.michelin.com/us/en/article/news-and-views/michelin-guide-boston-philadelphia-massachusetts-pennsylvania-philly}}</ref> The press release stated that these would be included in the "newly minted ''MICHELIN Guide Northeast Cities'' edition", which would also include the already-rated cities of Chicago, New York City, and Washington, D.C.<ref name="Philly01" /> Tourism board Meet Boston reportedly paid over $1 million for three years of coverage, sourced from hotel surcharges in Boston and neighboring Cambridge, Massachusetts.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/05/15/business/michelin-guide-star-tourism-boston-restaurants/ |title=Meet Boston has $30 million to boost tourism. Is buying Michelin stars really the best way to spend it? |author=Shirley Leung |newspaper=Boston Globe |date=May 15, 2025}}</ref> The guide will expand to the Philippines in 2026, covering the [[Greater Manila Area]] and [[Cebu]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Purnell |first1=Kristofer |title=Michelin Guide arrives in Greater Manila, Cebu for 2026 selection |url=https://www.philstar.com/lifestyle/food-and-leisure/2025/02/18/2422396/michelin-guide-arrives-greater-manila-cebu-2026-selection |access-date=18 February 2025 |work=[[The Philippine Star]] |date=18 February 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250218094414/https://www.philstar.com/lifestyle/food-and-leisure/2025/02/18/2422396/michelin-guide-arrives-greater-manila-cebu-2026-selection |url-status=live |archive-date=18 February 2025}}</ref>

==Transition to digital publication==

The ''Michelin Guide'' ended printed copies in 2021 in most markets. After 121 years, Michelin transitioned to digital publication and released a proprietary [[mobile app|app]]. This allowed Michelin to distribute the guide to a larger audience at no charge.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.barandrestaurant.com/technology/michelin-guide-goes-digital |title=The Michelin Guide Goes Digital |work=Bar & Restaurant News |last=Engstrand |first=Sarah |date=13 October 2024 |access-date=3 November 2024}}</ref> As of 2024, a handful of popular regions, France, Italy, Japan and Spain, remain in printed publication.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.bonappetit.com/story/michelin-guide-gwendal-poullennec-interview | title=What's Next for the Michelin Guide? Even More Growth |work=bon appėtit |last=Stone |first=Sam |date=10 May 2024 |access-date=3 November 2024}}</ref>

==Methods and layout== [[File:Dishes made by Michelin star restaurants.jpg|thumb|upright=1|Dishes made by Michelin-starred restaurants]] Red Guides have historically listed many more restaurants than rival guides, relying on an extensive system of symbols to describe each one in as little as two lines. Reviews of starred restaurants also include two to three culinary specialties. Short summaries (2–3 lines) were added in 2002/2003 to enhance descriptions of many establishments. These summaries are written in the language of the country for which the guide is published (though the Spain and Portugal volume is in Spanish only) but the symbols are the same throughout all editions.<ref>''Michelin Guide'' Great Britain & Ireland (2000), Netherlands (2007), Benelux (2003)</ref>

===Stars{{anchor |stars}}=== {{See also|List of Michelin 3-star restaurants}}

Michelin inspectors (reviewers) visit restaurants anonymously,<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2025-06-12 |title=5 Steps of Michelin Star Selection Process |url=https://www.traveltastediscover.com/countries-with-michelin-star-restaurants/ |access-date=2025-09-06 |website=Travel Taste Discover |language=en-US}}</ref> and they award one, two, or three stars for those considered at least very good:

* [[File:Etoile_Michelin-1.svg|23px]] : "High-quality cooking, worth a stop" (''{{lang|fr|Cuisine de qualité, mérite une halte}}'') * [[File:Etoile_Michelin-2.svg|50px]] : "Excellent cooking, worth a detour" (''{{lang|fr|Cuisine excellente, mérite un détour}}'') * [[File:Etoile_Michelin-3.svg|75px]] : "Exceptional cuisine, worth a special journey" (''{{lang|fr|Une des meilleures cuisines, vaut le voyage}}'').<ref name="beyond"/>

The Michelin Guide website gives a comprehensive explanation of the stars and criteria for awarding them:

<blockquote>One MICHELIN Star is awarded to restaurants using top quality ingredients, where dishes with distinct flavours are prepared to a consistently high standard. Two MICHELIN Stars are awarded when the personality and talent of the chef are evident in their expertly crafted dishes; their food is refined and inspired. Three MICHELIN Stars is our highest award, given for the superlative cooking of chefs at the peak of their profession; their cooking is elevated to an art form and some of their dishes are destined to become classics.<ref>{{Cite web |title=What is a Michelin Star? |url=http://guide.michelin.com/en/article/features/what-is-a-michelin-star |access-date=2025-09-19 |website=MICHELIN Guide |language=en-US}}</ref></blockquote>

Inspectors' meals and expenses are paid for by Michelin, never by a restaurant being reviewed.<ref name=lunch>Colapinta, John. [https://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2009/11/23/091123fa_fact_colapinto#ixzz29X2IhNIo "Lunch with M – Undercover with a Michelin inspector"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140219032145/http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2009/11/23/091123fa_fact_colapinto#ixzz29X2IhNIo |date=19 February 2014 }}, ''[[The New Yorker]]'', 23 November 2009</ref>

{{blockquote|Michelin has gone to extraordinary lengths to maintain the anonymity of its inspectors. Many of the company's top executives have never met an inspector; inspectors themselves are advised not to disclose their line of work, even to their parents (who might be tempted to boast about it); and, in all the years that it has been putting out the guide, Michelin has refused to allow its inspectors to speak to journalists. The inspectors write reports that are distilled, in annual "stars meetings" at the guide's various national offices, into the ranking of three stars, two stars, or one star—or no stars (establishments that Michelin deems unworthy of a visit are not included in the guide).<ref name=lunch/>}}

The French chef [[Paul Bocuse]], one of the pioneers of {{lang|fr|[[nouvelle cuisine]]}} in the 1960s, said, "Michelin is the only guide that counts."<ref name="TOKL-20121023">{{Cite web |first1=Surekha |last1=Ragavan |url=http://www.timeoutkl.com/food/articles/Taste-test-Menu-by-three-star-Michelin-chef-Philippe-Marc |title=Taste test: Menu by three-star Michelin chef Philippe Marc |date=23 October 2012 |website=[[Time Out Kuala Lumpur]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130115130231/http://www.timeoutkl.com/food/articles/Taste-test-Menu-by-three-star-Michelin-chef-Philippe-Marc |archive-date=15 January 2013 }}</ref> In France, when the guide is published each year, it sparks a media frenzy which has been compared to that for annual [[Academy Awards]] for films.<ref name="lunch"/> Media and others debate likely winners, speculation is rife, and TV and newspapers discuss which restaurant might lose, retain,<ref name="AShimbun-20111129">{{Cite news |agency=[[Reuters]] |url=http://ajw.asahi.com/article/behind_news/social_affairs/AJ201111290082 |title=Tokyo retains title as Michelin's gourmet capital |work=[[Asahi Shimbun]] |date=29 November 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111204080507/http://ajw.asahi.com/article/behind_news/social_affairs/AJ201111290082 |archive-date=4 December 2011 }}</ref> or gain a Michelin star.<ref name="Spiegel-20110119">{{Cite news |first1=Catherine |last1=Cheney |url=http://www.spiegel.de/international/zeitgeist/0,1518,785286,00.html |title=Taking the Pop-Up Restaurant to New Heights |work=[[Spiegel Online]] |date=9 September 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111231160621/http://www.spiegel.de/international/zeitgeist/0,1518,785286,00.html |archive-date=31 December 2011 }}</ref><ref name="WSJ-20111004">{{Cite news |first1=Sumathi |last1=Reddy |url=https://blogs.wsj.com/metropolis/2011/10/04/michelin-guide-in-new-york-city-three-stars-for-eleven-madison-park |title=Michelin Stars Align for Seven NYC Restaurants |date=4 October 2011 |work=[[The Wall Street Journal]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161109181109/https://blogs.wsj.com/metropolis/2011/10/04/michelin-guide-in-new-york-city-three-stars-for-eleven-madison-park |archive-date=9 November 2016 }}</ref><ref name="NYT-20111005">{{Cite news |first1=Florence |last1=Fabricant |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/05/dining/kibo-opens-brooklyn-fare-gets-three-michelin-stars-off-the-menu.html |title=Off the Menu |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=4 October 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160206174902/http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/05/dining/kibo-opens-brooklyn-fare-gets-three-michelin-stars-off-the-menu.html |archive-date=6 February 2016 }}</ref> The ''Michelin Guide'' also awards "Rising Stars", an indication that a restaurant has the potential to qualify for a star, or an additional star.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ephanov |first=Nikita |date=2022-06-24 |title=Why Michelin's Rising Star Designation Is So Confusing |url=https://www.tastingtable.com/907048/why-michelins-rising-star-designation-is-so-confusing/ |access-date=2024-06-15 |website=Tasting Table |language=en-US}}</ref>

===Green stars=== {{multiple images | total_width = 180px | perrow = 2 | image1 = MichelinGreenStar.svg | image2 = Michelin The Plate.jpg | image3 = Bib Gourmand.svg | image4 = Clefs Michelin.svg | footer = Michelin symbols. Clockwise from top left: Michelin green star, The Plate, Michelin Key, Bib Gourmand }}

In 2020, the ''Michelin Guide'' launched a sustainability emblem to symbolise excellence in sustainable [[gastronomy]]. An establishment awarded this green star is given space on the Guide's website for the chef to describe the restaurant's vision. A green star can be held concurrently with other designations awarded by Michelin – including standard Michelin stars, a Bib Gourmand, or being on the recommended list.<ref name="new-green-announced">{{cite web |title=Michelin Guide 2020: The New Sustainability Emblem |url=https://guide.michelin.com/en/article/news-and-views/michelin-guide-2020-the-new-sustainability-emblem |website=News & Views |publisher=Michelin Guide |access-date=21 December 2020 |date=17 February 2020}}</ref> As of October 2025, Michelin Green Stars were no longer listed as a searchable parameter on the Guide's website, although the award continued to be given to restaurants.<ref name="GuidePage">{{cite web |title=Michelin Guide - Restaurants |url=https://guide.michelin.com/us/en/ |website=Michelin Guide |publisher=Michelin |access-date=7 October 2025}}</ref>

===Bib Gourmand=== Since 1997,<ref>{{Cite web |date=1 October 2022 |title=What Is The MICHELIN Bib Gourmand Award? |url=https://guide.michelin.com/en/article/features/the-bib-gourmand |website=Michelin Guide}}</ref> the guide has highlighted restaurants offering "exceptionally good food at moderate prices", a feature now called "{{lang|fr|Bib Gourmand}}". They must offer a combination of menu items priced below a maximum determined by local economic standards. For example, a Bib Gourmand restaurant in Canada must have been able to offer a two-course meal and either dessert or a glass of wine for less than 60 CAD per person in 2022.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Balsam |first1=Joel |title="They have their secret. Now I have a secret too": The story behind SumiLicious, the only Scarborough restaurant to receive a Michelin award |url=https://torontolife.com/food/they-have-their-secret-now-i-have-a-secret-too-the-story-behind-sumilicious-the-only-scarborough-restaurant-to-receive-a-michelin-award/ |access-date=22 August 2024 |work=Toronto Life |date=19 September 2022 |ref=It picked up a Bib Gourmand—an award given to restaurants where a two-course meal and dessert or a glass of wine costs less than $60 per person}}</ref> {{lang|fr|Bib}} ({{lang|la|[[Bibendum]]}}) is the company's nickname for the [[Michelin Man]], its corporate logo for over a century.<ref>{{Cite web |title=8 Surprising Facts about the Michelin Man |url=https://guide.michelin.com/vn/en/article/features/8-surprising-facts-about-the-michelin-man-th |access-date=2024-06-02 |website=MICHELIN Guide |language=en-VN}}</ref> Like Michelin stars, a restaurant can gain or lose a Bib Gourmand designation at Michelin's annual award ceremony for the region where it operates.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Wright |first1=Dani |title=BREAKING: Vancouver Now Has 10 Michelin-Starred Restaurants |url=https://www.vanmag.com/taste/food-news/vancouver-now-has-10-michelin-starred-restaurants-new-awards-winners/ |access-date=5 October 2024 |work=Vancouver Magazine |date=3 October 2024 |ref=Note: You’ll notice that Nightshade and Fiorino are missing on this list despite being part of it last year—that’s because Nightshade unfortunately shuttered its doors last year. And to Fiorino, we’re sorry you didn’t make this year’s cut.}}</ref> In exceptional circumstances, Bib Gourmand designated restaurants have gone on to receive a Michelin star in later years, including the Chicago restaurant and bakery [[Kasama (restaurant)|Kasama]], which earned a star in 2022 after receiving a Bib Gourmand the year prior.<ref name="Kasama">{{cite news |last1=Selvam |first1=Ashok |title=Chicago Is Home to America's Only Michelin-Starred Filipino Restaurant |url=https://chicago.eater.com/2022/4/7/23015478/kasama-michelin-star-filipino-chicago-2022 |access-date=31 May 2025 |work=Eater Chicago |publisher=Vox Media |date=7 April 2022}}</ref>

===Selected Restaurants=== In 2016, the Plate was added as a new symbol to recognize restaurants that "simply serve good food". In 2022, Michelin dropped the use of "the Plate" for this designation, and instead titled this tier "Selected Restaurants".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://guide.michelin.com/us/en/to-the-stars-and-beyond|title=To the Stars and Beyond|website=Michelin Guide}}</ref>

===Keys, for hotels=== Michelin began awarding "keys" to hotels starting in 2024. Michelin states that the key award will be given after stays conducted anonymously by ''Michelin Guide'' selection teams use five criteria: excellence in architecture and interior design, quality and consistency of service, overall personality and character, value for the price, and a significant contribution to the neighborhood or setting. The ''Michelin Guide'' selection recommends over 6,000 hotels around the world.<ref>{{cite news| title=A Distinction for the Hotel Selection—the Michelin Key | publisher=Michelin Guide | date=5 October 2023 | url=https://guide.michelin.com/en/article/news-and-views/michelin-guide-hotels-distinction-michelin-key}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| title=Michelin Guide will start rating hotels with 'key' awards | date=6 October 2023 | url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/travel/2023/10/06/michelin-guide-will-start-rating-hotels-with-key-awards/ | newspaper = The Washington Post}}</ref>

== Guides == ===Countries===  {{dynamic list}} {| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center" ! Country/Region ! Year ! Three stars [[File:Etoile_Michelin-3.svg|75px]] ! Two stars [[File:Etoile_Michelin-2.svg|50px]] ! One star [[File:Etoile_Michelin-1.svg|23px]] ! One star or more ! Green star [[File:MichelinGreenStar.svg|23px]] ! Bib Gourmand [[File:Bib Gourmand.svg|23px]] ! Selected restaurants ! Total restaurants recognized |- ! [[List of Michelin-starred restaurants in France|France]] | 2025<ref>{{cite press release |author= |date=31 March 2025 |title=With 78 new Stars, including two at the highest level, the 2025 MICHELIN Guide celebrates the thriving French gastronomic landscape. |url=https://dgaddcosprod.blob.core.windows.net/cxf-corporate/attachments/d5usmldnwihz74p9al3xcvs0-20250331-pr-michelin-guide-france-2025-en.pdf |location=Paris, France |publisher=Michelin |agency= |access-date=1 November 2025}}</ref> | 31 | 81 | 542 | 654 | 100 | 399 | {{N/A}} | data-sort-value="3000" | 3,000+ |- ! [[List of Michelin-starred restaurants in Japan|Japan]] | 2023<ref>{{Cite web |title=2023 Michelin Guide 2023 |url=https://guide.michelin.com/gb/en/restaurants?q=japan |website=MICHELIN Guide}}</ref> | 23 | 82 | 442 | 547 | 28 | 492<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://guide.michelin.com/us/en/restaurants/bib-gourmand|title=Bib Gourmand – the MICHELIN Guide Japan|website=MICHELIN Guide}}</ref> | {{N/A}} | 1,501 |- ! [[List of Michelin-starred restaurants in Spain|Spain]] | 2025<ref name="SpainAndorra">{{cite web |author= |date=26 November 2024 |title=The MICHELIN Guide Spain 2025 Award Winners |url=https://guide.michelin.com/en/article/michelin-guide-ceremony/michelin-guide-spain-2025-award-winners |website= |location= |publisher=Michelin |access-date=1 November 2025}}</ref> | 16 | 33 | 242 | 291 | 57 | 213 | 747 | 1,251 |- ! [[List of Michelin-starred restaurants in Italy|Italy]] | 2025<ref>{{cite press release |author= |date=13 November 2024 |title=THE MICHELIN GUIDE ITALY 2025 - CASA PERBELLINI 12 APOSTOLI AWARDED THREE STARS |url=https://www.michelin.com/en/publications/products-and-services/the-michelin-guide-italy-2025 |location= |publisher=Michelin |agency= |access-date=1 November 2025}}</ref> | 14 | 38 | 341 | 393 | 69 | 250 | 1,340 | data-sort-value="1986" | 1,986 |- ! United States<ref group="Note">Only select regions, states and cities are reviewed in the U.S. As of 2026, only the state of [[List of Michelin-starred restaurants in California|California]], select cities in [[List of Michelin-starred restaurants in Colorado|Colorado]], select cities in [[List of Michelin-starred restaurants in Florida|Florida]], [[List of Michelin-starred restaurants in northeastern cities of the United States|Northeastern American cities]], which include Boston, [[List of Michelin-starred restaurants in Chicago|Chicago]], [[List of Michelin-starred restaurants in New York City|New York City]], Philadelphia, and [[List of Michelin-starred restaurants in Washington, D.C.|Washington, D.C.]], [[List of Michelin-starred restaurants in the American South|the South]], [[List of Michelin-starred restaurants in Las Vegas|the Southwest]], and select cities in [[List of Michelin-starred restaurants in Texas|Texas]], are reviewed. Each region would have its own separate guide</ref> |2025<ref>{{Cite web |title=2023 USA Michelin Guide |url=https://guide.michelin.com/gb/en/selection/united-states/restaurants |website=MICHELIN Guide}}</ref> | 14 | 40 | 226 | 280 | | 434 | 1066 ($49)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://guide.michelin.com/us/en/restaurants/bib-gourmand|title=Bib Gourmand – the MICHELIN Guide USA|website=MICHELIN Guide}}</ref> | data-sort-value="1780" | 1,780 |- ![[List of Michelin-starred restaurants in Germany|Germany]] |2024<ref>{{cite press release |title=Michelin Guide 2024 - Germany |url=https://dgaddcosprod.blob.core.windows.net/corporate-production/attachments/clu9n9vdh0woe12m176h0034f-20240326-pr-michelinguide-germany2024.pdf |location=Paris |publisher=Michelin |date=26 March 2024 |access-date=22 May 2024}}</ref> | 10 | 50 | 280 | 340 | 77 | 199 | 750 | {{N/A}} |- ! Great Britain and Ireland<ref group="Note">[[List of Michelin-starred restaurants in England|England]], [[List of Michelin-starred restaurants in Northern Ireland|Northern Ireland]], [[List of Michelin-starred restaurants in Ireland|Republic of Ireland]], [[List of Michelin-starred restaurants in Scotland|Scotland]], and [[List of Michelin-starred restaurants in Wales|Wales]] all have separate articles.</ref> | 2026<ref>[https://guide.michelin.com/en/article/michelin-guide-ceremony/every-michelin-star-restaurant-in-great-britain-ireland Every MICHELIN-Star Restaurant in Great Britain & Ireland 2026]</ref> | 10 | 23 | 174 | 207 | | 149 | 745 |2451 |- ! Nordic countries<ref group=Note>Nordic countries consists of [[List of Michelin-starred restaurants in Denmark|Denmark]], [[List of Michelin-starred restaurants in Finland|Finland]], [[List of Michelin-starred restaurants in Iceland|Iceland]], [[List of Michelin-starred restaurants in Norway|Norway]], and [[List of Michelin-starred restaurants in Sweden|Sweden]].</ref> | 2024<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.michelin.com/en/publications/products-and-services/michelin-guide-nordic-countries-2024 | title=MICHELIN Guide - Nordic Countries - 2024 }}</ref> | 6 | 13 | 66 | 85 | 36 | 37 | {{N/A}} | 268 |- ! China (mainland)<ref group="Note">Only select regions and cities are reviewed in mainland China. As of 2024, only [[List of Michelin-starred restaurants in Beijing|Beijing]], [[List of Michelin-starred restaurants in Chengdu|Chengdu]], [[List of Michelin-starred restaurants in Guangzhou|Guangzhou]], [[List of Michelin-starred restaurants in Hangzhou|Hangzhou]], and [[List of Michelin-starred restaurants in Shanghai|Shanghai]] are reviewed. Each region would have its own separate guide</ref> | 2024<ref>{{cite web | url=https://guide.michelin.com/en/cn/restaurants | title=MICHELIN Guide - China - 2024 }}</ref> | 5 | 18 | 109 | 131 | 4 | 183 | 245 | 485 |- ! [[List of Michelin-starred restaurants in Switzerland|Switzerland]] | 2023<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gaultmillau.ch/starchefs/guide-michelin-2-sterne-fur-mahler-eperon|title=Guide Michelin: 2 Sterne für Mahler & Eperon {{!}} GaultMillau – Channel|publisher=Gault Millau|language=de|date=2019-02-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190207020400/https://www.gaultmillau.ch/starchefs/guide-michelin-2-sterne-fur-mahler-eperon|archive-date=7 February 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=Switzerland| website=Michelin Guide | url=https://guide.michelin.com/en/ch/restaurants | access-date=6 October 2023}}</ref> | 4 | 26 | 108 | 138 | 31 | 125 (CHF70)<ref>"[http://www.michelin.com/corporate/news/products/article?articleID=CP_GM_Suisse_2011 Michelin Stars Rain Down on Switzerland] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101204232200/http://www.michelin.com/corporate/news/products/article?articleID=CP_GM_Suisse_2011 |date=4 December 2010 }}", Michelin, 16 November 2010.</ref> | | 777 |- ! [[List of Michelin-starred restaurants in Singapore|Singapore]] | 2024<ref>{{cite press release |title=The MICHELIN Guide Singapore 2024 Full Selection: Newly Awarded Restaurants Announced |url=https://guide.michelin.com/sg/en/article/michelin-guide-ceremony/singapore-full-selection-2024}}</ref> | 3 | 6 | 42 | 51 | 2 | 81 | 151 | 283 |- ! [[List of Michelin starred restaurants in Taiwan|Taiwan]] | 2023<ref>{{Cite web |title=Taiwan MICHELIN Restaurants – The MICHELIN Guide |url=https://guide.michelin.com/tw/en/restaurants |access-date=2023-09-01 |website=MICHELIN Guide |language=en-TW}}</ref><ref name="TT">{{cite press release |title=Guide Michelin 2023 - Taiwan - 2 restaurants promoted to Three Michelin Stars |url=https://dgaddcosprod.blob.core.windows.net/corporate-production/attachments/cloo51iwl003835nj4ue2c77n-2023-08-31-mg-tw-2023.pdf |location=Paris |publisher=Michelin |date=31 August 2023}}</ref> | 3 | 6 | 35 | 44 | 11 | 139 | | 321 |- ! [[List of Michelin-starred restaurants in Belgium and Luxembourg|Belgium & Luxembourg]] | 2024<ref>{{cite press release |title=Michelin Guide 2024 – Belgium and Luxembourg |url=https://dgaddcosprod.blob.core.windows.net/corporate-production/attachments/clte5428q006012jxdwor2gjb-20240226-pr-michelin-guide-belux-2024-pr.pdf |location=Paris |publisher=Michelin |date=26 February 2024 |access-date=22 May 2024}}</ref> | 2 | 23 | 128 | 153 | 12 | 131 | {{N/A}} | 792 |- ! [[List of Michelin starred restaurants in the Netherlands|Netherlands]] | 2023<ref>{{Cite web |title=Michelin Guide Netherlands 2023 |url=https://www.michelin.com/en/press-releases/michelin-guide-2023-netherlands/ |access-date=2023-04-19 |website=MICHELIN Guide |language=nl-NL}}</ref> | 2 | 20 | 103 | 125 | 15 | 98 (€39)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.missethoreca.nl/restaurant/nieuws/2019/11/michelin-prijs-bib-gourmand-menu-van-37-naar-39-euro-in-2020-101327888|title=Prijs Bib Gourmand menu van 37 naar 39 euro|last=Bluiminck|first=Nathalie|date=11 November 2019|website=Misset Horeca|language=nl|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200117134518/https://www.missethoreca.nl/restaurant/nieuws/2019/11/michelin-prijs-bib-gourmand-menu-van-37-naar-39-euro-in-2020-101327888|archive-date=17 January 2020|access-date=17 January 2020}}</ref> | | 504 |- ! [[List of Michelin-starred restaurants in Austria|Austria]] | 2025<ref>{{cite web |url=https://guide.michelin.com/at/en/article/michelin-guide-ceremony/all-starred-restaurants---guide-michelin-austria-2025 |title=All Starred Restaurants - Guide Michelin Austria 2025 |publisher=Michelin Guide |date=21 January 2025 |access-date=29 January 2025}}</ref> | 2 | 18 | 62 | 82 | 33 | 43 | 208 | |- ! [[List of Michelin starred restaurants in South Korea|South Korea]] | 2024<ref name="SBu">{{cite press release |title=Michelin Guide 2024 – Seoul and Busan |url=https://dgaddcosprod.blob.core.windows.net/corporate-production/attachments/clte81prt043o15o72is77qex-20240222-pr-michelin-guide-seoul-2024.pdf |publisher=Michelin |location=Paris |date=22 February 2024 |access-date=22 May 2024}}</ref> | 1 | 9 | 26 | 57 | 87 | | | 177 |- ! [[List of Michelin-starred restaurants in Thailand|Thailand]] | 2026<ref>{{cite press release | url= https://agngnconpm.cloudimg.io/v7/https://dgaddcosprod.blob.core.windows.net/cxf-corporate/attachments/egdyhm8a56qe61fmmi5rr69c-20251127-pr-michelinguide-thailand-2026.pdf | title= Thailand shines brighter with 10 new michelin star restaurants, including its second three-michelin-star restaurant |location=Paris |publisher=Michelin |date=27 November 2025 }}</ref> | 2 | 8 | 33 | 43 | 5 | 137 | 288 | 468 |- ! [[List of Michelin-starred restaurants in Slovenia|Slovenia]] | 2023<ref>{{cite press release |title=Michelin Guide 2023 - Slovenia - A Green Star restaurant awarded Three Michelin Stars |url=https://dgaddcosprod.blob.core.windows.net/corporate-production/attachments/cloo52t50005035njgbmk4b3j-2023-09-19-pr-mg-slovenia-2023.pdf |location=Paris |publisher=Michelin |date=19 September 2023}}</ref> | 1 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 7 | | 59 |- ! [[List of Michelin-starred restaurants in Portugal|Portugal]] | 2024<ref>{{cite press release|title=Guide Michelin 2024 – Portugal |url=https://dgaddcosprod.blob.core.windows.net/corporate-production/attachments/clte2vvbo00jy13ma1vv91kdc-20240227-pr-michelin-guide-portugal-2024-en.pdf |location=Paris |publisher=Michelin |date=27 February 2024 |access-date=22 May 2024}}</ref> | 0 | 8 | 31 | 39 | 5 | 32 | 96 | 167 |- ! [[List of Michelin-starred restaurants in Brazil|Brazil]] | 2026<ref name="Br">{{cite press release |title=Dois restaurantes conquistam três Estrelas MICHELIN no Brasil |url=https://guide.michelin.com/br/pt_BR/article/michelin-guide-ceremony/dois-restaurantes-conquistam-tres-estrelas-michelin-no-brasil|location=Rio de Janeiro |publisher=Michelin |date=13 April 2026 |access-date=22 April 2026}}</ref> | 2 | 3 | 19 | 24 | 3 | 44 | 81 | 149 |- ! Canada<ref group=Note>As of 2025, only [[List of Michelin-starred restaurants in Quebec|Quebec]], [[List of Michelin-starred restaurants in Toronto|Toronto]], and [[List of Michelin-starred restaurants in Vancouver|Vancouver]] are reviewed.</ref> | 2024<ref>{{Cite web |title=Canada MICHELIN Restaurants – The MICHELIN Guide |url=https://guide.michelin.com/en/ca/restaurants |access-date=2025-05-15 |website=MICHELIN Guide |language=en-US}}</ref> | 0 | 2 | 33 | 35 | 5 | 54 | 186 | 275 |- ! [[List of Michelin-starred restaurants in Mexico|Mexico]] | 2025<ref>{{cite press release |title=All The Stars From The MICHELIN Guide Mexico 2025 |url=https://guide.michelin.com/ca/en/article/michelin-guide-ceremony/michelin-guide-mexico-stars-green-stars |location=Paris |publisher=Michelin |date=3 June 2025 |access-date=6 January 2026}}</ref> | 0 | 2 | 21 | 23 | 8 | 42 | 97 | 157 |- ! [[List of Michelin-starred restaurants in Hungary|Hungary]] | 2023<ref>{{cite press release |title=A New Green Star Restaurant Joins The Michelin Guide Hungary 2023 selection |url=https://dgaddcosprod.blob.core.windows.net/corporate-production/attachments/cloo52ofa004s35nj651s9ue1-20230914-pr-mg-hungary-23.pdf |location=Paris |publisher=Michelin |date=14 September 2023}}</ref> | 0 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 7 | | 75 |- ! [[List of Michelin-starred restaurants in Turkey|Turkey]] | 2025<ref>{{Cite web |title=The MICHELIN Guide Türkiye Reveals its 2026 Restaurant Selection |url=https://guide.michelin.com/en/article/michelin-guide-ceremony/the-michelin-guide-turkiye-reveals-its-2026-restaurant-selection|website=MICHELIN Guide}}</ref> | 0 | 2 | 15 | 17 | 4 | 39 | 115 | 171 |- ! [[List of Michelin-starred restaurants in Croatia|Croatia]] | 2023<ref>{{cite web | url=https://guide.michelin.com/hr/en/article/michelin-guide-ceremony/the-michelin-guide-croatia-2024-is-unveiled | title=The MICHELIN Guide Croatia 2024 Is Unveiled!; Michelin }}</ref> | 0 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 11 | 71 | 93 |- ! [[List of Michelin-starred restaurants in the Philippines|Philippines]] |2025<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Philippines MICHELIN Restaurants – The MICHELIN Guide |url=http://guide.michelin.com/en/ph/restaurants |access-date=2025-10-30 |website=MICHELIN Guide |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{cite press release |title=The MICHELIN Guide Makes Its Philippine Debut with One 2-Star and Eight 1-Star Restaurants |url=https://guide.michelin.com/ph/en/article/michelin-guide-ceremony/philippines-full-selection-2026 |location=Paris |publisher=Michelin |date=30 October 2025}}</ref> | 0 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 25 | 74 | 108 |- ! [[List of Michelin-starred restaurants in Argentina|Argentina]] |2024<ref name="BMe">{{cite press release |title=Michelin Guide 2024 - Buenos Aires and Mendoza - First selection |url=https://dgaddcosprod.blob.core.windows.net/corporate-production/attachments/clrot44yc00a71am3eejd86pj-20231124-pr-michelin-guide-argentina-2024-en.pdf |location=Paris |publisher=Michelin |date=24 November 2023}}</ref> | 0 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | | 71 |- ! [[List of Michelin-starred restaurants in Malta|Malta]] | 2024<ref>{{cite press release|title=For the first time, the Michelin Guide awards two Stars to a Maltese restaurant |url=https://dgaddcosprod.blob.core.windows.net/corporate-production/attachments/clulbeila02ta12jc2wmq7w2h-04042024-pr-michelinguide-malta2024.pdf |location=Paris |publisher=Michelin |date=4 April 2024 |access-date=22 May 2024}}</ref> | 0 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 28 | 40 |- ! [[List of Michelin-starred restaurants in Poland|Poland]] | 2024<ref>{{cite web | url=https://guide.michelin.com/pl/en/article/michelin-guide-ceremony/the-full-list-of-michelin-star-restaurants-in-poland | title=The Full List of MICHELIN Star Restaurants in Poland | Michelin }}</ref> | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 16 | 55 | 77 |- ! [[List of Michelin-starred restaurants in Malaysia|Malaysia]] | 2024<ref name=":M0">{{cite web | url=https://www.michelin.com/en/publications/michelin-guide-2024-kuala-lumpur-and-penang-first-two-michelin-starred-restaurant/ | title=The MICHELIN Guide | Explore }}</ref> | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 45 | | 77 |- ! [[List of Michelin-starred restaurants in Estonia|Estonia]] | 2024<ref>{{cite news | title=Estijoje dar 4 nauji restoranai įtraukti į "Michelin" gidą – dabar jame iš viso yra 35 šios šalies restoranai | work=Delfi | date=May 21, 2024 | url=https://www.delfi.lt/maistas/produktu-apzvalgos/estijoje-dar-4-nauji-restoranai-itraukti-i-michelin-gida-dabar-jame-is-viso-yra-35-sios-salies-restoranai-120016776 | language=lt | access-date=May 22, 2024}}</ref> | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 27 | 35 |- ! [[List of Michelin-starred restaurants in Vietnam|Vietnam]] | 2025<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=The 2025 MICHELIN Guide Hanoi {{!}} Ho Chi Minh City {{!}} Da Nang Celebrates Vietnam's Culinary Ascent with 9 One Star, 2 Green Star, and 63 Bib Gourmand |url=https://guide.michelin.com/en/article/michelin-guide-ceremony/michelin-guide-vietnam-2025 |access-date=2025-06-11 |website=Michelin Guide |language=en-US}}</ref> | 0 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 63 | 109 | 181 |- ! [[List of Michelin-starred restaurants in Lithuania|Lithuania]] | 2024<ref>{{cite press release |url=https://dgaddcosprod.blob.core.windows.net/corporate-production/attachments/clxecy4ah17bq13o41640adxo-20240613-pr-michelin-guide-lithuania-2024-en.pdf |title=The first edition of The Michelin Guide Lithuania has been unveiled |publisher=Michelin |date=13 June 2024 |access-date=22 January 2025}}</ref> | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 26 | 34 |- ! [[List of Michelin-starred restaurants in Doha|Qatar]] | 2025<ref name="doha">{{cite web |url=https://guide.michelin.com/en/article/michelin-guide-ceremony/full-list-michelin-guide-doha-selection |title=The Full List of the Michelin Guide Doha Selection |publisher=Michelin Guide |date=12 December 2024 |access-date=22 January 2025}}</ref> | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 27 | 33 | |- ! [[List of Michelin-starred restaurants in Serbia|Serbia]] | 2025<ref>{{cite web |url=https://guide.michelin.com/en/article/michelin-guide-ceremony/michelin-guide-serbia-2025-welcomes-two-new-starred-restaurants |title=Michelin Guide Serbia 2025 welcomes two new Starred restaurants |publisher=Michelin Guide |date=17 December 2024 |access-date=22 January 2025}}</ref> | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 23 |- ! [[List of Michelin-starred restaurants in Latvia|Latvia]] | 2026<ref>{{Cite web |title=The MICHELIN Guide Latvia 2026: All The Winners |url=https://guide.michelin.com/lv/en/article/michelin-guide-ceremony/the-michelin-guide-latvia-riga-2026-winners-michelin-guide-ceremony |access-date=2026-01-23 |website=MICHELIN Guide |language=en-LV|date=2025-10-25}}</ref> | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 34 | |- ! [[List of Michelin-starred restaurants in Spain|Andorra]]<ref group="Note">Andorra is included in the [[List of Michelin-starred restaurants in Spain|Spain]] guide</ref> | 2024<ref name="SpainAndorra"/> | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | {{N/A}} | {{N/A}} | 5 | 6 |}

=== Regions and cities === {{dynamic list}} {| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center" ! City ! Year ! Three stars [[File:Etoile_Michelin-3.svg|75px]] ! Two stars [[File:Etoile_Michelin-2.svg|50px]] ! One star [[File:Etoile_Michelin-1.svg|23px]] ! One star or more ! Green star [[File:MichelinGreenStar.svg|23px]] ! Bib Gourmand [[File:Bib Gourmand.svg|23px]] ! Selected restaurants ! Total restaurants recognized |- ! [[List of Michelin-starred restaurants in Abu Dhabi|Abu Dhabi]] | 2025<ref>{{cite web |url=https://guide.michelin.com/gb/en/article/michelin-guide-ceremony/michelin-guide-abu-dhabi-2025-selection-launch |title=The Michelin Guide Abu Dhabi 2025 has Just Been Unveiled |publisher=Michelin Guide |date=31 October 2024 |access-date=10 April 2025}}</ref> | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | | 8 | 36 | 48 |- ! [[List of Michelin-starred restaurants in Greece|Athens]] | 2023<ref>{{cite web |title=Michelin Guide 2023 Athens: 3 New One-Star Restaurants |url=https://www.michelin.com/en/documents/michelin-guide-2023-athens-3-new-one-star-restaurants/ |website=Michelin |year=2023}}</ref> | 0 | 1 | 11 | 12 | | 5 | | 31 |- ! [[List of Michelin-starred restaurants in Atlanta|Atlanta]] | 2025<ref>{{cite web |title=MICHELIN Guide Atlanta 2025 Awards |url=https://discoveratlanta.com/stories/things-to-do/michelin-guide-atlanta-2025-awards/ |website=Michelin |year=2025}}</ref> | 0 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 11 | 39 | 58 |- ! [[List of Michelin-starred restaurants in Beijing|Beijing]] | 2025<ref>{{cite web |url=https://guide.michelin.com/en/article/news-and-views/beijing-2025-starred-restaurants |title=The Michelin Guide Beijing 2025 Officially Released, with 13 Restaurants Making Their Debut on the List |publisher=Michelin Guide |date=14 October 2024 |access-date=22 January 2025}}</ref> | 2 | 4 | 27 | 33 | | 21 | 47 | 101 |- ! [[List of Michelin-starred restaurants in Serbia|Belgrade]] |2024<ref>{{cite web |title=Michelin Guide 2024 Belgrade: Five New Restaurants |url=https://www.michelin.com/en/publications/michelin-guide-2024-belgrade-five-new-restaurants/ |website=Michelin |year=2024}}</ref> | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 2 | | 22 |- ! [[List of Michelin-starred restaurants in American Northeast Cities|Boston]] |2025<ref>{{cite web | title=The MICHELIN Guide Debuts in Boston and Philadelphia | url=https://guide.michelin.com/us/en/article/news-and-views/michelin-guide-boston-philadelphia-massachusetts-pennsylvania-philly }}</ref> |0 |0 |1 |1 | |6 |19 |26 |- ! [[List of Michelin-starred restaurants in Chengdu|Chengdu]] | 2024<ref>{{cite web |title=Michelin Guide 2024 Chengdu: One Restaurant Awarded Two Michelin Stars |url=https://www.michelin.com/en/publications/michelin-guide-2024-chengdu-one-restaurant-awarded-two-michelin-stars/ |website=Michelin |year=2024}}</ref> | 0 | 2 | 11 | 13 | | 20 | | 69 |- ! [[List of Michelin-starred restaurants in Chicago|Chicago]] | 2023<ref>{{cite web | url=https://chicago.eater.com/2023/11/8/23950171/michelin-restaurants-chicago-stars-bib-gourmand-2023 | title=Here Are Chicago's Michelin Star and Bib Gourmand Winners for 2023 | date=8 November 2023 }}</ref> | 2 | 3 | 16 | 21 | | 47 ([[United States dollar|$]]40)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Levitt |first1=Aimee |title=Michelin Announces 2022 Chicago Bib Gourmand List |url=https://chicago.eater.com/2022/4/5/23011690/michelin-2022-chicago-bib-gourmand-list |website=Eater Chicago |access-date=1 August 2022 |language=en |date=5 April 2022}}</ref> | | 400 |- ! [[List of Michelin-starred restaurants in California|California]]<ref group=Note>Beginning in 2019, [[List of Michelin starred restaurants in Los Angeles and Southern California|Los Angeles]] and [[List of Michelin starred restaurants in the San Francisco Bay Area|San Francisco]] areas were no longer separate publications and one guide was issued for the entire state of California.</ref> | 2023<ref>{{cite web |url=https://guide.michelin.com/us/en/california/restaurants |title = California Michelin restaurants - the Michelin Guide United States}}</ref> | 6 | 12 | 69 | 87 | | 143 | | 608 |- ! [[List of Michelin-starred restaurants in Colorado|Colorado]] | 2023<ref>{{cite web | title=Boulder, Colorado| website=MICHELIN Guide USA| url=https://guide.michelin.com/us/en/colorado/boulder_1261512/restaurants | access-date=6 October 2023}}</ref> | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | | 9 | | 44 |- ! [[List of Michelin-starred restaurants in Doha|Doha]] | 2025<ref name="doha"/> | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 4 | | 33 |- ! [[List of Michelin-starred restaurants in Dubai|Dubai]] | 2025<ref>{{Cite web |last=Saundalkar |first=Aarti |date=2025-05-22 |title=Michelin Guide 2025: Here are all the Michelin Star restaurants in Dubai |url=https://whatson.ae/2025/05/michelin-guide-2025-here-are-all-the-michelin-star-restaurants-in-dubai/ |access-date=2025-05-22 |website=What's On |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Two Restaurants Awarded Three MICHELIN Stars for the First Time in Dubai |url=https://guide.michelin.com/en/article/michelin-guide-ceremony/three-michelin-stars-dubai-2025 |access-date=2025-05-22 |website=MICHELIN Guide |language=en-US}}</ref> | 2 | 3 | 14 | 19 | 3 | 22 | | 119 |- ! [[List of Michelin-starred restaurants in Florida|Florida]] |2024<ref>{{cite press release |title=2024 Michelin Guide awards Ceremony |url=https://dgaddcosprod.blob.core.windows.net/corporate-production/attachments/clvalyt9m0ifq12o7cpide7z9-20240418-pr-michelinguide-miamiorlandotampa2024.pdf |location=Greenville, South Carolina |publisher=Michelin |date=18 April 2024 |access-date=22 May 2024}}</ref> | 0 | 1 | 25 | 26 | | 33 ($50) | 91 | 149 |- ! [[List of Michelin-starred restaurants in Guangzhou|Guangzhou]] | 2024<ref>{{cite web |title=MICHELIN Guide - Guangzhou - 2024 |url=https://dgaddcosprod.blob.core.windows.net/corporate-production/attachments/clwt837d917di14hq7zfn0c2o-20240530-pr-michelinguide-guangzhou-2024.pdf |publisher=Michelin |access-date=5 June 2024 |date=30 May 2024}}</ref> | 0 | 3 | 17 | 20 | | 44 | | 105 |- ! [[List of Michelin-starred restaurants in Hangzhou|Hangzhou]] | 2023<ref>{{cite web |title=Michelin Guide 2023 Hangzhou: First Edition |url=https://www.michelin.com/en/documents/michelin-guide-2023-hangzhou-first-edition/ |website=Michelin |year=2023}}</ref> | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | | 12 | | 51 |- ! [[List of Michelin-starred restaurants in Hong Kong & Macau|Hong Kong & Macau]] | 2024<ref name="HcM">{{cite press release |title=Michelin Guide 2024 - Hong Kong & Macau |url=https://dgaddcosprod.blob.core.windows.net/corporate-production/attachments/cltrh1k3z06bv13kchw5j6onh-20240314-pr-michelin-guide-hong-kong-2024-pr.pdf |location=Paris |publisher=Michelin |date=13 March 2024 |access-date=22 May 2024}}</ref> | 9 | 18 | 68 | 95 | | 77 | 90 | 262 |- ! [[List of Michelin-starred restaurants in Japan|Kyoto and Osaka]] | 2024<ref name="KyO">{{cite press release |title=One new Two Michelin Star and two new Michelin Green Star restaurants shine in the 15th anniversary edition of the Michelin Guide Kyoto and Osaka |url=https://dgaddcosprod.blob.core.windows.net/corporate-production/attachments/clus662fx0z7i12jcf4qpbqyc-20240409-pr-michelinguide-kyoto-osaka-2024.pdf |publisher=Michelin |location=Paris |date=9 April 2024 |access-date=22 May 2024}}</ref> | 8 | 27 | 150 | 185 | | 117 | 138 | 440 |- ! [[List of Michelin-starred restaurants in Las Vegas|Las Vegas]] (suspended) | 2009<ref>{{cite news| title=Michelin: Bad economy means no 2010 guide in Las Vegas | newspaper=Las Vegas Sun | date=26 June 2009 | url=https://lasvegassun.com/blogs/culture/2009/jun/26/michelin-bad-economy-means-no-2010-guide-las-vegas/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100814234711/http://www.lasvegassun.com/blogs/culture/2009/jun/26/michelin-bad-economy-means-no-2010-guide-las-vegas/ |archive-date=14 August 2010}}</ref> | 1 | 3 | 13 | 17 | | | | 140 |- ! [[List of Michelin-starred restaurants in Moscow|Moscow]] (suspended)<ref>{{Cite news |date=2022-03-04 |title=Michelin Guide suspends restaurant recommendations in Russia |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/business/michelin-guide-suspends-restaurant-recommendations-russia-2022-03-04/ |access-date=2023-07-16}}</ref> | 2021<ref>{{Cite web|title=Рестораны Michelin - Гид Michelin|url=https://guide.michelin.com/ru/ru/restaurants|access-date=2021-10-14|website=Michelin Guide|language=ru-RU}}</ref> | 0 | 2 | 7 | 9 | | 15 | | |- ! [[List of Michelin-starred restaurants in Nara|Nara Prefecture]] |2023<ref>{{cite web |title=Michelin Guide 2023 Nara: Two Restaurants Are Newly Awarded One Michelin Star |url=https://www.michelin.com/en/documents/michelin-guide-2023-nara-two-restaurants-are-newly-awarded-one-michelin-star// |website=Michelin |year=2023}}</ref> | 0 | 4 | 20 | 24 | | 18 | | 88 |- ! [[List of Michelin-starred restaurants in New York City|New York City]] | 2025<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://guide.michelin.com/en/article/michelin-guide-ceremony/all-the-stars-in-the-michelin-guide-to-new-york-city-2025|title=All the Stars in The MICHELIN Guide to New York City 2025 |website=MICHELIN Guide}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=New York MICHELIN Restaurants - The MICHELIN Guide USA |url=https://guide.michelin.com/us/en/new-york-state/new-york/restaurants |access-date=2025-12-07 |website=MICHELIN Guide |language=en-US}}</ref> | 5 | 15 | 52 | 71 | 4 | 102 ($49) | | 358 |- ! [[List of Michelin-starred restaurants in northeastern cities of the United States|Philadelphia]] | 2025<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://guide.michelin.com/us/en/article/michelin-guide-ceremony/all-the-stars-and-bib-gourmands-in-the-first-michelin-guide-to-philadelphia-2025|title=All the Stars and Bib Gourmands in the First MICHELIN Guide to Philadelphia 2025 |website=MICHELIN Guide}}</ref> | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 21 | 37 |- ! [[List of Michelin-starred restaurants in Quebec|Quebec]] | 2025<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/michelin-guide-quebec-star-1.7535739 |title=Michelin unveils Quebec guide, awards stars to 9 restaurants |last=Lapierre |first=Matthew |work=CBC News |date=15 May 2025 |access-date=26 May 2025}}</ref> | 0 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 17 | 76 | 102 |- ! [[List of Michelin-starred restaurants in São Paulo|São Paulo]] | 2026<ref>{{cite web |url=https://exame.com/casual/michelin-brasil-inaugura-era-com-restaurantes-tres-estrelas/ |title=Guia Michelin Brasil inaugura era com restaurantes três estrelas|last=Storch |first=Julia |work=Exame |date=13 April 2026 |access-date=22 April 2026}}</ref> | 2 | 1 | 13 | 16 | 3 | 36 | 53 | 89 |- ! [[List of Michelin-starred restaurants in Shanghai|Shanghai]] |2024<ref>{{cite web |title=Michelin Guide 2024 Shanghai: 5 Restaurants Receive One Michelin Star for the First Time |url=https://www.michelin.com/en/publications/michelin-guide-2024-shanghai-5-restaurants-receive-one-michelin-star-for-the-first-time/ |website=Michelin |year=2024}}</ref> | 2 | 9 | 41 | 51 | | 26 | | 148 |- ! [[List of Michelin-starred restaurants in Texas|Texas]] | 2024<ref>{{cite web |url=https://guide.michelin.com/us/en/article/michelin-guide-ceremony/michelin-guide-texas-stars-green-stars-sustainability |title=All The Stars From The Michelin Guide Texas 2024 |publisher=Michelin Guide |date=11 November 2024 |access-date=22 January 2025}}</ref> | 0 | 0 | 15 | 15 | | 44 | | 116 |- ! [[List of Michelin-starred restaurants in Toronto|Toronto]] | 2023<ref>{{cite web |title=Michelin Guide 2023 Toronto: Two Restaurants Earn a Michelin Star for the First Time |url=https://www.michelin.com/en/documents/michelin-guide-2023-toronto-two-restaurants-earn-a-michelin-star-for-the-first-time/ |website=Michelin |year=2023}}</ref> | 0 | 1 | 14 | 15 | | 21 | | 83 |- ! [[List of Michelin-starred restaurants in Tokyo|Tokyo]] | 2024<ref>{{cite press release |title=Restaurant Harutaka is newly awarded Three MICHELIN Stars in the 2024 edition of the MICHELIN Guide Tokyo |url=https://dgaddcosprod.blob.core.windows.net/corporate-production/attachments/clrot672g00bg1am39ed70piv-20231205-pr-michelinguide-tokyo-2024.pdf |publisher=Michelin |year=2024}}</ref> | 12 | 33 | 138 | 183 | | 127 | 194 | 504 |- ! [[List of Michelin-starred restaurants in Vancouver|Vancouver]] | 2023<ref>{{cite web |title=2023 Guide Michelin Vancouver: Five More Bib Gourmands |url=https://www.michelin.com/en/documents/2023-guide-michelin-vancouver-five-more-bib-gourmands/ |website=Michelin |year=2023}}</ref> | 0 | 0 | 9 | 9 | | 17 | | 77 |- ! [[List of Michelin-starred restaurants in Washington, D.C.|Washington, D.C.]] | 2023<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://guide.michelin.com/us/en/district-of-columbia/washington-dc/restaurants|title=Washington, D.C. Michelin Restaurants - the Michelin Guide|work=michelin.com |access-date=15 February 2023}}</ref> | 1 | 3 | 21 | 25 | | 29 ($40) | | 122 |}

===Non-restaurant food=== In 2014, Michelin introduced a separate listing for [[gastropub]]s in Ireland.<ref>{{cite news |title=Four Clare pubs listed in 2014 Michelin Guide |url=http://www.clarechampion.ie/four-clare-pubs-listed-2014-michelin-guide/ |newspaper=Clare Champion |date=19 May 2014 |access-date=4 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150908085405/http://www.clarechampion.ie/four-clare-pubs-listed-2014-michelin-guide/ |archive-date=8 September 2015 }}</ref> In 2016, the ''Michelin Guide'' for Hong Kong and Macau introduced an overview of notable street-food establishments.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.eater.com/2015/11/5/9674384/michelin-guide-hong-kong-street-food |title=Michelin Recognizes Street Food for the First Time in Its Hong Kong Guide |first=Adam H. |last=Callaghan |date=5 November 2015 |work=Eater |access-date=2 February 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160123205046/http://www.eater.com/2015/11/5/9674384/michelin-guide-hong-kong-street-food |archive-date=23 January 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2015/nov/05/michelin-includes-street-food-category-for-first-time-in-hong-kong-guide |title=Michelin includes street food for first time in Hong Kong guide |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |date=5 November 2015 |access-date=2 February 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160202203609/http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2015/nov/05/michelin-includes-street-food-category-for-first-time-in-hong-kong-guide |archive-date=2 February 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref> In the same year, the Singapore guide introduced the first Michelin stars for street-food locations, for [[Hong Kong Soya Sauce Chicken Rice and Noodle]] and [[Hill Street Tai Hwa Pork Noodle]].<ref name="telegraph">{{cite news|last1=Kim|first1=Soo|title=Singapore street food stalls get Michelin stars|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/asia/singapore/articles/singapore-street-food-stalls-get-michelin-star/|access-date=8 August 2016|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|date=25 July 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160922233916/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/asia/singapore/articles/singapore-street-food-stalls-get-michelin-star/|archive-date=22 September 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Other ratings=== [[File:Michelin Guide "fork and spoon" red designation at Miodova Restaurant, Kraków, Poland for 2017 and 2018, in 2019.jpg|thumb|upright|''Michelin Guide'' "fork and spoon" red designation at Miodova Restaurant in [[Kraków]], Poland, for 2017 and 2018]] All listed restaurants, regardless of their star, {{lang|fr|Bib Gourmand}}, or Plate status, also receive a "fork and spoon" designation, as a subjective reflection of the overall comfort and quality of the restaurant.<ref name="michelinguide.com">[http://www.michelinguide.com/us/pdf/use_guide_2010.pdf How to Use This Guide] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110103233450/http://www.michelinguide.com/us/pdf/use_guide_2010.pdf |date=3 January 2011 }}, Michelin, accessed 20 May 2013</ref> Rankings range from one to five: one fork and spoon represents a "comfortable restaurant" and five signifies a "luxurious restaurant". Forks and spoons colored red designate a restaurant that is considered "pleasant" as well. Restaurants, independently of their other ratings in the guide, can also receive a number of other symbols next to their listing:

* ''Coins'' indicate restaurants that serve a menu for a certain price or less, depending on the local monetary standard.<ref name="michelinguide.com"/> In 2010 France, 2011 US and Japan Red Guides, the maximum permitted "coin" prices were €19, $25, and [[¥]]5000, respectively. * ''Interesting view'' or ''Magnificent view'', designated by a black or red symbol, are given to restaurants offering those features. * ''Grapes'', a ''[[sake set]]'', or a ''[[cocktail glass]]'' indicate restaurants that offer at minimum a "somewhat interesting" selection of wines, [[sake]], or [[cocktail]]s, respectively.<ref name="michelinguide.com"/>

==Green Guides== The ''Michelin Green Guides'' review and rate attractions other than restaurants. There is a ''Green Guide'' for France as a whole, and a more detailed one for each of ten regions within France. Other ''Green Guides'' cover many countries, regions, and cities outside France. Many ''Green Guides'' are published in several languages. They include background information and an alphabetical section describing points of interest. Like the ''Red Guides'', they use a three-star system for recommending sites, ranging from "worth a trip" to "worth a detour" and "interesting".<ref>{{Cite web |title=Green guide |url=https://boutique.laventure.michelin.com/en/category-product/maps-and-guides/green-guide/ |access-date=2024-04-17 |website=Boutique de l'Aventure Michelin |language=en-US}}</ref>

==Controversies== ===Allegations of lax inspection standards and bias=== Pascal Rémy, a veteran France-based Michelin inspector, and also a former ''[[Gault Millau]]'' employee, wrote a [[tell-all book]], ''L'Inspecteur se met à table'' (''The Inspector Sits Down at the Table)'', published in 2004. Rémy's employment was terminated in December 2003 when he informed Michelin of his plans to publish his book.<ref name="sage">Sage, Adam. [http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:UKNB:LTIB&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=102F005B5A132BA5&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated5&req_dat=102CDD40F14C6BDA "J'Accuse: Michelin cooks the books"], ''[[The Times]]'', 31 May 2004</ref> He brought a court case for unfair dismissal, which was unsuccessful.<ref>Henley, John. [http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:UKNB:GRDC&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=10700C47EDAD28E6&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated5&req_dat=102CDD40F14C6BDA "Michelin bean-spiller loses court battle"], ''[[The Guardian]]'', 15 December 2004</ref>

Rémy described the French Michelin inspector's life as lonely, underpaid drudgery, driving around France for weeks on end, dining alone, under intense pressure to file detailed reports to strict deadlines. He maintained that the guide had become lax in its standards. Although Michelin states that its inspectors visited all 4,000 reviewed restaurants in France every 18 months, and all starred restaurants several times a year, Rémy said only about one visit every {{Fraction|3|1|2}} years was possible because there were only 11 inspectors in France when he was hired rather than the 50 or more hinted by Michelin. He said that number had shrunk to five by the time he was fired in December 2003.<ref name="sage"/>

Rémy accused the guide of favouritism. He alleged that Michelin treated famous and influential chefs, such as [[Paul Bocuse]] and [[Alain Ducasse]], as "untouchable" and not subject to the same rigorous standards as lesser-known chefs.<ref name="sage"/> Michelin denied Rémy's charges, but refused to say how many inspectors it actually employed in France. In response to Rémy's statement that certain three-star chefs were sacrosanct, Michelin said, "There would be little sense in saying a restaurant was worth three stars if it weren't true, if for no other reason than that the customer would write and tell us."<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2004/02/25/dining/michelin-man-jolts-french-food-world.html?pagewanted=all "Michelin Man Jolts French Food World"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170701030110/http://www.nytimes.com/2004/02/25/dining/michelin-man-jolts-french-food-world.html?pagewanted=all |date=1 July 2017 }}, ''[[The New York Times]]'', 25 February 2004</ref>

====Allegations of prejudice favouring French cuisine==== Some non-French food critics have alleged that the rating system is biased in favour of [[French cuisine]] or French dining standards. British newspaper ''[[The Guardian]]'' commented in 1997 that "some people maintain the guide's principal purpose is as a tool of Gallic cultural imperialism".<ref>"Pass Notes", ''[[The Guardian]]'', 23 January 1997, p. A3</ref> When Michelin published its first New York City Red Guide in 2005 Steven Kurutz of ''[[The New York Times]]'' observed that [[Danny Meyer]]'s [[Union Square Cafe]], a restaurant rated highly by ''The New York Times'', [[Zagat Survey]], and other prominent guides, received a no-star rating from Michelin; he acknowledged that the restaurant received positive mention for its ambiance and that two other restaurants owned by Meyer received stars. Kurutz also said the guide appeared to favour restaurants that "emphasized formality and presentation" rather than a "casual approach to fine dining". He said over half of the restaurants that received one or two stars "could be considered French".<ref name="nyt1">Kurutz, Steven. [https://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/13/nyregion/thecity/13cafe.html "She's a Belle of the City, but the French are Blasé"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150427115212/http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/13/nyregion/thecity/13cafe.html |date=27 April 2015 }}, ''[[The New York Times]]'', 13 November 2005</ref> The ''Michelin Guide'' New York 2007 included 526 restaurants, compared to 2,014 in Zagat New York 2007; after [[The Four Seasons Restaurant]] received no stars in that edition, co-owner [[Julian Niccolini]] said Michelin "should stay in France, and they should keep their guide there".<ref name=":2">{{Cite journal|last=Ferguson|first=Priscilla Parkhurst |date=2008-02-01|title=Michelin in America |journal=Gastronomica: The Journal of Critical Food Studies |volume=8|issue=1|pages=49–55|doi=10.1525/gfc.2008.8.1.49|issn=1529-3262}}</ref>

====Allegations of leniency with stars for Japanese cuisine==== In 2007, [[Tokyo]]'s restaurants were awarded the most stars and in 2010 other Japanese cities like [[Kyoto]] and [[Osaka]] also received many stars. At the time this sparked questions from some over whether these high ratings were merited for Japanese restaurants, or whether the ''Michelin Guide'' was too generous in giving out stars to gain an acceptance with Japanese customers and to enable the tyre-selling parent company to market itself in Japan. Some argued that the discrepancy is explained by the difference in total restaurants in each city: Tokyo has 160,000 restaurants while Paris, for example, has just 40,000.<ref>Robinson, Gwen. [https://www.ft.com/content/9952f580-96c4-11dc-b2da-0000779fd2ac "Michelin serves up stars and stirs envy in Japan"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191213213152/https://www.ft.com/content/9952f580-96c4-11dc-b2da-0000779fd2ac |date=13 December 2019 }}, ''[[Financial Times]]'', 14 October 2009; and Robinson, Gwen. [https://www.ft.com/content/5904aba2-b811-11de-8ca9-00144feab49a "Michelin sprinkles stars on Tokyo"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191208232459/https://www.ft.com/content/5904aba2-b811-11de-8ca9-00144feab49a |date=8 December 2019 }}, ''[[Financial Times]]'', 19 November 2007</ref><ref name="bbctokyo">{{cite news |title=Tokyo 'world's best place to eat' |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8364051.stm |access-date=13 December 2019 |publisher=BBC |date=17 November 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191213213146/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8364051.stm |archive-date=13 December 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]'' reported in 2010 that some Japanese chefs were surprised at receiving a star and were reluctant to accept one because the publicity caused an unmanageable jump in bookings, affecting their ability to serve their traditional customers without compromising on lowering the quality of their dishes.<ref>Sanchanta, Mariko, Katy Mclaughlin and Max Colchester. [https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702303738504575568442015009552 "Michelin Stars Draw Shots"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170710020319/https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702303738504575568442015009552 |date=10 July 2017 }}, ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]'', 25 October 2010</ref>

===Unwanted stars=== Some restaurateurs have asked Michelin to revoke a star because they felt that it created undesirable customer expectations,<ref name="The World">{{cite news |url=https://theworld.org/stories/2016/07/30/why-great-chefs-reject-michelin-stars |title=Why great chefs reject Michelin stars |date=July 30, 2016 |author=Antonio Pita |work=[[The World (radio program)|The World]]}}</ref> or pressure to spend more on service and decor.<ref>{{cite journal | last1=Gergaud | first1=Olivier | last2=Storchmann | first2=Karl | last3=Verardi | first3=Vincenzo | title=Expert Opinion and Quality Perception of Consumers: Evidence from New York City Restaurants | journal=SSRN Electronic Journal|date=22 May 2012| issn=1556-5068 | doi=10.2139/ssrn.2064554|doi-access=}}</ref> Notable cases include:

* {{lang|es|Casa Julio}} ({{lang|es|Fontanars dels Alforins}}, Spain). After receiving a star for a perfumed cuisine in 2009, the restaurant chef Julio Biosca felt the award was granted to dishes that he did not like and which restricted his creativity. He tried to remove his star, and in December 2013 he discontinued his tasting menu. The removal took place in the 2015 guide.<ref name="fortune.com">{{cite web |url=http://fortune.com/2014/12/11/michelin-star-restaurants-down-side/ |title=The curse of the Michelin-star restaurant rating |first=Ian |last=Mount |date=11 December 2014 |work=[[Fortune (magazine)|Fortune]] |access-date=2 February 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160308035632/http://fortune.com/2014/12/11/michelin-star-restaurants-down-side/ |archive-date=8 March 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://elpais.com/elpais/2014/12/02/inenglish/1417521188_192723.html |title=The chef who gave up his Michelin star |date=2 December 2014 |work=[[El País]] |access-date=2 February 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160111163716/http://elpais.com/elpais/2014/12/02/inenglish/1417521188_192723.html |archive-date=11 January 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref> * Petersham Nurseries Café (London): After receiving a star in 2011, founder and chef [[Skye Gyngell]] received complaints from customers expecting formal dining, leading to her attempt to remove the star, and her subsequent retirement from the restaurant. She has since said she regretted her remarks and would have welcomed a star.<ref name="fortune.com"/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/foodanddrink/foodanddrinknews/9094386/Skye-Gyngell-curse-of-the-Michelin-star-has-driven-me-out-of-the-kitchen.html |title=Skye Gyngell: curse of the Michelin star has driven me out of the kitchen |date=21 February 2012 |work=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |access-date=2 February 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160111163716/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/foodanddrink/foodanddrinknews/9094386/Skye-Gyngell-curse-of-the-Michelin-star-has-driven-me-out-of-the-kitchen.html |archive-date=11 January 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/international/art/20120222/16091504 |title=摘星變詛咒難耐食客投訴不絕女廚棄米芝蓮榮耀 - 蘋果日報 - 兩岸國際 - 20120222 |work=Apple Daily 蘋果日報 |access-date=2 February 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160111163716/http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/international/art/20120222/16091504 |archive-date=11 January 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref> * 't Huis van Lede (Belgium). After receiving a star in 2014, chef Frederick Dhooge said he did not want his Michelin star or his points in the Gault-Millau restaurant guide, stating: "We noticed that this is not always understood by a group of customers that expect a spectacle of stars and points kitchen" from a Michelin-starred restaurant rather than simple food.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.eater.com/2014/3/13/6264733/chef-in-belgium-gives-back-his-michelin-star |title=Chef in Belgium Gives Back His Michelin Star |first=Hillary |last=Dixler |date=13 March 2014 |work=Eater |access-date=2 February 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160111163716/http://www.eater.com/2014/3/13/6264733/chef-in-belgium-gives-back-his-michelin-star |archive-date=11 January 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref> Dhooge complained about expectations for decor and originality: "The customers expect a parade of appetizers when the gastronomic menu starts, in a setting that, according to them, also deserves one star. Take a shrimp croquette. People expect a starred chef to give his own interpretation of that dish. I just want to make a really good shrimp croquette."<ref name="The World" /> * [[Marco Pierre White]], the first British chef to be awarded three Michelin stars, quit his restaurant and returned his stars in 1999, citing the pressure of maintaining them and the resulting monotony, and questioning the competence of the inspectors who granted them.<ref name="Moskin">{{cite news |author=Moskin |first=Julia |date=September 18, 2023 |title=Michelin's Coveted Stars Can Come With Some Costs |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/12/dining/michelin-star-restaurants-america.html |work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2015/jan/18/sp-marco-pierre-white-my-work-was-a-painkiller |title=Marco Pierre White: My work was a painkiller – it was where I hid |author=Rachel Cooke |date=17 January 2015}}</ref>

===Losing stars=== The pressure to retain Michelin stars can be immense, as the loss of a star will almost inevitably have a significant impact on business. It is widely believed that chef [[Bernard Loiseau]] died by suicide in 2003 after hearing the rumor that his three-star restaurant, [[Le Relais Bernard Loiseau|La Côte d'Or]], would be demoted to two stars.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/michelin-and-the-deaths-of-two-french-chefs |title=Michelin and the Deaths of Two French Chefs |first=Michael |last=Steinberger |date=5 February 2016 |magazine=[[The New Yorker]]}}</ref>

===Mistakes=== In 2017, the Bouche à Oreille café in [[Bourges]], France, was accidentally given a star when it was confused with a restaurant of the same name in [[Boutervilliers]], near Paris.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/02/18/workmens-cafe-overwhelmed-customers-accidentally-given-michelin/ |title=Workmen's cafe overwhelmed with customers after it is accidentally awarded a Michelin star |date=18 February 2017 |work=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |access-date=18 February 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170218223545/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/02/18/workmens-cafe-overwhelmed-customers-accidentally-given-michelin/ |archive-date=18 February 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://clubsandwich.konbini.com/news/quand-un-bistrot-de-quartier-recoit-par-erreur-une-etoile-au-michelin/ |title=Quand un bistrot de quartier reçoit par erreur une étoile au Michelin |date=17 February 2017 |work=[[Konbini (company)|Konbini]] |access-date=20 February 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170220173401/http://clubsandwich.konbini.com/news/quand-un-bistrot-de-quartier-recoit-par-erreur-une-etoile-au-michelin/ |archive-date=20 February 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Influence on cuisine and working conditions=== In the 21st century, some American chefs, restaurant owners, and officials interviewed by ''The New York Times'' criticized the guide for creating a type of sameness, rewarding expensive fine dining attributes, luxury ingredients, expensive tableware, matching uniforms, many-course menus, small bites, and meticulously arranged plating.<ref name="Moskin" /> High-quality fine dining in Western countries is labor-intensive, putting pressure on [[line chef]] wages. Because of their high status, Michelin-starred fine dining restaurants often rely on [[Staging (cooking)|staging]], a form of [[unpaid internship]]. At the three-star restaurant [[Noma (restaurant)|Noma]], chef-owner René Redzepi yielded to public pressure in 2022 and began paying interns. After three months, Redzepi announced the restaurant was no longer financially sustainable and that the concept would close at the end of 2024.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/begging-to-work-there-for-free-fine-dining-wouldnt-exist-without-unpaid-labour/ |title='Begging to Work There for Free': Fine Dining Wouldn't Exist Without Unpaid Labour |author=Aleksandra Bliszczyk |work=Vice |date=January 20, 2023}}</ref> The power imbalance between chef-owners and staff has also resulted in workers at some fine-dining restaurants producing intricate dishes complaining of very long hours, difficulty affording food, physical and sexual abuse, refusal of permission to treat injuries at a hospital, and destruction of workers' personal property.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.ft.com/content/a62a96b8-2db2-44ec-ac80-67fcf83d86ef |newspaper=[[Financial Times]] |title=Fine dining faces its dark truths in Copenhagen / Bold chefs turned the city into a global culinary capital. What was really happening in their kitchens? |author=Imogen West-Knights |date=June 2, 2022}}</ref> Most chefs interviewed by ''The New York Times'' said the increase in business and job applicants that comes with the publicity around a Michelin star makes it worth seeking.<ref name="Moskin" /> Many also said the competition for stars improves restaurant quality.<ref name="Moskin" />

== See also == {{portal|Books|Food}} * [[List of female chefs with Michelin stars]] * [[List of Michelin 3-star restaurants]] * [[Lists of Michelin-starred restaurants]] * [[The World's 50 Best Restaurants]]

==Notes== {{Reflist|group=Note}}

==References== {{Reflist}}

==Further reading== ===Published in the 20th century=== * {{Citation |location=London |publisher=Michelin Tyre Company |title=Michelin Guide to the British Isles |date=1913 |ol=14022740M }} (+ [https://archive.org/stream/michelinguidetob00michrich#page/76/mode/2up List of excursions]) * {{Citation |publisher=Michelin and Cie |location=Clermont-Ferrand |title=Amiens before and during the war |date=1919 |oclc=887914 |ol=13521961M }} * {{Citation |publisher=Michelin |date=1919 |location=Milltown, N.J. |title=Michelin Guide to the Battlefields of the World War |ol = 24432211M}} * {{Citation |publisher=Michelin & Cie |date=1919 |location=Clermont-Ferrand |title=Strasbourg |language=fr |ol = 24638163M}} * {{Citation |publisher=Michelin & cie |date=1921 |location=Clermont-Ferrand |title=St. Quentin-Cambrai |language=fr |ol = 24786012M}}

===Published in the 21st century=== * ''{{lang|fr|Trois étoiles au Michelin: Une histoire de la haute gastronomie française et européenne}}'', by {{lang|fr|Jean-François Mesplède}} and {{lang|fr|Alain Ducasse}}, 2004. {{ISBN|2-7000-2468-0}}. Follows the 60-odd chefs who have been awarded three stars. * ''The Perfectionist: Life and Death in Haute Cuisine'', by Rudolph Chelminski, 2006. {{ISBN|978-0-14-102193-5}}. The story of [[Bernard Loiseau]]. * From behind the wall: Danish Newspaper ''Berlingske'' Employee 'Awards'

==External links== {{Commons category}} * {{official website}} * [https://www.oldclassiccar.co.uk/guide-michelin-1900.htm 1900 Michelin Guide] * [https://www.viamichelin.com/ Vía Michelin] * [https://travelguide.michelin.com/ Michelin Travel Guides] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200410215918/https://travelguide.michelin.com/ |date=10 April 2020 }} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20140606215830/http://www.ogushi.jp/france/ Ogushi's 3 Stars Restaurants List of France (Past & Now)] {{Michelin Corporation|state=autocollapse}} {{Authority control}}

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