Michelin Guide

Friday five: the week's top hospitality stories

09-Feb-2024 By Restaurant

The publication of the Michelin Guide Great Britain & Ireland 2024 stole the headlines this week.

Brett Graham: “It’s not my award, it’s the whole team’s”

06-Feb-2024 By Joe Lutrario

The chef patron of The Ledbury on winning three Michelin stars, the importance of team work and how he wants to encourage his guests to return to his Notting Hill restaurant time and time again.

Michelin Guide 2024 deletions: Hakkasan loses stars at both London restaurants

06-Feb-2024 By James McAllister

Both of Hakkasan’s London restaurants have had their Michelin stars deleted in the little red book’s Guide Great Britain & Ireland 2024.

Michelin Guide 2024: Six new restaurants receive Green Stars

05-Feb-2024 By James McAllister

Interlude in Sussex and St. Barts in London are among six new restaurants to have been awarded a Green Star in the Michelin Guide for Great Britain & Ireland 2024.

Michelin Guide 2024: The Ledbury awarded three stars with flurry of new two stars announced

05-Feb-2024 By James McAllister

Brett Graham’s Notting Hill restaurant The Ledbury has been awarded three stars in the Michelin Guide Great Britain & Ireland 2024.

The Lowdown: Michelin 2024

02-Feb-2024 By James McAllister

The eyes of the restaurant world will be on Manchester come Monday night as the little red book reveals its latest tranche of stars and awards.

Michelin announces 20 new Bib Gourmand restaurants in 2024 Guide

29-Jan-2024 By James McAllister

Twenty restaurants have been awarded a Bib Gourmand in the Michelin Guide for Great Britain & Ireland 2024.

Research reveals the cheapest and most expensive countries for Michelin-starred dining

17-Jan-2024 By Restaurant

New research has found the countries where it is the cheapest and the most expensive to have a Michelin-starred meal.

Michelin Guide Great Britain & Ireland 2024 to be published in February

06-Dec-2023 By James McAllister

The 2024 Michelin star revelation ceremony for Great Britain & Ireland will take place at Manchester's Midland Hotel on 5 February.

The Michelin Guide to start ranking hotels

06-Oct-2023 By Restaurant

The Michelin Guide is branching out into hotels with a new set of awards launching next year.

Glasgow’s Monadh Kitchen closes its doors

24-Jul-2023 By James McAllister

Popular Glasgow restaurant Monadh Kitchen has closed its doors with immediate effect, with its owners blaming the ‘financial burden of the world we live in’.

Friday Five: the week's top news

31-Mar-2023 By James McAllister

This week's top news stories focuses on all the announcements from this year's Michelin ceremony including new Michelin stars, Green Stars and special awards.

Michelin Guide 2023 deletions: The Woodspeen and Seven Park Place lose stars

28-Mar-2023 By James McAllister

The Woodspeen in Berkshire has lost its Michelin star in the little red book’s Guide Great Britain & Ireland 2023.

Michelin Guide 2023: The Coach’s Sarah Hayward wins Young Chef Award

27-Mar-2023 By James McAllister

Sarah Hayward, who leads the kitchen at Tom Kerridge's The Coach in Marlow, has won this year's Michelin's Young Chef Award.

Michelin Guide 2023: Four new restaurants receive Green Stars

27-Mar-2023 By James McAllister

Apricity in London and Crocadon in Cornwall are among four new restaurants to have been awarded a Green Star in the Michelin Guide for Great Britain & Ireland 2023.

Michelin Guide 2023: Alex Dilling at Hotel Café Royal gains two stars alongside The Ledbury

27-Mar-2023 By James McAllister

Alex Dilling at Hotel Café Royal has achieved the rare feat of going straight into the Michelin Guide Great Britain & Ireland with two stars, despite only opening last year.

Michelin announces 20 new Bib Gourmand restaurants in 2023 Guide

22-Mar-2023 By James McAllister

Twenty restaurants have been awarded a Bib Gourmand in the Michelin Guide for Great Britain & Ireland 2023.

"The passion is not as evident as when he was alive": Edinburgh's 21212 to close

20-Mar-2023 By Restaurant

Acclaimed Edinburgh restaurant with rooms 21212 will close following the recent death of its chef-patron Paul Kitching.

Michelin returns to physical event for 2023 Guide

23-Jan-2023 By James McAllister

The 2023 Michelin star revelation ceremony for Great Britain & Ireland will take place at the Silverstone Circuit in Northamptonshire on 27 March.

Just 6% of the world's top restaurants are led by women, study finds

20-Jul-2022 By Restaurant

Just 6% of the world's top restaurants are, on average, led by female chefs, a new study from international food magazine Chef's Pencil reveals.

The Michelin Guide announces entry into Dubai

29-Mar-2022 By Restaurant

The Michelin Guide has announced that it will launch in Dubai this year.

Michelin Guide 2022 deletions: The Dining Room at Whatley Manor loses two star status

16-Feb-2022 By James McAllister

The Dining Room at Whatley Manor has lost its second Michelin star, but successfully retained a one star status despite a very recent change of chef.

Michelin Guide 2022: nine new restaurants receive green stars

16-Feb-2022 By James McAllister

Moor Hall in Lancashire and Pensons in Worcestershire are among nine new restaurants to be awarded a Michelin green star in the Michelin Guide for Great Britain & Ireland 2022.

Michelin Guide 2022: Simon Rogan's L'Enclume gains three stars with Ikoyi and Ynyshir promoted to two

16-Feb-2022 By James McAllister

Simon Rogan's flagship Cartmel restaurant L'Enclume has been awarded three stars with Ikoyi in London among those promoted to two stars in the Michelin Guide Great Britain & Ireland 2022.

Michelin Guide Great Britain & Ireland 2022 to be published next month

27-Jan-2022 By James McAllister

The 2022 Michelin star revelation ceremony for Great Britain & Ireland will take place next month as part of a two-day event on 15 and 16 February.

Closures account for majority of deletions in 2021 Michelin Guide

26-Jan-2021 By James McAllister

A total of 20 restaurants were demoted or deleted from the Michelin Guide Great Britain & Ireland 2021, many as a result of having closed due to the Coronavirus pandemic.

23 restaurants awarded a green star in the Michelin Guide for Great Britain & Ireland 2021

26-Jan-2021 By Restaurant

Restaurants including The Black Swan at Oldstead, Coombeshead Farm, Where the Light Gets In (pictured), Restaurant Sat Bains, and L’Enclume are among 23 places to be awarded a Michelin green star in the Michelin Guide for Great Britain & Ireland 2021.

The Lowdown: The Michelin Guide Great Britain and Ireland 2021

21-Jan-2021 By Joe Lutrario

The little red book is going ahead with its 2021 guide - albeit later than normal - to ‘celebrate the many amazing restaurants in Great Britain & Ireland and all the hugely talented chefs and restaurateurs’ despite the ongoing pandemic.

Michelin to launch 'digital-only' 2021 Guide in January

08-Sep-2020 By James McAllister

The 2021 Michelin star revelation ceremony will be held next year on January 25, rather than next month as originally planned.

Chef Aktar Islam to collaborate on new Birmingham restaurant

05-Nov-2019 By Stefan Chomka

Aktar Islam, chef director at Michelin-starred Birmingham restaurant Opheem, is joining forces with the team behind Craft Dining Rooms to open a new restaurant and garden terrace.

Michelin reveals 33 Bib Gourmand deletions from 2020 guide

04-Oct-2019 By Stefan Chomka

Thirty three restaurants have lost their Bib Gourmand rating in the Michelin Guide for Britain and Ireland 2020, Michelin has revealed.

Dinner by Heston Blumenthal and Bar Boulud to reopen on 4 December

10-Oct-2018 By Stefan Chomka

Dinner by Heston Blumenthal and Bar Boulud will reopen for business at London’s Mandarin Oriental on 4 December, the hotel has announced.

Michelin announces Bib Gourmand winners for its 2019 guide

28-Sep-2018 By Stefan Chomka

Michelin has awarded 27 new Bib Gourmands in its 2019 Michelin Guide for UK & Ireland, bringing the total awarded by the red book to 143.

What does it take to be a Michelin guide inspector?

14-Sep-2018 By Stefan Chomka

A job advert for the North American guide reveals just what is required if you want to get paid to eat for a living.

Two new restaurants awarded three stars in the French Michelin Guide

06-Feb-2018 By Sophie Witts

The Michelin Guide France has awarded two new restaurants the maximum three-star rating in its 2018 edition.

Friday Five: The week's top news

02-Feb-2018 By Sophie Witts

From further discord in the casual dining sector to the first ever chef to be allowed to pull out of French Michelin Guide, we round-up some of the top stories of the week.

Tim Allen to take the reins at The Flitch of Bacon

19-Jan-2018 By Sophie Witts

Chef Tim Allen has been appointed chef-partner at The Flitch of Bacon, Daniel Clifford’s Essex restaurant with rooms.

A year in review: the hospitality sector in 2017

22-Dec-2017 By Sophie Witts

From surprise restaurant closures, new approaches to tackling the chef shortage and signs the burger boom could be going bust, 2017 was another busy year for the hospitality sector. We look back at some of the biggest stories of the last 12 months.

Aiden Byrne to leave Manchester House for D&D London

21-Nov-2017 By Sophie Witts

Aiden Byrne is to leave Manchester House in January to take on a new role with D&D London.

Daniel Clifford: “Michelin made me a terrible person"

13-Oct-2017 By Sophie Witts

In 2018 it will be 20 years since Daniel Clifford first opened his two Michelin-starred restaurant Midsummer House in Cambridge. The chef recalls the difficult first years of the restaurant, how the shock of winning a star made him ‘not a very nice person’,...

Scottish hotel turns its back on Michelin star

29-Sep-2017 By Sophie Witts

Scottish country house hotel Boath House has followed one of France’s most high-profile chefs by asking to be stripped of its Michelin star.

Chefs on Michelin: why it still matters and the problems a star can bring

28-Sep-2017 By Sophie Witts

The Michelin Guide continues to have a ‘huge’ impact on restaurants despite a lack of clarity about how it awards its stars.

Sacré bleu! Top French chef asks to be removed from Michelin guide

21-Sep-2017 By Joe Lutrario

One of France’s most high profile chefs has begged Michelin to not include his restaurant in its 2018 guide because he’s had enough of the pressures that come with the guide’s maximum three-star rating.

Anton Piotrowski on his plan to bring ticketing and a Michelin star to Liverpool

24-Aug-2017 By Sophie Witts

The 2012 MasterChef: The Professionals champion is launching his first solo venture, an ambitious ticket-only restaurant called Röski, in Liverpool later this year. And he’s gunning for at least one Michelin star for it.

Chef Will Holland to leave Coast

22-Jun-2017 By Sophie Witts

Will Holland is to step down as head chef of Coast in Pembrokeshire later this year.

SMALL TALK

Adam Byatt of Trinity London on life since Michelin

31-Mar-2017 By Hannah Thompson

Adam Byatt at Trinity London on winning a star for Trinity after ten years, consistency, keeping staff, and how Nordic cuisine never worked for London

SMALL TALK

French revolution: Adam Reid on taking over the Manchester restaurant

24-Feb-2017 By Sophie Witts

Chef Adam Reid has taken control of The French at Manchester’s Midland Hotel following the premature departure of Simon Rogan last year. The restaurant re-opened this month after a refurbishment.

Pidgin team open 'Hackney’s smallest wine bar'

01-Dec-2016 By Sophie Witts

The team behind London’s Pidgin restaurant, which won its first Michelin Star this year, are to open a new wine bar in Hackney from today (1 December).

How two DJs came to run Principal Manchester's bar and restaurant

23-Nov-2016 By Finn Scott Delany

DJ partners The Unabombers drew on their globe-­trotting careers to open the critically acclaimed Volta restaurant in Greater Manchester, but even they were surprised to be asked to run the restaurant and bar at Principal, the £25m newly refurbished former...

The Marksman, Bethnal Green named Michelin Pub of the Year 2017

28-Oct-2016 By Hannah Thompson

The Marksman pub in London’s Bethnal Green has been named Michelin Pub of the Year 2017, after beating 500 other establishments in the Eating Out in Pubs Guide 2017.