Michelin Guide

What's next for Manchester's dining scene?

19-Oct-2016 By Sophie Witts

Manchester may still be chasing a Michelin Star, but the city’s dining scene is firmly on the up.

Raby Hunt's James Close: "A second Michelin Star puts us in the elite"

04-Oct-2016 By Emma Eversham

James Close, chef-owner of Darlington restaurant Raby Hunt says the awarding of a second Michelin Star is a dream come true and puts his small restaurant in an elite group in the UK. 

Michelin to hold event revealing new stars for 2017 Guide

15-Aug-2016 By Hannah Thompson

The Michelin Guide Great Britain and Ireland 2017 new stars are to be announced at a live event for the first time since arriving in Britain in 1911.

Four ways Pokemon Go can boost restaurant sales

19-Jul-2016 By Sophie Witts

Pokemon Go has taken the UK by storm, and savvy bars and restaurants are already using the game to boost sales.

Michael O'Hare: The man behind the hype

05-May-2016 By Joe Lutrario

Michael O'Hare burst onto the scene a few years back with his Leeds restaurant The Man Behind the Curtain, followed last year by a barnstorming performance on BBC Two's Great British Menu and a Michelin star. Now - and with a new haircut - he's...

The Power List: Chefs

12-Apr-2016 By Restaurant magazine

Details of the 20 chefs chosen for The Power List: Restaurant magazine's 100 most powerful people in the restaurant industry. 

Raphael Francois joins Launceston Place as chef patron

10-Mar-2016 By Sophie Witts

Raphael Francois has been appointed chef patron at Michelin-starred Launceston Place in South Kensington following former head chef Tim Allen's departure last year.

Are TV cooking shows contributing to the chef shortage?

12-Feb-2016 By Sophie Witts

Restaurant-related films and TV are more popular than ever, but are they contributing to the growing chef shortage?

Michelin Guide France 2016: Gordon Ramsay loses Versailles star

01-Feb-2016 By Sophie Witts

Gordon Ramsay has both gained and lost a star in this year’s French Michelin Guide, which saw 54 new stars awarded overall.

Michelin-starred Brasserie Chavot to close

17-Dec-2015 By Sophie Witts

Eric Chavot has announced that his Michelin-starred restaurant Brasserie Chavot will close its Mayfair site at the end of the year.

Michelin Guide 2016: Chefs react to new stars

17-Sep-2015 By Sophie Witts

Following Michelin UK’s surprise early announcement upgrading two new restaurants to Two Star status, and awarding 15 new restaurants their first star, BigHospitality caught up with some of the newly Michelin-starred chefs as they begun celebrations.

The Lanesborough to re-open next month

23-Jun-2015 By Emma Eversham

The Oetker Collection is to open its first hotel in the UK with the re-opening of the London hotel The Lanesborough on 1 July.

Michelin Guide 2015: Chefs celebrate new stars

25-Sep-2014 By Lauren Houghton

The Michelin Guide for Great Britain and Ireland 2015 saw 14 UK restaurants win a coveted Michelin star. BigHospitality caught up with some of the chefs behind the winning venues to find out what it means to them.

Michelin names The Greyhound on the Test its Pub of the Year 2014

01-Nov-2013 By Emma Eversham

Michelin has named The Greyhound on the Test in Stockbridge, Hampshire, its Pub of the Year 2014 as guide editor Rebecca Burr hails the number of 'thriving' good food pubs now in operation across the UK. 

Shaun Rankin: ‘Consistency’ the key to gaining a Michelin star

26-Sep-2013 By Emma Eversham

Shaun Rankin, whose St Helier restaurant Ormer has received its first star in the 2014 edition of the UK and Ireland Michelin Guide, believes consistency and a good relationship with Michelin are the key to gaining and retaining a star.

Michelin Guide 2014: Two stars for Dinner by Heston Blumenthal and Greenhouse

26-Sep-2013 By Luke Nicholls

The Michelin Guide for Great Britain and Ireland 2014 has awarded Heston Blumenthal's Dinner and Mayfair restaurant Greenhouse two Michelin stars, while 15 other establishments including including Lima, Jason Atherton's Social Eating House and...

Tom Kitchin & Dominic Jack on Michelin stars, the rise of Edinburgh and running a 'gastropub'

21-Aug-2013 By Luke Nicholls

Edinburgh's dining scene is almost unimaginable without Tom Kitchin and Dominic Jack, chef-patrons of the Michelin-starred The Kitchin and Castle Terrace restaurants who recently opened their family-friendly dining pub The Scran & Scallie.

Electrolux reveals Chef Academy winners

25-Jul-2013 By Emma Eversham

Electrolux has named the three young chefs who have won placements in Michelin-starred kitchens through its Chef Academy following the competition's final earlier this week. 

Will Holland: 'Not ruling anything out' for first venture after La Bécasse

07-Jun-2013 By Peter Ruddick

Will Holland, chef patron of Alan Murchison's former Michelin-starred restaurant La Bécasse, has told BigHospitality he has not made any plans for his next venture after he departs in September and is not currently ruling anything out when it comes...

Brownsword Hotels CEO: Hotels in the newly-launched Gidleigh Collection should be aiming for Michelin stars

03-May-2013 By Peter Ruddick

Brownsword Hotels has revealed a new brand name – The Gidleigh Collection - for its set of six country house hotels and Nick Halliday, the company’s chief executive, has said the majority of the property’s restaurants should be aiming to achieve Michelin-star...

James Sommerin opens first restaurant at Beachcliff with Michelin star ambitions

17-Apr-2013 By Luke Nicholls

James Sommerin, former head chef of the Michelin-starred Crown at Whitebrook in South East Wales, is set to open his first solo venture within Penarth’s multi-million-pound Beachcliff development this autumn.

Stephen Smith named new Bohemia head chef, aims to retain Michelin star

27-Feb-2013 By Emma Eversham

Bohemia, the Michelin-starred restaurant at The Club Hotel & Spar in Jersey, has appointed Stephen Smith as its new head chef following Shaun Rankin's departure last year. 

BigHospitality's 2012 look-back: The rise of Asian dining and the Michelin Guide 2013

20-Dec-2012 By Emma Eversham

As we move up our most-read list of stories on BigHospitality during 2012 to the top three and four articles of the year, we discuss the topics they approach, namely the rise of Asian dining in the UK and the Michelin Guide, in more detail. 

Emmanuel Landre: Career Profile

30-Nov-2012 By Emma Eversham

Le Gavroche's Emmanuel Landre had some big shoes to fill when he took over from Silvano Giraldin as the restaurant's general manager in 2008, but the Frenchman said he learnt well from the 'master of service' and is helping to steer...

Michelin names Norfolk pub The Gunton Arms its Pub of the Year 2013

01-Nov-2012 By Emma Eversham

Michelin has named the Mark Hix-inspired Gunton Arms in Thorpe Market, Norfolk, its Pub of the Year with the release of its Eating Out in Pubs Guide 2013. 

Michelin Guide 2013: What makes a Michelin-starred restaurant?

05-Oct-2012 By Luke Nicholls

Following last week's early release of the 2013 Michelin Guide to Great Britain & Ireland, the Guide's editor Rebecca Burr has revealed how the inspectors define a Michelin-starred restaurant and what some establishments must do to take...

‘London could be next’ for Mark Poynton following Alimentum’s Michelin star

28-Sep-2012 By Luke Nicholls

Mark Poynton, chef-patron of Alimentum restaurant in Cambridge, awarded its first Michelin star yesterday, has revealed ambitions to open a second site in London.

Michelin Guide 2013: Two stars for L'Enclume, Sketch and Michael Wignall at The Latymer

27-Sep-2012 By Emma Eversham & Luke Nicholls

The Michelin Guide 2013 for UK and Ireland has awarded two stars to L'Enclume, Sketch and Michael Wignall at The Latymer in a year that sees Dabbous, Alimentum and Heston Blumenthal's pub The Hinds Head receive their first Michelin stars. 

Tom Kitchin: Increasing role as 'fanatical ambassador' of Scottish cooking

06-Jun-2012 By Peter Ruddick

Michelin-starred Edinburgh chef Tom Kitchin has told BigHospitality he views the unofficial role he has taken on as an ambassador for Scottish food and the restaurant industry in Scotland as increasingly important as he begins to branch out a little from...

Adam Gray leaves Rhodes 24 to focus on Northamptonshire pub

10-Oct-2011 By Emma Eversham

Adam Gray is to leave his job as head chef at Gary Rhodes' city restaurant Rhodes 24 to focus on Northamptonshire pub The Red Lion, which he co-owns with his business partner Nick Bonner.

Michelin Guide 2012: The winners’ reactions

07-Oct-2011 By Luke Nicholls

Following yesterday’s release of the Michelin Guide for Great Britain and Ireland 2012, some of the restaurateurs that have been awarded Michelin stars, including The Pass, Coworth Park, the Sir Charles Napier and The Hand & Flowers, have revealed...

Business profile: Alan Murchison's 10 In 8

14-Sep-2011 By Joe Lutrario

Alan Murchison's 10 In 8 group aims to operate 10 Michelin-starred restaurants by 2018. Meet the business brains of fine dining.

Michelin Guide's early release provokes mixed reaction

01-Jun-2011 By Emma Eversham

Michelin is bringing forward the publication date of its 2012 Great Britain & Ireland Guide by more than three months, provoking a mixed response from the industry.

Pearls of Wisdom: Andrew Fairlie

08-Apr-2011 By Joe Lutrario

The only chef working in Scotland to hold two Michelin stars, Fairlie operates his eponymous restaurant at Gleneagles hotel and golf course.

Noma fails to get third Michelin star in Cities of Europe Guide

16-Mar-2011 By Becky Paskin

Rene Redzepi’s Danish restaurant Noma has failed to acquire a third Michelin star in the latest Michelin Guide to the Main Cities of Europe.

Go back to basics to regain Michelin stars, says guide director

19-Jan-2011 By Lorraine Heller

Restaurants that have been stripped of their Michelin stars – or those that didn’t quite make it into the guide this year – should go back to the basics and refocus on their customers, says the director of the Michelin Guides.

After Hours with… Matthew Tomkinson

22-Oct-2010 By Lorraine Heller

Matthew Tomkinson worked his way through the lowest to the highest kitchens, gaining a Roux scholarship and several Michelin stars along the way. Thirteen years after setting off on his culinary journeys, he is now head chef at the Montagu Arms in Beaulieu,...

Staff stage walk out of Michelin-starred The Goose at Britwell Salome

08-Feb-2010 By Emma Eversham

Staff at The Goose at Britwell Salome, which regained its Michelin star this year, have walked out over an alleged dispute with the owner over the direction of the business

Anthony Demetre and Will Smith reveal details of third restaurant

05-Feb-2010 By Becky Paskin

Anthony Demetre and Will Smith, the pair behind the Michelin-starred Arbutus and Wild Honey, have confirmed the acquisition of a new site in Covent Garden, which will open as the pair’s third restaurant later this year

Pearls of Wisdom: Tom Aikens

08-Jan-2010 By Stefan Chomka

Tom Aikens was the youngest British chef to win two Michelin stars and is chef patron at Tom Aikens in Chelsea

Getting in the guides

02-Feb-2009 By Emma Eversham

Missed out on being listed in this year’s Michelin guide? Fancy bagging yourself an AA rosette? Read on for details of four of the best known, restaurant, hotel and pub guides and how you can maximize your business’s chances of appearing in them.

Mason to quit Orrery

12-Feb-2008 By Alan Lodge

Head Chef quits D&Ds Marylebone restaurant less than a year after joining from the Hare, weeks after Orrery lost its Michelin star status.

Two Pubs Awarded Michelin Stars in New Guide

23-Jan-2008 By BigH

Two pubs have beeen awarded Michelin stars in the new guide for Great Britain and Ireland

Red guide to London, Michelin Stars and all that

14-Feb-2007 By Restaurant

Fay Maschler digests the new-look Red guide to London and is struck by its methods and its madness Derek Bulmer, Editor of Michelin Guide Great Britain & Ireland 2007, has been quoted – in this very magazine – as saying that ...

Jean-Luc Naret is changing the Michelin guide

31-Jan-2007 By Restaurant

Jean-Luc Naret is the public face of Michelin and the man navigating Les Guides Rouges into the 21st century Jean-Luc Naret has the perfect poker face. Sat in the lounge of Lanesborough hotel, the week before the announcement of this year's Great...