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Michelin Guide names its new international director

17-Sep-2018 By Sophie Witts

Gwendal Poullennec has been named as the new international director of the Michelin Guides.

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.

Marco Pierre White rejects Michelin Guide at his Singapore restaurant

13-Sep-2018 By Sophie Witts

Marco Pierre White has reportedly brushed off the advances of the Michelin Guide once again with the opening of his first restaurant in Asia.

MONTHLY COLUMN

Why hot kitchens demand cool heads

16-Jan-2018 By Tony Naylor

Head chefs are under enormous pressure. This year is, hopefully, the time when they will take stock and chill out.

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.

The Lowdown: Posh Pasties

26-Oct-2017 By Georgia Bronte

Ginsters has teamed up with a Michelin chef to collaborate on a range of Cornish pastries.

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’,...

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The Michelin Guide: why it leaves me wanting more

06-Oct-2017 By Stefan Chomka

There was much to celebrate in Michelin's Guide to Great Britain and Ireland 2018, but I still want more from the red book.

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.

Parisian noodle specialist Yen chooses the Strand for UK debut

26-Sep-2017 By Georgia Bronte

Parisian soba noodle specialist Yen is launching in London this November.

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.

Michelin Guide to announce 2018 stars on 2 October

01-Sep-2017 By Sophie Witts

The new starred restaurants entering the Michelin Guide Great Britain & Ireland 2018 are to be revealed on 2 October.

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.

Michelin star studded Chef Stagiaire Awards 2017 names semi-finalists

09-Jun-2017 By Hannah Thompson

The 10 young semi-finalists in the 2017 Chef Stagiaire Awards have been revealed, including chefs from Lucknam Park, Hampton Manor, and Stoke Park. 

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...

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.

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.

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. 

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 editor: “How do you get a Michelin star? Don’t cook for us”

17-Sep-2015 By Emma Eversham

Michelin Guide Great Britain and Ireland editor Rebecca Burr’s advice to chefs disappointed at not gaining a Michelin star for their restaurant this year is 'not to cook for Michelin'. 

Michelin 2016: Birmingham shines while Manchester misses out (again)

17-Sep-2015 By Emma Eversham

Birmingham has become the city holding the most Michelin-starred restaurants outside of London while Manchester has failed to earn itself a star for another 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.

S.Pellegrino reveals UK judges for Young Chef 2015

26-Jan-2015 By Helen Gilbert

S.Pellegrino has recruited four of the UK & Ireland’s leading chefs to help identify the world’s best young culinary talent.

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 Guide 2014: Chefs celebrate new stars

25-Sep-2013 By Emma Eversham & Luke Nicholls

With Michelin upgrading two restaurants to two-star status and awarding 15 restaurants with their first star, BigHospitality has caught up with some of the chefs who are celebrating their awards in the Michelin Guide Great Britain & Ireland 2014.

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.

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.

‘Everything but a Michelin star’: Artisan restaurant in East Yorkshire to close

09-Apr-2013 By Luke Nicholls

The head chef and co-owner of the 16-cover Artisan restaurant in Hessle has claimed that a Michelin star could have potentially changed the fate of the fine-dining restaurant which is now set to close at the end of the month.

Alyn Williams: Career Profile

01-Mar-2013 By Luke Nicholls

A Michelin star, 15th in the National Restaurant Awards and the National Chef of the Year title – 2012 was a remarkable year for Alyn Williams. In this exclusive interview, the chef-patron of his eponymous restaurant at the Westbury hotel in Mayfair reveals...

The Restaurant Show Top 10: Chicken, bricks and Michelin stars - what we learnt at the trade show

12-Oct-2012 By Peter Ruddick, Emma Eversham & Luke Nicholls

The annual three-day restaurant extravaganza has finished for another year and, with tonnes of chef interviews, restaurateur panels, product launches and competitions, it's easy to feel you missed something, so BigHospitality produced this must-read...

‘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. 

The three-star circus: Michelin-starred chefs 'wildly over-egged', says Richard Harden

29-Feb-2012 By Luke Nicholls

Richard Harden, co-founder of the Harden’s Restaurant Guide, has slammed rival guide book Michelin, claiming the business is only involved in the restaurant industry for publicity and that The Michelin Guide ‘falls in love with the chefs it creates’.

Raymond Blanc: Michelin stars 'less important' than offering good training opportunities

27-Feb-2012 By Emma Eversham

Raymond Blanc has called on the industry to do more to ensure young staff are getting the right training and are being properly developed so that they are equipped with the right skills to progress through the industry.

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...

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,...

Three Michelin starred guest chefs at Brunello and cross-dressing dinners from 1901

11-Jun-2010 By Joe Lutrario & Becky Paskin

Restaurants, hotels and pubs, including Brunello at Baglioni Hotel and 1901 at Andaz Liverpool, tell us about the extra activities they're planning to make their businesses more appealing

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

Marco Pierre White Slams Michelin

26-Mar-2008 By Claire Miller

French celebrity chef - who was the youngest cook to ever be awarded three Michelin stars - questions the red books relevance and ability to judge restaurants in the modern world.

No Fools at The Swan

20-Mar-2008 By Claire Miller

Michelin-listed West Malling brasserie The Swan celebrates its eighth birthday on April Fools Day on the back of a sustained period of growth for the converted 15th century coaching inn.

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.

Kitching to Quit Juniper

04-Feb-2008 By Alan Lodge

Greater Manchester set to lose its only Michelin star chef as Paul Kitching reveals plans to quit the Altrincham restaurant in April.