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9 unusual facts about Michelin Guide


Andy Hayler

He is noted for having visited all the 3 star Michelin restaurants that existed in the world in 2004, keeping up with this culinary journey in 2008

Benoît Allauzen

He is currently studying Mandarin at BLCU after being the sommelier at the prestigious restaurant L'Atelier de Joël Robuchon in Hong Kong, awarded two stars by the Michelin Guide.

Björn Frantzén

He runs Frantzén/Lindeberg, a restaurant that earned two stars in the Michelin Guide from 2010 to 2013.

Great British Chefs

The company is notable for working with a high standard of chefs, most of whom have been awarded a Michelin star.

Lefteris Lazarou

He is the first Greek chef ever to have received a Michelin Star and is considered one of the most influential in his country, especially due to his expertise on fish & sea food based dishes.

Michelin Guide

Guides were introduced for Algeria and Tunisia (1907); the Alps and the Rhine, covering northern Italy, Switzerland, Bavaria and the Netherlands (1908); Germany, Spain and Portugal (1910); the British Isles (1911); and "The Countries of the Sun" ("Les Pays du Soleil") covering northern Africa, southern Italy and Corsica (1911).

Paul Rankin

In 1999 Rankin was the first chef from Northern Ireland to be awarded a Michelin Star.

Richard Corrigan

Corrigan achieved a Michelin Star in 1998 and has been awarded many other culinary accolades, including Outstanding London Chef at the London Restaurant Awards.

Roses, Girona

El Bulli hd held three Michelin stars since 1997 and was rated the world's best restaurant for four years running since 2005 by Restaurant Magazine.


Bodo Sperlein

Bodo Sperlein for Nikko products are available in retailers such as Barneys, Liberty, Fortnum & Mason, Le Bon Marché, Mitsukoshi, Takashimaya, and Isetan, as well as many international Michelin starred restaurants.

Cantonese restaurant

In the inaugural 2009 Hong Kong and Macau edition of the Michelin Guide, 14 restaurant received stars including two stars to three restaurants, ten with one star and the maximum of three stars to Lung King Heen at the Four Seasons Hotel Hong Kong helmed by Chef de cuisine Chan Yan-tak.

Chef's Table at Brooklyn Fare

Jean-Luc Naret, who directs the Michelin Guide, and his wife came in the restaurant and were surprised at what they saw.

Fernand Point

From his restaurant "La Pyramide" in Vienne, a town half an hour to the south of Lyon, he gained three Michelin stars and trained a generation of French master chefs: Paul Bocuse, Alain Chapel, Louis Outhier, Georges Perrier and Jean and Pierre, the Brothers Troisgros.

Fooding

In 2012, Cammas published an opinion piece in Le Monde, discussing the above conditions and defending the Michelin Guide’s ethics.

James Tanner

James worked his way up the ranks and on returning to England took a job under Martin Blunos at the two Michelin-starred restaurant Lettonie in Bath before a Head Chef role at Right on the Green in Kent.

Mandarin Oriental, Paris

The hotel has 3 restaurants and bars, and a Cake Shop, all under Michelin star winning Chef Thierry Marx.

Mauro Colagreco

Mauro Colagreco (born 5 October 1976 in La Plata) is an Argentine chef at the two-Michelin star restaurant Mirazur in Menton, France.


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