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What is a Michelin Star?
All your questions answered by a MICHELIN Guide Inspector.
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What is a Michelin Star?
All your questions answered by a MICHELIN Guide Inspector.
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16 Chefs to Celebrate On International Women’s Day
Long hours, high pressure and facing the heat on a hot stove are common, but these dynamite chefs show they have what it takes to power through and get to the top.
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What Is The MICHELIN Bib Gourmand Award?
Discover more about our award for good quality, good value cooking
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Newly Recommended Restaurants In Athens, Greece
Learn more about the restaurants that have been added to The Michelin Guide Athens Selection for 2021
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Easter Recipe Idea - MICHELIN Guide At Home
Three-Starred Chef Clare Smyth shares the recipe for her iconic Chocolate Lavender Tarts.
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The Fat Duck: 25 Years of Innovation
We take a look at the plans this Three Michelin Starred Restaurant has for its Silver Anniversary celebrations.
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Two new MICHELIN Stars for Austria – in Vienna and Salzburg – have been announced today in the MICHELIN Main Cities of Europe Guide 2020
We take a closer look at both of them:
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The MICHELIN Guide Main Cities of Europe 2020 was launched today and among the new awards is a Michelin Star for Bottiglieria 1881 in Cracow.
This is the first time this Polish city has ever had a Michelin Starred restaurant.
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It’s just not British
An English Michelin inspector considers the language of food
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Spotlight on Chefs: Memories, Mentors & Motivations
Chefs from MICHELIN Star restaurants in the UK & Ireland tell us about their careers
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What Makes Great Service?
And what can other businesses learn from the restaurant industry?
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Spotlight on Chefs
We asked chefs from some of the UK's Michelin Star restaurants to talk about those who helped them get where they are today.
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Restaurants - A Love Story
Why I Love Restaurants by a UK MICHELIN Guide Inspector
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Michelin Recommended Restaurants in Helsinki
Why Foodies Should Take a Look at What Finland’s Capital Has to Offer
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Michelin-Starred Restaurants run by Husband-and-Wife Teams
As if working in a top restaurant isn’t stressful enough, some people choose to do so with their spouse.
Michelin Sustainability Award 2020
Loam, Galway – Winner of the Michelin Guide Great Britain & Ireland Sustainability Award 2020