The "Guide Michelin" is probably the most respected & trusted restaurant guide in the world, and certainly in Europe. Their people eat at restaurants without revealing who they are, and write a review. Together they decide which restaurants should get one or more stars. It is a BIG deal in restaurant land to get a Michelin star. If you are really utterly amazing you might even get 2 or 3 (which is the maximum). It's mainly but not just about the food though, atmosphere, service, decoration and even cutlery and flowers etc count towards the total picture of a restaurant.
Recently the San Pellegrino list has been up and coming as well, they publish an annual top-100 of best restaurants in the world, currently topped by Noma in Denmark.
His parents took him to a Michelin-starred restaurant and he was impressed!
The River Cafe
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they were not invented
Tokyo! Then Paris then London
Michelin
Michelin Guide begin awarding in the year of 1969 to the restaurant. In the year 1765 there were food and products been sold.
The Michelin guide awards up to three stars for catering establishments. In 1936 the criteria were set out as one star being applied for "a very good restaurant in its category", two stars for "excellent cooking, worth a detour", and three stars for "exceptional cuisine, worth a special journey".
Michelin GuideNo, the Michelin Guide operates on a 3 star system. Some restaurants may have the "raising star" that is given from the inspectors and it is like an extra star..
the highest a restaurant can get is three stars.
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Heston Blumenthal is the chef and owner of The Fat Duck, a three-Michelin-starred restaurant in the village of Bray in Berkshire voted Best Restaurant in the UK by The Good Food Guide 2007 and 2009, and voted best restaurant in the world by Restaurant magazine in 2005. Since then he has been a perennial runner-up to Ferran Adrià of El Bulli in the world rankings. Blumenthal is famous for his scientific approach and has been described as a culinary alchemist for his innovative style of cooking.