Michel Guérard, the inventor of Nouvelle Cuisine and Michelin-starred chef, has died at the age of 91 on Monday night. He shaped and changed French Haute Cuisine like few others, especially since the 1970s. He brought light dishes to the table where butter and cream had previously dominated. Born in the Paris suburb of Vétheuil in 1933 as the son of a butcher, his culinary career began in 1950 with an apprenticeship as a pastry chef. Just a few years…

This year, the Guide Michelin recommends a total of 167 restaurants in Portugal, of which 30 are new to the selection, among those one two-stars (Antiqvvm, Porto) and four one-star restaurants (2Monkeys, Lisbon; Desarma, Funchal; Ó Balcão, Santarém; SÁLA by João Sá, Lisbon). The selection includes now eight two-stars and 31 one-star restaurants. The selection for Belgium and Luxembourg includes two new restaurants with two stars and nine new restaurants with one star. In total, the Guide Michelin Belgium and…

The Guide Michelin has added a new destination on its map: Busan joins the prestigious selection of restaurants eight years after Seoul became the first city in South Korea listed in the Guide Michelin in 2016. A total of 43 restaurants in Busan have been added to the Guide Michelin, including three-one-star, 15 Bib Gourmand, and 25 recommended restaurants. They complement a selection of 177 restaurants in Seoul, including three new one-star and two newly promoted two-stars restaurants. In total…

In January 2025 the Guide Michelin will release again a national edition of its restaurant and hotel recommendations for Austria. Already from 2005 to 2009 the Guide Michelin published an Austrian edition. Between 2010 and 2020, Vienna and Salzburg were part of the Guide Michelin Main Cities of Europe edition. With the beginning of the Covid-19-crisis, the Guide decided to highlight each destination of the Main Cities of Europe selection individually instead of producing a collective edition. Currently, there are…