For the second straight year, The French Laundry in Napa County’s Yountville was the only restaurant awarded the coveted three stars by the San Francisco Bay Area and Wine Country French Michelin Guide. Its critics visited 600 restaurants multiple times, dining on 36 cuisines. Of those, 384 made the initial cut and only 34 were…
Do not pass go. Do not collect $200. Michelin pulled out all stops today when they announced that not one, but TWO new cities in North America will join New York and San Francisco in their exclusive guide series. And what do these cities have in common? Stars! There are more movie stars living in…
For the first time in more than 50 years, the “Macho” Michelin restaurant guide has given its top three-star ranking to a woman chef. French chef Anne-Sophie Pic, shown in the center, celebrates with her husband (right) and staff after becoming the first female chef to be awarded three Michelin stars since 1968. The French…
At first I wasn’t sure if I was interviewing the director of the Michelin Guide or the next potential James Bond. Jean-Luc Naret is movie star handsome, suave, sophisticated and as beautifully appointed as many of the restaurants the guides cover. When I told him that he could answer “No Comment,” when asked a question…
Since 1900, the world’s most respected authority for restaurant and hotel reviews has been the legendary, the definitive and the anonymously written Michelin Guide. Three stars and your eatery or inn are said to have “exceptional cuisine and worth the journey” as an international symbol of culinary excellence. Two stars and you’re “excellent cooking and…
Take a French book, a few famous bridges, a national landmark that travels at 9mph, temperate weather, and hundreds of remarkable restaurants. What do you get? The promise by the Michelin Restaurant Guide to publish its first ever SF Bay Area book. Michelin introduced New York City as its first American guide last November with…