The Michelin Information has simply launched its 2014 designations. Right here’s a fast abstract, for many who are nonetheless following the Pink Information, plus hyperlinks to the reactions from native and overseas critics.
Promotions
Newly 3-starred
- None in Paris and just one for all of France: L’Assiette Champenoise in Reims. Franck Pinay-Rabaroust from Atabula has an attention-grabbing evaluation about why this restaurant and never its predominant competitor Les Crayères may need grabbed the highest spot.
Newly 2-starred
Newly 1-starred
- Jin (1st)
- Goust (2nd)
- Okuda (eighth)
- La Scène (eighth) – winner of High Chef 2011
- Septime (eleventh)
- Qui Plume la Lune (eleventh)
- St-James Paris (sixteenth)
- Rech (seventeenth)
Misplaced Stars
From three stars to zero
From two stars to zero
From one star to zero
- 35° Ouest (seventh)
- Le Divellec (seventh)
- Stella Maris (eighth)
- Le Lumière (ninth)
- L’Instantaneous d’Or (sixteenth)
- Bigarrade (seventeenth) – change of chef and possession
New “Bib Gourmand” designations
– Extra reasonably priced eating places providing a three-course meal for not more than 35 euros
Further Studying
Information Michelin France presents “Toutes les nouvelles étoiles 2014”
François-Régis Gaudry analyzes the promotion of L’Assiette Champenoise, the demotion of Apicius, and asks why it was Septime and never Le Chateaubriand to achieve a star.
Francois Simon picks out all of the Michelin starred feminine cooks in France together with Anne-Sophie Pic , Adeline Grattard, Hélène Darroze, Stéphanie Le Quellec and Virginie Basselot from Paris.
L’Categorical presents the 2 former High Chef contestants who had been awarded stars this 12 months
A Tabula examines the politics behind third star promotions
Le Monde and Le Figaro current the eating places who’ve gained or misplaced a star
The Telegraph asks “Are the French shedding their style for the Michelin information?”
