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What Is a Michelin Star?
What a Michelin star means, what one, two and three stars stand for, how inspectors judge, where the stars came from and what a starred meal costs.
Plain-English guides to Michelin stars: what one, two and three stars mean, how restaurants earn them, where to find them and what a starred meal really costs. Every figure comes from the 3,885 starred restaurants on The Starred Bill, so the guides stay up to date as the prices do.
19 guides · Stars from the MICHELIN Guide · Figures and prices checked October 2026

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What a Michelin star means, what one, two and three stars stand for, how inspectors judge, where the stars came from and what a starred meal costs.
What the stars mean, how restaurants win and lose them, and the MICHELIN Guide’s other awards.

Inside the inspection: anonymous inspectors, repeat visits, the star meeting and how stars are lost.

Michelin’s sustainability award, what it recognised, and why it is being phased out in 2026.

What a star, a Bib Gourmand and a plain Guide listing each mean, and what you’ll pay.

Prue Leith’s lost star, Gordon Ramsay’s and Heston Blumenthal’s totals, South Africa’s Michelin star chef, and the TV chefs with no star at all.

Every MICHELIN Guide’s ceremony date, destination by destination, and which comes next.

The chefs with the most Michelin stars today and of all time, why a star belongs to the restaurant, and every chef who runs more than one starred kitchen.
Every starred restaurant by country, the world’s three-star tables and the best of London.

How many starred restaurants every country and US state has, updated after each guide.

The full list of three-star restaurants, country by country, with chefs and tasting menu prices.

All of London’s three-star restaurants, with chefs, tasting menu prices and booking tips.

Every three-star restaurant in the UK, from London to Bray and the Lake District.

All 8 of London’s Michelin-starred Indian restaurants, with dinner and set lunch prices.

Where London’s starred restaurants serve halal meat, what the guide’s halal tag means, and Singapore and Dubai.

Who cooks at every Michelin-starred Indian restaurant, from Dubai’s three-star Trèsind Studio to London, Bangkok and New York, and whether Vikas Khanna has a star.

The one kosher restaurant with a Michelin star, and what the guide’s “Kosher options” tag really means.

The most popular and highest rated starred restaurants on Earth, ranked by Google reviews, with what a meal costs.
Big food countries the MICHELIN Guide hasn’t starred, and when that might change.

Australia’s first MICHELIN Guide, for South Australia, reveals its stars on 14 October 2026. Why there were none before, and what it means for Sydney and Melbourne.

Why India has no Michelin stars yet, when the guide may arrive, and the Indian restaurants that hold stars abroad.

Why South Africa and Cape Town have no Michelin stars, its MICHELIN Key hotels, and the South African chef with a star in France.