The Michelin Red Guide is to catering companies what the famous wine critic Robert Parker is to wine merchants. An authoritative appraiser often has a great influence on the market of the products involved.

if a restaurant's restaurant can be approved by Michelin guide, I guess the restaurant owner will laugh even in his dream. If this restaurant can still be rated as a star, especially a three-star one, it will definitely be a matter of infinite glory for a restaurant and chef and bring in a lot of money. So how can a restaurant be recognized by Michelin?

Since its inception, Michelin Red Guide has always followed five commitments: anonymous visit, independence and objectivity, careful selection, annual update and consistent standards. Every year, Michelin Red Guide reaffirms these five commitments to millions of readers around the world.

The "food detectives" who visit the Michelin Red Guide anonymously visit restaurants and hotels anonymously. They reserve seats, order food, eat and pay bills in advance like ordinary customers. This is the reason why Michelin Red Guide is so successful. Food detectives are not given special treatment, and their food is no more abundant than others'. They taste exactly the same food as other customers. Gourmet detectives regularly visit hotels and restaurants anonymously to judge the quality and service of the dishes they provide to ordinary customers. If necessary, they may identify themselves and ask for more information, but only after paying the bill.

independence and objectivity

The selection process of restaurants and hotels is objective and independent, with the sole principle of meeting the readers' best interests, and it is decided collectively by the food detectives and the editors of the guide. Michelin decides which restaurants and hotels to select and finally include completely independently, and does not charge any fees to the selected ones.

Select carefully

Of all the keywords about the red guide, "select carefully" is undoubtedly the most important one. In the final analysis, Michelin Red Guide is to carefully select the best restaurants and hotels in different comfort levels and price levels for readers' reference. The restaurants and hotels listed in the guide are all rated by Michelin professional food detectives. Before they are included, they will make anonymous visits to hotels and restaurants, and they will evaluate them strictly according to the same standard no matter which country they are in.

update every year

every year, the guide will revise all practical information, rankings and star ratings to ensure that readers are provided with the most reliable information. In addition, hundreds of thousands of pieces of information are checked, revised and updated in the new edition of the guide every year.

Consistent standards

The selection criteria of Michelin Red Guide are consistent in the 22 countries covered by the whole series. The standard of Samsung restaurant awarded in Paris is the same as that awarded in new york and Tokyo. The cooking quality of a two-star restaurant in Milan is equivalent to that of a restaurant of the same level in London. Similarly, hotels with the Samsung logo have the same service level no matter which country or city they are located in.

after learning how Michelin keeps the evaluation objective and authoritative, let's take a look at how Michelin gives the evaluation results.

As long as a restaurant appears in the Michelin Red Guide, it must first get the mark of "a pair of knives and forks", which is judged according to the comfort of the restaurant, ranging from 1 pairs of knives and forks to the highest 5 pairs. Among them, one pair of knives and forks means "comfort", while five pairs of knives and forks mean "traditional luxury". In addition, the restaurant with Mr. Michelin's head logo indicates that it can provide reasonable food.