In 1926, the Michelin Guide book began to mark the excellence of restaurants with an asterisk, and that's when "Michelin-starred restaurants" officially began.

The Michelin company has a history of more than one hundred and twenty years, in the Michelin just established the era of the automobile and tires are still relatively new things, as an industry pioneer, the development of the company naturally need to have a long term plan. 1900 during the Universal Exposition, Michelin founder Michelin Brothers optimistic about the development of the future of automobile travel. They believed that if automobile travel prospered, their tires would sell better, so they gathered together information on restaurants, maps, gas stations, hotels, auto repair shops, and other information that would help automobile travel and published the Michelin Guide, a handbook-sized book, which has been out of control ever since. 1926, the Michelin Guide began to mark the excellence of a restaurant with an asterisk, "Michelin starred". In 1926, the Michelin Guide book began to mark restaurants with an asterisk for excellence, and that's when the "Michelin-starred restaurant" officially began.