2 New Restaurants In Paris Awarded Michelin's 3 Stars

 

PARIS (AP) — Two of Paris' ritziest dining establishments received the ultimate consecration Monday when they joined the select list of three-star restaurants in the 2016 Michelin Guide, the little red guide to the great and the good of French gastronomy.

Chef Alain Ducasse regained a third star for his restaurant inside the Plaza Athenee hotel, while Christian Le Squer gained a coveted triple star for Le Cinq, his restaurant in the George V hotel.

The awards ceremony on Paris' chic Place Vendome began with a minute of silence for three-star chef Benoit Violier, who was found dead Sunday in his Swiss home of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot.

The guide's international director, Michael Ellis, said Ducasse's cuisine "offers an unprecedented marriage of flavors and shakes up the codes of haute gastronomy."

Berlin Restaurants Awarded 26 Michelin Stars

New Michelin Guide gives high scores to Berlin restaurants / 26 stars total awarded to 20 eateries / Five new additions to German capital’s star gastronomy.

Berlin remains Germany’s capital of haute cuisine. 20 top Berlin restaurants earned a record number of 26 Michelin stars; six more than in the previous year. This was announced yesterday in Berlin at the release of Michelin’s new 2016 guide for Germany.

Six new stars for Berlin’s gastronomy

Chef Sebastian Frank of restaurant Horváth in Kreuzberg district earned his second star, while five restaurants could retain their two stars: Facil, Fischers Fritz, Lorenz Adlon Esszimmer, Reinstoff and Tim Raue.

Five Berlin restaurants were awarded their first star, including the recently opened Nobelhart & Schmutzig in Kreuzberg, where 28-year old chef Micha Schäfer exclusively works with local produce. Another Kreuzberg restaurant, Richard, as well as Semmler and Bieberbau, both in Wilmersdorf district, and Bandol sur Mer in Berlin-Mitte received their first star. A total of 14 top restaurants received one star.

2 Star-Restaurants in Berlin

1. Newly awarded 2nd star: Horváth www.restaurant-horvath.de
2. Facil: www.facil.de
3. Fischers Fritz: www.fischersfritzberlin.com
4. Lorenz Adlon Esszimmer: www.lorenzadlon-esszimmer.de
5. Reinstoff: www.reinstoff.eu
6. Tim Raue: www.tim-raue.com

1 Star-Restaurants in Berlin

1. New star: Bandol sur Mer www.bandolsurmer.de
2. New star: Bieberbau www.bieberbau-berlin.de
3. New star: Nobelhart & Schmutzig  www.nobelhartundschmutzig.com
4. New star: Richard www.restaurant-richard.de
5. New star: Semmler www.kochkunst-ereignisse.de
6. 5 – Cinco by Paco Pérez: www.5-cinco.com
7. First Floor: www.firstfloor.palace.de
8. Frühsammers Restaurant: fruehsammers-restaurant.jimdo.com
9. Hugos: www.hugos-restaurant.de
10. Les Solistes by Pierre Gagnaire: www.waldorfastoriaberlin.com/deu/Restaurants-Lounges/Les-Solistes
11. Pauly Saal: paulysaal.com/
12. Skykitchen: www.skykitchen.berlin/home.html
13. VAU: www.vau-berlin.de
14. Weinbar Rutz: www.weinbar-rutz.de

In recent years, Berlin has earned a high reputation as a top culinary destination. In addition to the 26 Michelin stars, Berlin has captured the epicurean zeitgeist by earning top marks as Europe’s vegan capital, boasting 36 purely vegan restaurants.

From street food to burger mania, traditional cooking to new trends, Berlin’s young and creative culinary scene is a foodie paradise.

Information of travel to Berlin at www.visitBerlin.com.

Michelin Announces Its New York Stars

Le Bernardin has retained its three Michelin stars. CreditNicole Bengiveno/The New York Times

Michelin, the Paris-based purveyor of gastronomic guides, has released its annual list of starred ratings for New York City restaurants. While much anticipated, it is short on surprises.

All six restaurants that showed up last year in the top category, three stars, have maintained their standing: Chef’s Table at Brooklyn Fare, Eleven Madison Park, Le Bernardin, Masa, Per Se and Jean-Georges. “It’s been 11 years, and I’m very happy about it,” the chef Jean-Georges Vongerichten said.

The news in the two-star category is the elevation of the Modern from one star, which it had when Gabriel Kreuther was the chef, to two, with Abram Bissell now in charge of the kitchen. Mr. Kreuther’s new restaurant, Gabriel Kreuther, which opened in late spring, received one star.

Daniel Boulud, whose restaurant Daniel went last year from three stars to two, retains its two stars, as do Aquavit, Blanca, Ichimura, Jungsik, Marea and Soto. Atera, which had a change of chefs this year, from Matthew Lightner to Ronny Emborg, has also kept its two stars, as has Momofuku Ko, which moved.

In addition to Gabriel Kreuther, there are nine other newcomers among the 60 restaurants in the one-star category: Tempura Matsui, Sushi Yasuda, Cagen, Hirohisa, Somtum Der, Uncle Boons, Rebelle, Semilla and the Finch. Picholine, which kept its one star, will leave its longtime home near Lincoln Center and seek a new space, its chef, Terrance Brennan, said Wednesday.

Sushi Nakazawa, which was not given any stars in last year’s guide, even after receiving rave notices from Pete Wells of The New York Times and other critics, has once again come away empty-handed. “Last year Michelin told us we got no stars because they didn’t have the capability to visit us enough,” Alessandro Borgognone, the restaurant’s managing partner, said. Michelin uses anonymous inspectors who pay for their meals.

The rankings are to be announced Wednesday night at a reception at the Manhattan Classic Car Club. (Michelin is a tire company, after all.) Unlike in past years, Michelin declined to release the ratings to reporters under a news embargo to help them prepare for the announcement. But those grand plans took a detour, as several restaurants, informed of their awards, posted the news on Twitter and other social media. So Michelin agreed to release the news in the afternoon.

The Michelin Guide New York City 2016, which lists nearly 900 restaurants, goes on sale Thursday for $18.99. For the complete ranking:michelinmedia.com.

By FLORENCE FABRICANT, www.nytimes.com