Memorable Michelin Moments

Star ratings at the time of my dining experience or thereafter. Some restaurants were worth the visit and others causing debate and controversy

USA

3 Michelin Stars

 Eleven Madison Park – Daniel Humm – NYC

 Jean-Georges – J.G. Vongerichten – NYC

 Le Bernardin – Eric Ripert – NYC

 Masa – Masa Takayama – NYC

 Per Se – Thomas Keller – NYC

 Daniel – Daniel Boulud - NYC

 Alinea – Grant Achatz - Chicago

 The French Laundry – Thomas Keller – Napa

 Joël Robuchon at the MGM Grand – Las Vegas

2 Michelin Stars

 Ichimura at Brushstroke – Eiji Ichimura – NYC

 Marea – Michael White – NYC

 Soto – Sotohiro Kosugi – NYC

 The Restaurant at Meadowood – Napa

 Alto – Michael White – NYC

 Del Posto – Batali Mario – NYC  Corton – Paul Liebrandt – NYC

 Jungsik – Jung Sik Yim – NYC

 Momofuku – David Chang – NYC

 Spago – Wolfgang Puck – Los Angeles

 Guy Savoy at Caesar’s Palace – Las Vegas

 Picasso - Julian Serrano – Las Vegas

 Aqua - Laurent Manrique – San Francisco

 Charlie Trotter – Chicago

1 Michelin Star

 A Voce Columbus – Missy Robbins – NYC

 A Voce Madison – Andrew Carmellini – NYC

 Ai Fiori – Michael White – NYC

 Aureole – Charlie Palmer – NYC

 Babbo – Carlo Scotto – NYC

 Batard – Markus Glocker – NYC

 Betony – Bryce Shuman – NYC

 Blue Hill – Dan Barber – NYC

 Bouley – David Bouley – NYC

 Brushstroke – David Bouley – NYC

 Café Boulud – Aaron Bludorn – NYC

 Carbone – Mario Carbone – NYC

 Casa Mono – Andy Nusser – NYC

 Del Posto – Mark Ladner – NYC

 15 East – Masato Shimizu – NYC

 Gotham Bar and Grill – Alfred Portale – NYC

 Gramercy Tavern – Michael Anthony – NYC

 Jewel Bako – Yoshihiko Kousaka – NYC  Kyo Ya – Chikara Sono – NYC

 Lincoln Ristorante – Jonathan Benno – NYC

 The Modern – Gabriel Kreuther – NYC

 NoMad – James Kent – NYC

 The River Café – Brad Steelman – NYC

 Spotted Pig – April Bloomfield – NYC

 Sushi of Gari – Masatoshi "Gari" Sugio – NYC

 Torrisi Italian Specialities – Rich Torrisi & Mario Carbone – NYC

 Spaggia –Tony Mantuano & Chris Marchino – Chicago

 Tru – Anthony Martin – Chicago

 Aziza – Mourad Lahlou – San Francisco

 Bouchon – Thomas Keller – Napa Valley

 Campton Place – Srijith Gopinathan – San Francisco

 Bistro Jeanty – Philippe Jeanty – San Francisco

 Gary Danko – San Francisco

 Terra – Hiro Sone – Napa Valley

 Fifth Floor – Jake des Voignes – San Francisco

 Chez Panisse – Alice Waters – Berkeley

 Osteria Mozza – Mario Batali – Los Angeles

 Patina - Joachim Splichal – Los Angeles

 Valentino - Piero Selvaggio – Los Angeles

 Veritas – Sam Hazen – NYC

 Kibo Japanese Grill – Darrell Raymond – NYC

 Auberge du Soleil – Robert Curry – Napa

 Aureole - Vincent Pouessel/Charlie Palmer – Las Vegas

 Bradley Ogden – Las Vegas

 L’Atelier de Joël Robuchon – Las Vegas  Le Cirque - Paul Lee – Las Vegas

 Michael Mina – Las Vegas

 miX – Alain Ducasse – Las Vegas

 Restaurant Charlie – Charlie Trotter – Las Vegas

Italy

3 Michelin Stars

 Dal Pescatore – Antonio & Nadia Sant – Runate

 La Pergola – Heinz Beck – Rome

 Alajmo, Le Calandre – Massimiliano Alajmo – Venice

2 Michelin Stars

 Vissani – Gianfranco Vissani – Civitella del Lago

 Torre Del Saracino – Gennaro Esposito – Marina Equa

1 Michelin Star

 Il Buco – Chef Giuseppe Aversa – Sorrento

France

3 Michelin Stars

 Hotel Balzac – Pierre Gagnaire – Paris

 Le Meurice – Alain Ducasse – Paris

 Le Meurice – Yannick Alleno – Paris

 Le Bristol – Eric Frechon – Paris

 Alain Ducasse au Plaza Athénée – Alain Ducasse – Paris

 Georges Blanc – Vonnas

 L’Astrance – Pascal Barbot – Paris  Bras – Michel Bras – Laguiole

 Les Prés d’Eugénie – Michel Guérard – Eugenie-les-Bains

 Paul Bocuse – Collonges-au-Mont-d’Or

 Le Pré Catelan – Frédéric Anton – Paris

 L’Ambroisie – Bernard & Mathieu Pacaud – Paris

 Troisgros – Marie-Pierre & Michel Troisgros – Roanne

 Troisgros – Pierre & Michel Troisgros – Roanne

 Guy Savoy – Paris

 Le Petit Nice – Gérald Passédat – Marseille

 La Pyramide – Mme Point – Vienne

 L’Arpège – Alain Passard – Paris

 Pic – Anne-Sophie Pic – Valence

 Régis et Jacques Marcon – Saint-Bonnet-le Froid

 La Vague d’Or – Arnaud Donckele – Saint-Tropez

 Ledoyen – Christian LeSquer – Paris

 Ledoyen – Yannick Alléno – Paris

 Le Taillevent – Jean-Luc Vrinat – Paris

 Crillon Hotel – Les Ambassadeurs – Jean-Francois Piege – Paris

 Buerehiesel – Antione Westermann – Strasbourg

 Lameloise – Eric Pras – Chagny

 Lucas Carton – Alain Senderens – Paris

 Louis XV – Alain Ducasse – Monaco

2 Michelin Stars

 L’Oustaù de Baumanière – Wilfred Wahid – Les Baux-de-Provence

 Hotel le Thoumieux, Thoumieux – Jean-Francois Piège – Paris

 Le Grand Véfour – Guy Martin – Paris

 Hotel George V, Le Cinq – Phillipe Legendre – Paris  Hotel George V, Le Cinq – Eric Briffard – Paris

 La Chèvre d’Or – Ronan Kervarrec – Èze

 La Réserve de Beaulieu – Romain Corbière – Beaulieu-sur-Mer

 L’Atelier de Jean-Luc Rabanel – Arles

 Mirazur – Mauro Colagreco – Menton

 L’Atelier de Joel Robuchon – Étoile – Paris

 Louis XIII – Manuel Martinez – Paris

 La Table de Joel Robuchon – Paris

 La Mère Brazier - Mathieu Viannay – Lyon

 Nicolas Le Bec – Lyon

 Alain Chapel – Philippe Jousse – Mionnay

 Martinez Hotel La Palme d’or – Christian Willer – Cannes

 L’Oasis – Stéphane, Antoine & François Raimbault – La Napoule

 Hostellerie Jérôme – Bruno Cirino – La Turbie

 Casadelmar – Davide Bisetto – Porto Vecchio

 Hostellerie de Plaisance – Philippe Etchebes – Saint-Émilion

 Le Taillevent – Alain Solivérès – Paris

 Michel Rostang – Paris

 Lassere – Jean-Louis Nomicos – Paris

 Les Elysees Du Vernets – Alain Solivérès – Paris

 Les Elysees Du Vernets – Eric Briffard – Paris

 Chiberta – Eric Coisel – Paris

 Le Bateau Ivre – Jean-Pierre Jacob – Courchevel

 Le Chabichou – Michel Rochedy – Courchevel

 Les Airelles – Courchevel

 Beauvilliers – Edourad Carlier – Paris

 Carrée des Feuillants – Alain Dutournier – Paris  La Tour d’Argent – Claude Terrail – Paris

 Ritz Hotel-Lespadon – Michel Roth – Paris

 Chantecler – Dominique Le Stanc – Nice

 La Beaugraviere – Guy Jullien – Mondragon

 La Grand'Vigne – Nicolas Masse – Bordeaux

One Michelin Star

 Au Trou Gascon – Alain Dutournier – Paris

 Ithurria – Xavier Isabal – Ainhoa

 La Table des Frères Ibarboure – Xabi & Philippe Ibarboure – Bidart

 Le Dome – Alexandre Boyenval – Paris

 Kinugawa – Toyofumi Ozuru – Paris

 La Mirande – Jean Claude Aubertin – Avignon

 Christian Etienne – Avignon

 Jin – Takuya Watanabe – Paris

 Jules Verne – Alain Ducasse – Paris

 Benoît – Alain Ducasse - Paris

 Rech – Damien Leroux/ Alain Ducasse – Paris

 Grill de l’Hotel de Paris – Alain Ducasse – Monte Carlo

 Laurent – Alain Pégouret – Paris

 Le Divellec – Jacques Le Divellec – Paris

 La Table de Cala Rossa – Cala Rossa – Corsica

 Le Clos de la Violette – Jean-Marc Banzo – Aix en-Provence

 Pierre Reboul – Aix-en-Provence

 Arles – Jérôme Laurent – Arles

 L’Ami Louis – Louis Gadby – Paris

 Oki – Yasuo Nanaumi – Paris  Prince de Galle, La Sene – Stéphanie Le Quellec – Paris

 Maison Bru – Wout Bru – Eygalieres

 La Cabro d’Or – Michel Hulin – Les Baux des Provence

 Brasserie Nord – Paul Bocuse – Lyon

 Auberge du Cheval Blanc – Jean Claude Tellechea – Bayonne

 Benoit – Alain Ducasse – Paris

 L’Auberge Basque – Cédric Béchade – Saint-Pée-sur-Nivelle

 Marius et Janette – Bruno Brangea – Paris

 Chateaux de Bagnols – Jean-Alexandre Ouaratta – Bagnols

 La Mère Poulard – Mont Saint-Michel

 Le Moulin d'Alotz – Benoît Sarthou – Arcangues

 Philippe – Philippe Lafargue – Biarritz

 Les Rosiers – Andrée Rosier – Biarritz

 Hotel du Palais – Jean-Marie Gautier – Biarritz

 Brikéténia – Martin et David Ibarboure – Guéthary

 Ferme Hégia – Arnaud Daguin – Hasparren

 Christian Têtedoie – Lyon

 Park Hyatt, Pur' - Jean-François Rouquette - Place Vendôme, Paris

 Café de Paris – Pierre Laporte – Biarritz

 Les Platanes – Arnaud Daguin – Biarritz

 Les Pyrénées – Philippe et Firmin Arrambide – Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port

 Maxim's – Paris

 Tan Dinh – Robert Vifian – Paris

Spain,

 3 Michelin Stars

 Arzak – Juan Mari Arzak – San Sebastian  Akelare – Pedro Subijana – San Sebastian

 Martin Berasategui – Lasarte Paolo Casagrande

 Can Fabes – Santi Santamaria – Sant Celoni

 El Bulli – Ferran Adrià – Roses

2 Michelin Stars

 Mugaritz – Andoni Luis Aduriz – Errenteria

 ABaC – Jordi Cruz – Barcelona

One Michelin Star

 Zuberoa – Hilario Arbelaitz – Oiartzun

 Etxebarri – Victor Arguinzoniz – Axpe

 Comerç 24 – Carles Abellán – Barcelona

Luxembourg

One Michelin Star

 Léa Linster – Frisange

Japan

3 Michelin Stars

 L’Atelier de Joel Robuchon – Tokyo

 Ginza Koju – Tokyo

 Kitcho – Kunio Tokuoka – Kyoto

 Mizai – Hitoshi Ishihara – Kyoto

 Koryu - Shintaro Matsuo – Osaka

2 Michelin Stars

 Taillevent – Tokyo

 Kahala – Yoshifumi Mori – Osaka

UK

3 Michelin Stars

 Fat Duck – Heston Blumenthal – Bray, West Berkshire

 Waterside Inn – Michel Roux – Bray, West Berkshire

 Gordon Ramsay - Chelsea

 Alain Ducasse at The Dorchester - Mayfair

2 Michelin Stars

 Midsummer House – Daniel Clifford – Cambridge

 Gidleigh Park – Michael Caines – Chagford, Devon

 Le Champignon Sauvage – David Everitt-Matthias – Cheltenham

 Whatley Manor (The Dining Room) – Martin Burge – Wiltshire

 Hand and Flowers – Tom Kerridge – Marlow

 Le Manoir aux Quat'Saisons – Raymond Blanc – Oxford/Great Milton

 The Ledbury – Brett Graham – North Kensington

 Marcus Wareing at The Berkeley – Belgravia

 Le Gavroche – Michel Roux – Mayfair

 Hélène Darroze at The Connaught – Mayfair

 Hibiscus – Claude Bosi – Mayfair

 The Square – Philip Howard – Mayfair

 L'Enclume – Mark Birchall – Grange-over-Sands, Cartmel

 Michael Wignall at The Latymer (at Pennyhill Park Hotel) – Surrey

 Sketch (The Lecture Room & Library) – Pierre Gagnaire – Mayfair

 Dinner by Heston Blumenthal (Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park Hotel) – Westminster

 The Greenhouse – Arnaud Bignon – Mayfair

 Foliage – Chris Staines – London

 The Capital – Eric Chavot – London One Michelin Star

 L'Atelier de Joël Robuchon – Strand & Covent Garden

 Royal Oak – Michael Chapman – Bray

 L'Ortolan – Tom Clarke – Reading, Shinfield

 The Sportsman – Stephen Harris – Whitstable, Kent

 Hakkasan – Twong Chee Hwee – Hanway Place, Bloomsbury

 Pied à Terre – Shane Osborn – Bloomsbury

 Club Gascon – Pascal Aussignac – City of London

 River Café – Ruth Rogers – Hammersmith

 St John – Fergus Henderson – Clerkenwell

 Rasoi – Manmeet Bali – Chelsea

 Kitchen W8 – Mark Kempson – Kensington

 Amaya Belgravia – Karunesh Khanna – Westminster

 Benares – Atul Kochhar – Mayfair

 Galvin at Windows (at London Hilton Hotel) - Chris Galvin – Mayfair

 Hakkasan – Tong Chee Hwee – Mayfair

 Maze – Gordan Ramsay – Mayfair

 Murano – Angela Harnett – Mayfair

 Pollen Street Social – Jason Atherton – Mayfair

 Tamarind – Alfred Prasad – Mayfair

 Umu – Yoshinori Ishii - Mayfair

 Wild Honey – Anthony Demetre – Mayfair

 Locanda Locatelli – Giorgio Locatelli – Regent's Park & Marylebone

 Texture – Agnar Sverrisson & Xavier Rousset – Regent's Park & Marylebone

 Seven Park Place (at St James's Hotel and Club) – William Drabble – St

James's/Westminster

 Arbutus – Anthony Demetre – Soho  Yauatcha – Tong Chee Hwee – Soho

 Story – Tom Sellars – London Bridge

 Brasserie Chavot – Eric Chavot – Mayfair

 L’Atelier de Joël Robuchon – Strand and Covent Garden Clove Club – Shoreditch

 Fera at Claridge's – Simon Rogan – Mayfair

 Gymkhana – Karam Sethi – Mayfair

 Barrafina – Nieves Barragán Mohacho – Soho

 1 Lombard Street – Juri Ravagli – London

 Tom Aikens – London

 Roussillon – Alexis Gauthier – London

 Aubergine – William Drabble – London

 Assaggi – London

Greece

2 Michelin Stars

 Spondi – Arnaud Bignon – Athens

Denmark

2 Michelin Stars

 Noma – Rene Redzepi – Copenhagen

 Geranium – Rasmus Kofoed – Copenhagen

Sweden

2 Michelin Stars

 Mathias Dahlgren – Stockholm

Germany 3 Michelin Stars

 Tantris - Hans Hass – Munich

2 Michelin Stars

 Brenners Park – Paul Stradner – Baden Baden

Switzerland

One Michelin Star

 Le Chat Botté – Dominique Gauthier – Geneva

 Capri - Andrea Migliaccio – Zermatt

Belgium

2 Michelin Stars

 Sea Grill - Yves Mattagne – Brussels