Hong Kong and Macau’s fine-dining restaurants and chefs are gearing up for the annual Michelin-star reveal taking place this month in Macau. We take a look at the top 10 cities around the world which have attained the most of these coveted stars.
10. Singapore has a total of 44 stars, but there have been no three-star restaurants since the closing of Restaurant Andre and L’Atelier de Joël Robuchon.
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Five restaurants have two stars, including Les Amis, Odette and Shisen Hanten, and 34 restaurants have one star, such as Rhubarb, Summer Pavilion and Labyrinth.
9. Shanghai has a total of 44 stars, with chef Paul Pairet’s Ultraviolet being the only three-Michelin-starred restaurant in the city, as T’ang Court dropped from three to two this year.
Twenty-five restaurants have one star, eight have two, including L’Atelier de Joel Robuchon, 81/2 Otto e Mezzo Bombana, Canton 8 and Xin Rong Ji.
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8. San Francisco has a total of 75 stars, there are seven restaurants with two stars and seven with three stars, including Coi, Saison and Manresa.
7. London has a total of 86 stars including three restaurants with three stars: Restaurant Gordon Ramsay in Chelsea; Alain Ducasse at The Dorchester; and The Araki at Mayfair.
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6. Hong Kong has a total of 86, including 11 restaurants with two stars and six with three stars such as Bo Innovation and 8 1/2 Otto e Mezzo Bombana, but all could change with next week’s announcement in Macau.
5. New York City has a total of 101 stars, up by eight from last year. Three-star restaurants include Eleven Madison Park, Chef’s Table at Brooklyn Fare, Masa, Per Se and Le Bernardin.
4. Osaka has a total of 123 stars this year, including four restaurants with three stars: Hajime, Kashiwaya, Koryu and Taian. There are 16 restaurants with two stars and 79 with one.
3. Kyoto has a total of 140 stars, eight of which have three stars. Kikunoi Honten, Kitcho Arashiyama Honten and Hyotei have had three stars for 10 consecutive years.
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2. Paris has a total of 141 Michelin stars, of which 10 have three stars, including Pierre Gagnaire, Alain Ducasse at Plaza Athénée and Le Cinq.
1. Tokyo has a grand total of 308 stars, 13 restaurants of which have three stars, including Kanda, Ryugin, Sushi Saito, Sushi Yoshitake and French restaurants L’Osier, Quintessence and Joël Robuchon.
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