Michelin, the Paris-based publisher of gastronomic guides, has released its annual list of starred ratings for New York City, San Francisco and Chicago restaurants.
The guide鈥檚 reviewers (commonly called 鈥渋nspectors鈥) anonymously award restaurants with either one star, two stars, or three stars. The stars are awarded as follows:
- One star: A good place to stop on your journey, indicating a very good restaurant in its category, offering cuisine prepared to a consistently high standard.
- Two stars: A restaurant worth a detour, indicating excellent cuisine and skillfully and carefully crafted dishes of outstanding quality
- Three stars: A restaurant worth a special journey, indicating exceptional cuisine where diners eat extremely well, often superbly. Distinctive dishes are precisely executed, using superlative ingredients.
Congratulations to all the Michelin 2016 winners! We鈥檙e excited to congratulate the following ICC鈥檚 alumni and faculty who made us incredibly proud this year:
THREE STARS (鈥淓XCEPTIONAL CUISINE, WORTH A SPECIAL JOURNEY鈥)
// David Kinch
320 Village Ln.
Los Gatos, CA
// Josh Skenes
178 Townsend St.
San Francisco, CA
TWO STARS (鈥淓XCELLENT CUISINE, WORTH A DETOUR鈥)
// David Chang
8 Extra Pl.
New York, NY
ONE STAR (鈥淎 VERY GOOD RESTAURANT IN ITS CATEGORY鈥)
// Dan Barber
75 Washington Pl.
New York, NY
// Andrew Zimmerman
123 N. Jefferson St.
Chicago, IL
// Dan Rafalin
210 Elizabeth St.
New York, NY
// Polo Dobkin
149 Broadway
Brooklyn, NY
This blog post was originally published by the International Culinary Center (ICC), founded as The French Culinary Institute (FCI). In 2020, ICE and ICC came together on one strong and dynamic national platform at ICE's campuses in New York City and Los Angeles. Explore your culinary education where the legacy lives on.
