Mon 27th Mar 2023 - Michelin awards new stars for 2023 Michelin awards new stars for 2023: There have been 23 new stars awarded in the 2023 Michelin Guide. The inspectors awarded 20 new one-Michelin and three new two-Michelin stars, all of whom were celebrated at tonight’s ceremony. And while there were no new three-Michelin stars, all seven existing holders held on to their status. For the first time in three years, the event was able to be held as a live event attended by all the winners, and the night started with all those awarded new stars in 2021 and 2022, when the event had to be virtual due to covid restrictions, invited up onto the stage to finally get their recognition in person. Host Amanda Stretton said: “So much has happened over the last few years. You guys have faced one of the biggest crises that you’re ever likely to encounter. But with the help of your teams, you’ve really managed to pull through and bounce back, showing the resilience of the hospitality industry in the United Kingdom and Ireland.” Hotel Cafe Royal in Westminster, London (Alex Dilling) was awarded a second star despite only opening in September but “hitting the ground running”. Also awarded a second star was The Ledbury Kensington & Chelsea (Brett Graham), making both “a welcome return to the London scene and to the Guide”. A final second star went to Dede in Baltimore, County Cork (Ahmet Dede), who has “gone from strength to strength since his first star” in 2018. The new one-star restaurants were: Pentonbridge Inn in Penton, Cumbria (Chris Archer); Gidleigh Park in Chagford, Devon (Christopher Eden); The Samling in Ambleside, Cumbria (Robbie Jenks); So-Lo in Aughton, Lancashire (Tim Allen); The Tudor Pass in Egham, Surrey (Alex Payne); Grace & Savour in Hampton in Arden, Solihull (David Taylor); Timberyard in Edinburgh (James Murray); Heron in Leith, Scotland (Tomas Gormley & Sam Yorke); Restaurant Twenty-Two in Cambridge (Sam Carter); Ben Wilkinson at The Pass Horsham, West Sussex (Ben Wilkinson); Terre in Castlemartyr, County Cork (Vincent Crepel); Lumiere in Cheltenham (Jonathan Howe); Luca in Islington, London (Robert Chambers); Store in Stoke Holy Cross, Norfolk (Liam Nichols); Acleaf in Plymouth (Scott Paton); Cycene in Tower Hamlets, London (Theo Clench); Heft in Newton in Carmel, Cumbria (Kevin Tickle); Solstice by Kenny Atkinson in Newcastle-upon-Tyne (Kenny Atkinson); Taku in Westminster, London (Takuya Watanabe); and St Barts in London (Johnnie Crowe). Maintaining their three-star status were L’Eclume (Simon Rogan), Waterside Inn (Alain Roux), Restaurant Gordon Ramsey (Matt Abe), Core by Clare Smyth (Clare Smyth), Alain Ducasse at The Dorchester (Jean-Phillipe Blondet), Helene Darozze at The Connaught (Marco Zampese), Sketch The Lecture Room & Library (Daniel Stucki) and Fat Duck (Edward Cooke). Green stars, which recognise excellent sustainable practices, went to Culture in Falmouth, Cornwall (Hylton Espey); Crocadon in St Mellion, Plymouth (Dan Cox); Apricity in Westminster, London (Chantelle Nicholson); and Osip in Bruton, Somerset (Merlin Labron-Johnson). The mentor chef award went to Michael Dean of Eipic in Belfast, while Sarah Howard of The Coach in London took home the young chef award. The service award was won by Declan Maxwell of Spitalfields in Dublin, and the sommelier award by Tara Ozols of Sola in London, for her all-American wine list. A new cocktail award was also awarded for the first time, with Makis Kazakis of Park Chinois in London the first recipient.