The Michelin Guide story: why a tyre company decides which restaurants get stars
What a Michelin star does to a restaurant, and why Michelin still makes tyres
In 2020, a restaurant near Lyon lost one Michelin star, and the news went around the world. It had kept three stars for 55 years. How did a guide for drivers end up with so much power over chefs?
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In 1965, a chef near Lyon, Paul Bocuse, wins his third star. He becomes one of the most famous chefs in the world, and his restaurant keeps its three stars for 55 years.
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In 2020, two years after his death, his restaurant loses its third star. It still has two. Yet the news goes around the world, as if something big had broken.
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