The 3 Michelin Star rating has mystified many.

Nicolas Rebut, The French Cellar sommelier based in France, has 20 years of experience working in 3 Michelin Star restaurants (Le Meurice, Paris - Louis XV Alain Ducasse, Monaco).

But what exactly is does a 3 Michelin Star rating mean for a restaurant and how is it awarded?

First, let’s look a what a 1, 2, and 3 Star rating signify.

Michelin is a tyre company which released a road guide for their customers’ convenience.

They rated certain restaurants depending on how ‘good’ they were. One star meant it's safe to eat here, two stars meant that if you passed this place, it's worth stopping to have some food at the restaurant. A three-star rating meant that it’s worth taking a twenty mile detour just to eat at this restaurant.

The exact process of how restaurants are rated is a well-kept secret. A Michelin reviewer will visit a restaurant under the guise of a normal guest. They want to have the purest experience possible.

To even be rated by Michelin, a restaurant needs to be in a city that’s covered under Michelin ratings. Cities like Hong Kong, Macau, and Tokyo are among those included in Asia.

There are 109 three-star restaurants worldwide.

Official rating from Michelin guide 

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