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Michelin Guide
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France based hotel and restaurant guide
Key facts
- Categories
- Gastronomy , tourism
- Frequency
- Yearly
- Founder
- Édouard Michelin , André Michelin
- First issue
- 1900 ; 126 years ago ( 1900 )
- Company
- Michelin
- Country
- France
- Website
- guide.michelin.com
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
The Michelin Guide (/ˈmɪʃəlɪn, ˈmɪtʃəlɪn/ MISH-əl-in, MITCH-əl-in; French: Guide Michelin [ɡid miʃlɛ̃]) is a restaurant and hotel guide that has been published by the French tire company Michelin since 1900. Originally created as a guide for French motorists, it later developed into an international reference for dining and travel. It awards up to three Michelin stars for excellence to a select few restaurants in certain geographic areas based on evaluations by anonymous inspectors. Michelin also publishes the Green Guides, a series of general guides to cities, regions, and countries.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Michelin Guide” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.