What is the michelin star?

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and do restaurants with these stars only serve French cuisine?

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Michelin stars and other ratings
The guide's restaurant ratings using Michelin stars are probably the most recognized and influential gastronomic ratings in Europe.

The guide awards one to three stars to a small number of restaurants of outstanding quality. Stars are awarded sparingly; for instance, in the UK and Ireland 2004 guide, out of 5,500 entries, there are 98 with one star ("a very good restaurant in its category"), 11 with two stars ("excellent cooking, worth a detour"), and only 3 with three stars ("exceptional cuisine, worth a special journey"). Michelin stars are taken very seriously in the restaurant business, where the addition or loss of a star can mean a difference in turnover of millions of euros. Some three-star restaurants are able to charge hundreds of euros for a meal on the strength of their reputation.

Since 1955, the guide has also highlighted restaurants offering "good food at moderate prices", a feature now called "Bib Gourmand". They must have a menu priced at no more than £25 in the case of the UK, or €36 in the Republic of Ireland. The name comes from Bib (Bibendum), the Michelin Man, Michelin's logo for over a century.

There is a Green Guide for each French region and many countries, regions, and cities outside France. Most Green Guides on France are available in several languages. They include background information and an alphabetical section describing points of interest. Like the Red Guide, they use a three-star system for recommending sights: three stars, "worth the trip"; two stars, "worth a detour"; one star, "interesting".

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Michelin Star Definition

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Michelin Star Meaning

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The Michelin guides were originally produced for motorists in France by the Michelin tyre company. Like the AA & RAC guides in the UK, they provided information on motoring routes, garages, and places to eat & stay. The star rating for restaurants is now the most famous aspect of their guides.

To get a Michelin star means that a restaurant serves first-class cuisine with the best fresh ingredients, imaginative menus, fine wines and impeccable service. The restaurants with Michelin stars will usually serve food in the French/western European tradition.

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As a former chef and being familiar with Montreal and its restauant sence, in Canada it is the diamond rating system by either the CAA or AAA, some of the local papers like the Journal de Montreal have rated places, and magazines may give a number of forks based on there rating. In Montreal the best idea for french restaurants and there are many are the Journals and the Yellow Page's City Pages for Montreal and there recommendations. Michelin does some ratings in North America, mostly US and only states like N.Y and California and some from Florida.

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What is the michelin star?
and do restaurants with these stars only serve French cuisine?

Answer 7

People employed by Michelin rate with stars the different restaurants, but it is not ony french cuisine

Answer 8

it's a way to charge extortionate prices.....