Essay On Michelin Guide

MICHELIN GUIDE OVERVIEW:

There are so many restaurants in the world and an uncountable amount of people who want to go there and eat. This is where guides come into play. Different guides come with different rating systems, but most commonly they rate restaurants with points on a Likert scale. The ratings would then be published on their perspective webpages or magazines. There are many guides in the world that rate restaurants, But without a doubt the most renowned and prestigious one that comes into everyone’s mind is the Michelin guide. This guide is perceived to have a very high culinary standard and the restaurants are rated on the bases of customer experience as a whole(Restaurant rating, Wikipedia, 2013). For years the Michelin guide

During the Second World War the publication of the guide was interrupted. But on the request of the French army the production started again as the guide contained the best maps and directions, and was completely accurate and up to date(Michelin Corporation, history, 2010-2013). In 1956 the first Italian guide was published and then in 1974 the first guide for Britain was published and Britain was awarded with 25 stars on in their first guide. Then the guide realised the exceptional boom of the deluxe gastronomy industry and that people were getting more and more into fine dining. The guide for the United States came in November 2005, which was considered very late, prior to publishing more than 500 restaurants in only New York were examined. This is what helped it get a world renowned status. Now the Michelin guide covers 23 countries, published in 14 different editions and is sold in almost 90 countries (Michelin Corporation, history, 2013).

Restaurants that are worthy are rated stars, but the process of attaining a star is very secretive, specially trained inspectors anonymously visit restaurants and then post-meal they submit meticulous reports rating the service, décor and the