( Vancouver is getting a Michelin Guide later this year, too.) Poullennec says that the guide was supposed to launch before the pandemic but was delayed for two years. A potential list of restaurants is first drafted by looking at places covered by local media or asking chefs for recommendations, and then the inspectors start eating. Little is known about the identity of its anonymous critics or “inspectors” as Michelin calls them, so it’s unknown whether the people who ate through the city are Torontonians, how often they dined at the restaurants, or their demographic makeup. The process for how Michelin Guides are put together has long been shrouded in secrecy. We’ve been impressed by the local, homegrown and excellent talented chefs.” “It’s definitely a great beginning because it’s already a strong selection and we feel there’s a lot of potential in the years to come. “The selection reflects the diversity of the cosmopolitan flavour of Toronto,” Gwendal Poullennec, international director of Michelin Guides told the Star in a phone interview Tuesday. Seventeen restaurants received Bib Gourmand designations (more on that below), plus another 44 were deemed recommended restaurants that have now been posted on the Michelin’s website and app. While no restaurants in the Toronto guide received three stars, and only one received two stars, a dozen received one star. Restaurants are judged, according to Michelin’s site, on five criteria: the quality of ingredients used, mastery of flavour and cooking techniques, “the personality of the chef in his cuisine,” value and consistency between visits. Two stars means it’s worth the detour (the guides started out as a booklet for road trippers and customers of the tire company, after all). The most stars a restaurant can be awarded is three, meaning it’s worth planning a whole trip around the meal. Read Food Reporter Karon Liu’s Analysis: A handful of Michelin-star restaurants do not solely define Toronto’s food scene Ten offer multi-course set tasting menus. Five of the restaurants are in Yorkville. Of the 13 Toronto restaurants that received Michelin stars, five offer omakase sushi or kaiseki-style dining where prices start at $195 and top out at $680 per person. “We’ll keep striving to get two (stars) and for Aloette to get one. “It’s unexpected but it’s exciting,” says chef Patrick Kriss, whose restaurants Alo and Alobar Yorkville each received a star. The much-anticipated Michelin Guide was launched in Toronto Tuesday evening, with one restaurant receiving two stars and a dozen other places getting one star.
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