Which UK Restaurants Have New Michelin Stars?

Michelin Stars are the Oscars of the food world. Throughout the year, inspectors visit eateries all over the world in search of places worthy of the coveted award, ahead of a hotly anticipated annual ceremony in which the new guide is revealed. The 2025 winners were announced this week, seeing a whole host of restaurants gaining new stars (and others sadly losing them). But how did the guide come about? And what’s the difference between one, two and three? 

2025 Michelin Stars: Here’s What All The Awards Mean

What Are Michelin Stars?

Michelin Stars are awards given to restaurants which offer outstanding cooking. They are based on five key criteria:

1. The quality of the ingredients
2. The harmony of flavours
3. The mastery of techniques
4. The personality of the chef as expressed through their cuisine
5. Consistency – both across the entire menu and over time

A restaurant can receive either one, two or three Michelin stars, which Michelin classifies as follows:

• One Michelin Star: ‘awarded to restaurants using top quality ingredients, where dishes with distinct flavours are prepared to a consistently high standard.’
• Two Michelin Stars: ‘awarded when the personality and talent of the chef are evident in their expertly crafted dishes; their food is refined and inspired.’
• Three Michelin Stars: ‘our highest award, given for the superlative cooking of chefs at the peak of their profession; their cooking is elevated to an art form and some of their dishes are destined to become classics.’

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What Are Michelin Green Stars?

Michelin Green Stars are the newest awards from Michelin. Introduced in 2020, these are granted to eateries that are ‘role models when it comes to sustainable gastronomy.’ According to Michelin, ‘every Green Star restaurant is different and works in its own unique way – but all make a difference to the world around them and act as role models to us all.

‘Many work directly with growers, farmers and fishermen; forage in hedgerows and woodlands; grow plants and rear animals; and use regenerative methods such as no-dig vegetable gardens and successional cover crop growing. They also often go beyond environmental considerations to address issues related to ethics, as well as contributing to local, national or global charitable and educational projects.’

What Is A Bib Gourmand?

Alongside stars, Michelin gives out new Bib Gourmand awards each year, an accolade given to restaurants which ‘offer great food at a great price’. This year, 36 restaurants across the UK and Ireland were recognised in this category, including Donia, Artusi and Josephine Bouchon in London; Skua in Edinburgh; and Tare Bistro and Bristol.

Which Restaurants Have New Michelin Stars For 2025?

At the 2025 ceremony, held in Glasgow on 10 February, 22 restaurants in the UK and Ireland received one Michelin Star, including Plates London, which made history by becoming the country’s first vegan eatery to secure the award. Three restaurants secured two Michelin Stars: The Ritz Restaurant and Humble Chicken in London, and Hide and Fox in Kent. Just one restaurant, meanwhile, won a third Michelin Star, Moor Hall in Lancashire, joining prestigious places like Heston Blumenthal’s The Fat Duck and The Ledbury.

Five restaurants were awarded new Michelin Green Stars, including farm-to-table eatery Native in Tenbury Wells, and Homestead Kitchen in Yorkshire.

What’s The History Of The Michelin Guide?

The Michelin story began in 1889, when brothers Andre and Edouard Michelin founded an eponymous tyre company in the French town of Clermont-Ferrand. At that time, there were fewer than 3,000 cars in the country, so they decided to encourage more people to drive by creating a pocket-sized red guide filled with useful information for travellers.

In 1920, the brothers decided to give the guide a makeover, adding information on where to eat and stay. Soon after, they recruited a team of mystery diners – now known as inspectors – to review restaurants, and in 1926 they began awarding stars. Five years later, they added the hierarchy of zero, one, two and three stars, and published the criteria. Since then, Michelin stars have grown to become one of the most prestigious accolades in the restaurant industry, viewed by many chefs as the pinnacle of success (although not all).

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Find out more at guide.michelin.com