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Michelin Guide Texas reaches the end of its $2.7m contract
The third Texas selection lands on 8 October, the same day the deal paid for by five city tourism offices and the state runs out. Nobody has announced a renewal.

Michelin Guide Philippines 2027 reveals its picks on 29 October
Inspectors return to Manila and Cebu for a second Michelin selection, revealing stars, Bib Gourmand and Selected picks at a ceremony on 29 October.

Michelin Guide Italy adds 20 restaurants, four in Sardinia
September's intake puts two Cagliari addresses, a Barbagia osteria and an Arzachena eco-retreat into the selection. The stars wait for Piacenza on 12 November.

Michelin Guide Toronto 2026 lands tonight at Liberty Grand
The fifth Toronto edition is read out this evening, with one two-star kitchen to beat and a region that now stretches to Mississauga and Niagara.

Gault&Millau Normandy 2027 crowns David Gallienne
The yellow guide handed its regional gold to the chef of Le Jardin des Plumes in Giverny, at a ceremony in Blonville-sur-Mer that spread eleven awards unevenly.

Michelin Keys 2026: 18 new hotels in UK and Ireland
Fifteen One Key and three Two Key additions take the British and Irish selection to 138 hotels. The top tier did not move at all.

TheFork Awards names 48 finalists for Italy's best new opening
Public voting runs until 20 September, with 74 chefs behind the shortlist and a gala set for 27 October at Milan's Teatro Lirico.

Gault&Millau Paris hands its gold to La Table du 11
Jean-Baptiste Lavergne-Morazzani takes the 2027 Gault&Millau d'Or for his Versailles dining room, one of eight prizes handed out days before the guide reached the shops.

Dutch wine list awards go short as often as long
Restaurant ML in Haarlem wins the Gold Star for the Netherlands' best short wine list, proof that forty well-chosen bottles can out-argue four hundred.
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