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The Michelin Guide Ceremony 2024
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08/02/2024
The best chefs in Great Britain and Ireland gathered in Manchester to see which restaurants would be given the ultimate accolade of a Michelin Star. We bring you all the highlights.
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Well, not much can bring people together like food and the promise of a good time and that's
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definitely what happened this week as the prestigious Michelin Guide ceremony was celebrated
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in the north of England.
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The best chefs in Great Britain and Ireland gathered in Manchester on Monday the 5th of
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February to see which restaurants would be given the ultimate accolade of a Michelin
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star.
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The event saw the announcement of not just the renowned Michelin stars but also Green
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Stars recognising restaurants leading in the industry for their commitment to sustainable
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practices and a range of special awards celebrating outstanding professionals.
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But what exactly is a Michelin star and why is gaining the status such an aspiration for
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chefs?
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What is the Michelin Guide, Ros?
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What's that all about?
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Well, it started in 1889 with two French brothers who have a famous tyre company and the whole
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point was to get people to go out and about in their cars, to take road trips, to visit
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different restaurants and places to eat in order to use up their tyres so they would
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need new tyres.
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And it's grown obviously exponentially since then.
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We've got the UK and Ireland Guide, there's guides from all over Europe and the world.
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They just recently launched it in Dubai and because it's judged by inspectors who are
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part of the hospitality industry, it's a big deal for chefs.
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It would be the top one that they're looking to get.
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The Michelin star is what they hold up as the pinnacle.
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I think it's because the inspectors come from the industry and they're being judged on their
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foods and their quality of foods.
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There's a certain level of how much creativity is put in it but it's genuinely the quality
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and what they're doing and it's every single year they've got to keep that quality up.
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So Michelin inspectors, they're drawn from the ranks of restaurants and chefs or they've
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got to have that route to their background.
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As far as I'm aware, they have to do about 300 different tastings across a year to be
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a Michelin inspector because restaurants are visited and revisited and they're marked against
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five key criteria.
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It's a very precise process.
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But do you think during that course of a year you'd ever get to the stage where you just
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want fish and chips, you couldn't face another kind of roasted lobster?
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Yeah, probably.
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I mean, you probably want beans on toast.
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I mean, I wouldn't be complaining but yeah, you probably do get to the stage where you
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just want beans on toast.
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But we'll never know because we can't ask them.
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Yeah, it's a mysterious order of restaurant reviewers and we're in our midst tonight because
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we're surrounded by some of the best chefs in the country who will be eagerly awaiting
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to hear the news this evening.
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In terms of what the Michelin footprint is in the UK, what do we, compared to last year,
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what stars are available, how many restaurants are involved, do you know that?
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Because I do.
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Okay, well.
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About 1,300 restaurants are in the guide, I think.
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And then of that, about 200 are guides, sorry, 200 are stars.
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And about 90 of them are from London.
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So that seems quite skewed towards London but it seems like the regions are getting
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more involved these days.
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Do you think other UK cities will be looking for good news tonight?
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I hope so.
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I think Edinburgh is probably going to get another one.
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I think Scotland might see it second to a Michelin star restaurant.
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That's the hope anyway.
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And yeah, we're here in Manchester so there's chat that maybe there's going to be an announcement
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for another one here.
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Yeah, it would be nice to see because I understand London's got a lot of high-end restaurants,
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really good chefs, but the regions do need a little bit of love and people will come
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to visit them, especially people who come for food tourism, they'll come to these restaurants.
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So fingers crossed.
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Bib Gourmand is another distinction that will be awarded tonight.
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That's for great food at great value.
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You see that as becoming increasingly a part of the food scene in cities and young chefs
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aspire to that as much as they do to the Michelin star level.
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I think at this day and age with the current cost-living crisis, yeah, I think it's a good
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thing to strive for.
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I don't know if the public know as much about it but the fact that it's for quality as well
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as price is a really good thing and obviously Tepo in Edinburgh just got announced as our
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new Bib Gourmand so that's nice.
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How many Michelin restaurants have you visited?
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What would you describe the experience as?
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I don't know an exact number, not loads.
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It is something else, it's lovely, it's great service, really good foods, really good drinks.
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Often on occasion, on occasion dining but yeah, like you say, I think if you were to
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do it all the time you would want beans on toast.
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I went to a three Michelin star in New York, it was the best meal I've ever had, extraordinary
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experience.
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I went to one Michelin star in Scotland and the food was so good I proposed to my girlfriend
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directly afterwards, changed my life.
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Oh there you go.
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So fine dining and set menus and stuff like that, that's kind of the foundation of a lot
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of the Michelin restaurants.
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That's had a tough time, disproportionately tough time over the last few years.
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There's been some very high profile closures, people moving away, moving towards a more
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casual dining.
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Do you think that there is still a place for the highest level of fine dining, set menus
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and all that glorious performance?
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I think so yeah, I mean we wouldn't be sitting here if that wasn't the case.
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I think these are the people that are going to thrive in terms of people coming for celebrated
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meals.
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There's always a place for that, it's just finding the place as things change.
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But the passion from the chefs and the expertise is always going to be there and quite rightly
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so.
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So yeah, I think it will always continue.
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There's clearly a huge amount of work that goes into running a Michelin starred restaurant
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and many chefs were waiting in anticipation to find out if they had retained their star
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status.
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We spoke about what it takes to run a restaurant of such high quality with Scottish chef Graham
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Cheevers from Unilone by Graham Cheevers in Glasgow just before the ceremony.
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So Graham, how are you?
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Good, nice to see you.
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Are you excited?
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Always an exciting day of the year, what you work all year for to come here and retain
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your reputation or increase that, so yeah it's always exciting.
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What does it take to run a Michelin starred restaurant?
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To run a Michelin starred restaurant it takes dedication, hard work, a good palate I believe
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and a good team mind you and motivate the team to do well and all have the same vision
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and goal.
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And at the end of the day good food.
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And is that all they look for?
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Is it just the food?
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In my eyes Michelin is always about the food on the plate.
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Service plays a big part in that because the way it's delivered is a big important part
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of how the dish tastes, if it's delivered on time, how nicely it's delivered.
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So the service needs to be right as well but at the end of the day they say it's about
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the food on the plate.
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And obviously you've got one star, is there always that sort of pushing yourself for another
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or are you just sort of happy to?
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Yeah you know you should never stand still, we're quite a new business, new restaurant
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so right now it's about building that foundation, making sure we're consistent in what we're
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doing, making sure the guests are happy at the end of the day.
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For myself making sure the restaurant's busy is the key aim and obviously retaining the
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star eventually growing to build on that so yeah everyone wants to be better, that's why
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we do this job.
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And do you find it's brought more people to you since you've got the star like tourists
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and things?
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Yeah I think it's the only guide in the world, it's worldwide in most countries so any star
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restaurant you're going to be guaranteed a good meal so yeah it's of massive importance.
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Where would you go for inspiration if you do, do you go to other Michelin star restaurants
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or is there places that you would sort of go for?
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Yeah I mean I get inspired by lots of different things, cooking techniques or travelling.
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My main inspiration is just food that I like to cook on the plate, if you get a nice lobster
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and a nice piece of fish sometimes you get the idea of something different and my inspiration
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just comes from myself really and cooking what I enjoy to eat.
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Basically six o'clock, all the chefs, all the egos in the UK and Irish hospitality scene
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are going to be in one room, what do you think that's going to be like?
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Noisy, maybe, I don't know I've never done this before.
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Basically just having a good time, having a night off and having a nice time to themselves
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and a wee drink afterwards, a wee celebration and we'll hopefully speak to someone.
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Sounds good, let's go see what it's all about.
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It promises to be an exciting and in some cases emotional evening as we celebrate our
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shared passion for fantastic food, genuine hospitality as well as marking the 50th anniversary
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of the Michelin Guide in Great Britain and Ireland.
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The ceremony was buzzing as chefs from all over Great Britain and Ireland waited to hear
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who had gained or retained a coveted star.
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Renowned celebrity chef and TV presenter Michelle Rue was on hand to present the chefs with
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their one star awards and in total 18 walked away with the accolade.
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Six were given two stars and this year saw the rarely awarded three star status given
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to the Ledbury in London, making it the ninth three Michelin star restaurant in Great Britain
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and Ireland.
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How are you feeling about this?
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Yeah, just blown away, I had no idea.
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We were all sort of coming up today wondering what might happen but we knew we'd sort of
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probably been on the radar a bit but I thought probably I'd have to tell you beforehand and
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we had no idea so amazing surprise and you know I want to say to Tom and Tom you're a
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hell of a cook and Jack you're a gentleman inside the kitchen and out and I'm really
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lucky to be working with you two guys and you're a big part of this.
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We caught up with Mark Donald, head chef of the now two Michelin starred restaurant,
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the Glentorrit L'Alic in Scotland, just after he was presented with the awards.
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How does it feel to be a Michelin starred restaurant?
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Amazing, I'm a sweaty mess honestly, yeah really fantastic, it's great for a great personal
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achievement, professional achievement, it's great for the team, it's great for Scotland
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and it's great for whisky as well, it's just great all round.
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As you can see this year's Michelin guide ceremony has been a huge success, we've had
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a great year.
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Cheers.
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Cheers.
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