List of Michelin three starred restaurants

The following list is from the 2012 Michelin Guide, a series of highly prestigious annual guide books published by Michelin for over a dozen countries. The highest rating that any restaurant can receive from Michelin is three stars.
There are currently 106 three-star restaurants in the world, as of 2012.
Distribution of Michelin three star ratings
Countries
*: 32 three starred restaurants
*: 10 three starred restaurants
*: 8 three starred restaurants
*: 7 three starred restaurants
*: 5 three starred restaurants
* (Hong Kong & Macau): 5 three starred restaurants
*: 4 three starred restaurants
*: 4 three starred restaurants
*: 2 three starred restaurants
*: 2 three starred restaurants
*: 1 three starred restaurant
Notably absent countries
*: no three starred restaurants
*: no three starred restaurants
*: no three starred restaurants
*: no three starred restaurants
*: no three starred restaurants
*: no three starred restaurants
*: no three starred restaurants
*: no three starred restaurants
*: no three starred restaurants
*: no three starred restaurants
*: no three starred restaurants
*: no three starred restaurants
*: no three starred restaurants
*: no three starred restaurants
*: no three starred restaurants
*: no three starred restaurants
*: no three starred restaurants
*: no three starred restaurants
Cities and towns
*Tokyo, Japan: 16 three starred restaurants
*Paris, France: 10 three starred restaurants
*New York City, USA: 7 three starred restaurants
*Kyoto, Japan: 7 three starred restaurants
*Osaka, Japan: 5 three starred restaurants
*Hong Kong: 4 three starred restaurants
*Bruges, Belgium: 3 three starred restaurants
*San Sebastian, Spain: 3 three starred restaurants
*San Francisco, USA: 2 three starred restaurants
*Kobe, Japan: 2 three starred restaurants
*London, UK: 2 three starred restaurants
*Bray, UK: 2 three starred restaurants
*: 1 three starred restaurant
*Chicago, USA: 1 three starred restaurants
*Nara, Japan: 1 three starred restaurants
*Shonan, Japan: 1 three starred restaurants
*Macau, China: 1 three starred restaurant
*Kruishoutem, Belgium: 1 three starred restaurant
*Baerenthal, France: 1 three starred restaurants
*Chagny, France: 1 three starred restaurants
*Eugenie Les Bains, France: 1 three starred restaurant
*Fontjoncouse, France: 1 three starred restaurant
*Joigny, France: 1 three starred restaurant
*Laguiole, France: 1 three starred restaurant
*Lyon, France: 1 three starred restaurant
*Marseilles, France: 1 three starred restaurant
*Lyon, France: 1 three starred restaurant
*Megève, France: 1 three starred restaurant
*Roanne, France: 1 three starred restaurant
*St Bonnet Le Froid, France: 1 three starred restaurant
*Saulieu, France: 1 three starred restaurant
*Valence, France: 1 three starred restaurant
*Vonnas, France: 1 three starred restaurant
*Baiersbronn, Germany: 1 three starred restaurant
*Langen, Germany: 1 three starred restaurant
*Baiersbronn, Germany: 1 three starred restaurant
*Bergisch Gladbach, Germany: 1 three starred restaurants
*Osnabruck, Germany: 1 three starred restaurant
*Perl, Germany: 1 three starred restaurant
*Saarbrucken, Germany: 1 three starred restaurant
*Tonbach, Black Forest, Germany: 1 three starred restaurant
*Wittlich, Germany: 1 three starred restaurant
*Bergamo, Italy: 1 three starred restaurant
*Rome, Italy: 1 three starred restaurant
*Robano, Italy: 1 three starred restaurant
*Modena, Italy: 1 three starred restaurant
*Florence, Italy: 1 three starred restaurant
*Canneto sull’Oglio, Italy: 1 three starred restaurant
*Soriso, Italy: 1 three starred restaurant
*Girona, Spain: 1 three starred restaurant
*Sant Pol de Mar, Spain: 1 three starred restaurant
*Crissier, Switzerland: 1 three starred restaurant
*Fürstenau, Switzerland: 1 three starred restaurant
*St. Helena, USA: 1 three starred restaurant
*Yountville, USA: 1 three starred restaurant
*Sluis, Netherlands: 1 three starred restaurant
*Zwolle, Netherlands: 1 three starred restaurant
*Monte Carlo, Monaco: 1 three starred restaurant
Notably absent cities
*Los Angeles, USA: 0 three starred restaurants
*São Paulo, Brazil: 0 three starred restaurants
*Brussels, Belgium: 0 three starred restaurants
*Milan, Italy: 0 three starred restaurants
*Buenos Aires, Argentina: 0 three starred restaurants
*Moscow, Russia: 0 three starred restaurants
*Berlin, Germany: 0 three starred restaurants
Full List
This complete 2012 list is organized by in alphabetical order by country.
Belgium
*De Karmeliet
**Location: Bruges
**Chef: Geert Van Hecke
*Hertog Jan
**Location: Bruges
**Chef: Gert De Mangeleer
*Hof van Cleve
**Location: Outside of Kruishoutem
**Chef: Peter Goossens
China & Hong Kong
*8 1/2 Otto e Mezzo Bombana
**Location: Hong Kong
**Chef: Umberto Bombana
*Atelier de Joel Robuchon
**Location: Hong Kong
**Chef: Joël Robuchon
*Caprice
**Location: Hong Kong
**Chef: Vincent Thierry
*Lung King Heen
**Location: Hong Kong
**Chef: Chan Yan Tak
*Robuchon a Galera
**Location: Macau
**Chef: Francky Semblat
France
*l'Arnsbourg
**Location: Baerenthal
**Chef: Jean-Georges Klein
*Lameloise
**Location: Chagny
**Chef: Jacques Lameloise
*Les Pres d'Eugenie
**Location: Eugenie Les Bains
**Chef: Michel Guérard
*l'Auberge du Vieux Puits
**Location: Fontjoncouse
**Chef: Gilles Goujon
*Auberge d l'Ill
**Location: Illhaeusern
**Chef:
*Cotes St Jacques
**Location: Joigny
**Chef: Jean-Michel Lorain
*Michel Bras
**Location: Laguiole
**Chef: Michel Bras
*Paul Bocuse
**Location: Lyon
**Chef: Paul Bocuse
*Le Petit Nice
**Location: Marseilles
**Chef: Gérald Passédat
*Flocons de Sel
**Location: Megève
**Chef: Emmanuel Renaut
*L'Arpège
**Location:
**Chef: Alain Passard
*Astrance
**Location: Paris
**Chef: Pascal Barbot
*Bristol
**Location: Paris
**Chef: Eric Frechon
*Guy Savoy
**Location: Paris
**Chef: Guy Savoy
*l'Ambroisie
**Location: Paris
**Chef: Bernard Pacaud
*Ledoyen
**Location: Paris
**Chef: Christian Le Squer
*Meurice
**Location: Paris
**Chef: Yannick Alléno
*Pierre Gagnaire
**Location: Paris
**Chef: Pierre Gagnaire
*Plaza Athenee
**Location: Paris
**Chef: Alain Ducasse
*Pre Catelan
**Location: Paris
**Chef: Roland Villard
*Troisgros
**Location: Roanne
**Chef: Michel Troisgros
*Relais Bernard Loiseau (formerly Cote d'Or)
**Location: Saulieu
**Chef: Patrick Bertron
*Clos des Cimes
**Location:
*Pic
**Location: Valence
**Chef: Anne Sophie Pic
*Georges Blanc
**Location: Vonnas
**Chef: Georges Blanc
Germany
*Acqa
**Location: Wolfsburg
**Chef: Sven Elverfeld
*Restaurant Bareiss
**Location: Baiersbronn
**Chef: Claus-Peter Lumpp
*
**Location: Bergisch Gladbach
**Chef: Joachim Wissler
*Restaurant Amador
**Location: Langen
**Chef: Amador Mora
*La Vie
**Location: Osnabruck
**Chef: Thomas Bühner
*Schloss Berg
**Location: Perl
**Chef: Christian Bau
*Gatehaus Erfort
**Location: Saarbrucken
**Chef: Gästehaus Klaus Erfort
*Schwarzwadstube
**Location: Tonbach, Black Forest
**Chef: Harald Wohlfahrt
*Waldhotel Sonnora
**Location: Wittlich
**Chef: Jean-Claude Bourgueil
Italy
*Da Vittorio
*Del Pescatore
*Enoteca Pinchiorri
*Osteria Francescana
*Le Calandre
*La Pergola
*Al Sorriso
Japan
*Ca Sentro
*Komago
*Chihana
*Hyotei
*Kikunoi Honten
*Kitcho Arashiyama
*Mizai
*Nakamura
*Tyurya
*We Namaura
*Fujiya 1935
*Hajime
*Kashiwaya
*Koryu
*Taian
*Koan
*7chome Kyoboshi
*Araki
*Esaki
*Hamadaya
*Ishikawa
*Joel Robuchon
*Kanda
*Koju
*Quintessence
*Ryugin
*Sukiyabashi Jiro
*Sushi Mizutani
*Sushi Saito
*Sushi Yoshitake
*Usukifu Yamadaya
*Yukimura
Monaco
*Louis XV
Netherlands
*Oud Sluis
*De Librije
Spain
*El Celler de Can Roca
*Akelare
*Arzak
*Martin Berasategui
*Carme Ruscalleda's Sant Pau
Switzerland
*Hotel de Ville
*Schauenstein
United Kingdom
*The Fat Duck
*Waterside Inn
*Alain Ducasse at the Dorchester
*Restaurant Gordon Ramsay
United States of America
*Alinea
*Le Bernardin
*Brooklyn Fare
*Daniel
*Eleven Madison Park
*French Laundry
*Jean Georges
*Masa
*Per Se
*The Restaurant at Meadowood
Former three star restaurants
* 1933 to 1937: Marie Bourgeois - La mère Bourgeois - Priay, Ain, France
* 1933 to 1955: Fernand Point - La Pyramide - Vienne, Isère, France
* 1933 to 1968: Eugénie Brazier - La mère Brazier - Lyon and le col de la Luère to Pollionnay, Rhône, France (2 - 3 stars)
* 1933 to 1968: Lapérouse, 6th arrondissement of Paris. 2 stars from 1949 to 1951
* 1933 to 1996: - La Tour d'Argent - 5th arrondissement of Paris, France (downgraded to 1 star in 2006)
* 1934 to 1994: André and Jacques Pic - Maison Pic - Valence, Drôme, France (3 stars with Anne-Sophie Pic until 2007)
* 1935 to 1964: Alexandre Dumaine - La Côte d'Or - Saulieu, Côte-d'Or, France (3 stars with Bernard Loiseau in 1981)
* 1962 to 1983: René Lasserre - Lasserre - 8th arrondissement of Paris
* 1970 to 1988: Louis Outhier - "L'Oasis la Napoule" Alpes Maritimes
* 1972 to 1984: Marcel Kreusch - Villa Lorraine - Uccle (Bruxelles), Belgium
* 1973 to 2006: Jean-Claude Vrinat - Taillevent - 8th arrondissement of Paris, France (downgraded to 2 stars in 2007)
* 1974 to 1990: Roger Vergé - Le Moulin de Mougins - Mougins, Alpes-Maritimes, France
* 1978 to 2005: Alain Senderens - Archestrate - 7th arrondissement of Paris - Lucas Carton - 8th arrondissement of Paris, France
* 1979 to 2006: Pierre Wynants - Comme chez Soi - Brussels, Belgium
* 1981 to 2003: Bernard Loiseau - La Côte d'Or - Saulieu, Côte-d'Or, France (followed by his pupil and successor Patrick Bertron)
* 1982 to 1989: Frédy Girardet - Restaurant de l'Hôtel de Ville - Crissier, Vaud, Switzerland (followed by his pupil and successor Philippe Rochat)
* 1983 to 2006: Marc Meneau - L'Espérance - Saint-Père-sous-Vezelay, Yonne, France
* 1983 to 1994: Pierre Romeyer - Maison de bouche - Hoeilaart, Belgium
* 1984 to 1996: Joël Robuchon - Jamin - 16th arrondissement of Paris, France
* 1988 to 2003: Jean-Pierre Bruneau - Bruneau - Ganshoren (Bruxelles), Belgium
* 1989 to 2001: Émile Jung - Au Crocodile - Strasbourg, France
* 1994 to 2006: Antoine Westermann - Le Buerehiesel - Strasbourg, Bas-Rhin, France
* 1995 to 2009: Marc Veyrat - La Maison de Marc Veyrat - Veyrier-du-Lac, Haute-Savoie, France
* 1997 to 2000: Alain Ducasse - Alain Ducasse to l'Hôtel du Parc, Paris, France (second 3 stars - stars regained in 2001 at Plaza Athénée)
* 1998 to 2006: Jacques and Laurent Pourcel - Le Jardin des sens - Montpellier, Hérault, France
* 2001 to 2006: Marc Veyrat - La Ferme de mon père - Megève, Haute-Savoie, France
* 2002 to 2006: Cees Helder - Parkheuvel - Rotterdam, The Netherlands
* 2003 to 2006: Philippe Legendre - Le Cinq - Hôtel George-V - 8th arrondissement of Paris, France (reduced to 2 stars in 2007)
* 2006 to 2009: Olivier Roellinger - Les Maisons de Bricourt - Cancale, Ille-and-Vilaine, France
* 2004 to 2011: Michel Trama - Les Loges de l'aubergade - Puymirol, Lot-and-Garonne, France (reduced to 2 stars)
Number of three star restaurants per year (2005-present)
*2005: 50
*2006: 59
*2007: 57
*2008: 69
*2009: 73
*2010: 85
*2011: 96
*2012: 106

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