Michelin star awards for 2026

Every year the fantastic Michelin guide awards some of the worlds best and unique restaurants a Michelin star. Each year the awards are given by country. The new Restaurants for the UK & Ireland guide has now been released. Let’s take a look at what restaurants worked their way to the top. Last night Michelin released the New Michelin stars for 2026. As a UK Chef Recruitment Agency, we are always delighted to see the new restaurants. Massive well done to all our connections who work in these Restaurants.

What are Michelin stars?

It is important 1st to explain that a Michelin is for readers not in our trade. A Michelin star is a type of award that is much desired within the hospitality and catering sector. Allowing a business to gain a ‘must-see’ status endorsed by Michelin. They are a tyre manufacturing company by trade and in their commitment to providing service for those on the road, they established the Michelin guide and stars, to allow drivers to know what restaurants are worth visiting while they’re on the road. In their commitment to provide quality content for drivers and foodies alike, they utilise various awards to indicate the quality of food, such as the Green Star for sustainability and the Bib Gourmand, issued to restaurants committed to affordability and quality.

The Michelin stars are issued yearly, with a ceremony at the end of the year to issue prestigious awards to those who have proven themselves truly exceptional.

• Killiecrankie House, Pitlochry, Scotland
• 1887, Upper Loch Torridon, Scotland
• Vraic, Vale, Guernsey
• JORO, Oughtibridge, England
• FIFTY TWO, Harrogate, England
• The Wilderness, Birmingham, England
• The Boat, Lichfield, England
• Mare, Hove, England
• Ugly Butterfly, Newquay, England
• Legado, Shoreditch, London
• Corenucopia, Belgravia, London
• Labombe, Mayfair, London
• Michael Caines at The Stafford, St James’s, London
• Restaurant Gordon Ramsay High, Bishopsgate, London
• The Kerfield Arms, Camberwell, London
• Tom Brown at The Capital, Knightsbridge, London
• Ambassadors Clubhouse, Soho, London
• SomSsi, Mayfair, London

Two new Restaurants Awarded Two MICHELIN Stars

• Earning Two Stars just a few months after opening, Bonheur by Matt Abé was one of 2025’s most anticipated openings, and it has not disappointed. Taking over the space formerly occupied by the legendary Le Gavroche,
• Joining Bonheur on Two MICHELIN Stars is Row on 5, This collaboration between Jason Atherton and Spencer Metzger

A very well done to all these restaurants, For details of each of the restaurants, take a look at the michelin website.

HtE Recruitment is a National recruiter for the Michelin world in the UK and over the past 19 years our team of Recruiters have partnered with a wide range of Restaurants.

HtE Recruitment News & Insights

This news and insights page has been written by Rick based on news reports  of the awards. Information correct at time of the page going live. HtE Recruitment take no responsibility for this post. HtE Recruitment is one of the UK Recruitment Agencies for the Restaurant industry.

Full list of the Michelin restaurants in this year’s awards, including ones that have held them

Every year, we get new restaurants joining and current ones staying, here is a full list of the Michelin restaurants in the 2026 book. It is not just about the new restaurants, it is the 200 who have done great to hold a michelin star this year. We want to say a massive well done to all 230 restaurants across the UK and Ireland for winning or holding onto your stars.

3 michelin star

• Alain Ducasse at The Dorchester, London (Inside the Two-MICHELIN-Key The Dorchester)
• CORE by Clare Smyth, London
• Hélène Darroze at The Connaught, London (Inside the Three-MICHELIN-Key The Connaught)
• L’Enclume, Cartmel
• Moor Hall, Aughton (Inside the Two-MICHELIN-Key Moor Hall)
• Restaurant Gordon Ramsay, London
• Sketch, The Lecture Room & Library, London
• The Fat Duck, Bray
• The Ledbury, London
• Waterside Inn, Bray

2 michelin star

• A.Wong, London
• Alex Dilling at Hotel Café Royal, London (Inside the Two-MICHELIN-Key Hotel Café Royal)
• Bonheur by Matt Abé, London – New
• Brooklands by Claude Bosi, London (Inside the Three-MICHELIN-Key The Peninsula)
• Chapter One by Mickael Viljanen, Dublin
• Da Terra, London (Inside the MICHELIN-recommended Town Hall Hotel)
• dede, Baltimore
• Dinner by Heston Blumenthal, London (Inside the Three-MICHELIN-Key Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park)
• Gymkhana, London
• Hand and Flowers, Marlow
• hide and fox, Saltwood
• Humble Chicken, London
• Ikoyi, London
• Kitchen Table, London
• Liath, Blackrock
• Midsummer House, Cambridge
• Opheem, Birmingham
• Patrick Guilbaud, Dublin (Inside the Two-MICHELIN-Key The Merrion)
• Restaurant Andrew Fairlie, Auchterarder (Inside the Three-MICHELIN-Key The Gleneagles Hotel)
• Restaurant Sat Bains, Nottingham
• Restaurant Story, London
• Row on 5, London – New
• Terre, Castlemartyr (Inside the One-MICHELIN-Key Castlemartyr Resort)
• The Clove Club, London
• The Glenturret Lalique, Crieff
• The Ritz Restaurant, London (Inside the Two-MICHELIN-Key The Ritz London)
• Trivet, London
• Ynyshir, Machynlleth

one michelin star

• 1887, Torridon – New (Inside the MICHELIN-recommended The Torridon)
• 1890 by Gordon Ramsay, London (Inside the Three-MICHELIN-Key The Savoy)
• 33 The Homend, Ledbury
• 64 Goodge Street, London
• Àclèaf, Plymouth (Inside the MICHELIN-recommended Boringdon Hall)
• Adam’s, Birmingham
• Akoko, London
• alchemilla, Nottingham
• Allium at Askham Hall, Askham
• Amaya, London
• Ambassadors Clubhouse, London – New
• Angler, London (Inside the MICHELIN-recommended South Place Hotel)
• AngloThai, London
• Aniar, Galway
• Artichoke, Amersham
• Aulis, London
• AVERY, Edinburgh
• Ballyfin, Ballyfin (Inside the Three-MICHELIN-Key Ballyfin Demesne)
• Bastible, Dublin
• Bastion, Kinsale
• Beach House, Oxwich
• Behind, London
• Ben Wilkinson at The Pass, Horsham (Inside the MICHELIN-recommended South Lodge Hotel & Spa)
• Benares, London
• Black Swan, Oldstead
• Bohemia, Saint Helier (Inside the MICHELIN-recommended The Club Hotel & Spa)
• Brat, London
• Bulrush, Bristol
• Bybrook, Castle Combe
• Cail Bruich, Glasgow
• Campagne, Kilkenny
• Caractère, London
• Casa Fofō, London
• Cedar Tree by Hrishikesh Desai, Brampton (Inside the One-MICHELIN-Key Farlam Hall Hotel & Restaurant)
• Chestnut, Ballydehob
• Chez Bruce, London
• Chishuru, London
• Condita, Edinburgh
• Corenucopia by Clare Smyth, London – New
• Cornus, London
• Cycene, London
• Dining Room at The Goring, London (Inside the MICHELIN-recommended The Goring)
• Dog and Gun Inn, Skelton
• D’Olier Street, Dublin
• Dorian, London
• Dysart Petersham, London
• Elephant, Torquay
• Elystan Street, London
• Endo at The Rotunda, London
• Evelyn’s Table, London
• FIFTY TWO, Harrogate – New
• Fordwich Arms, Fordwich
• Forest Avenue, Dublin – New
• Forest Side, Grasmere (Inside the One-MICHELIN-Key Forest Side Hotel)
• Forge, Middleton Tyas
• Frog by Adam Handling, London
• Galvin La Chapelle, London
• Gidleigh Park, Chagford (Inside the Two-MICHELIN-Key Gidleigh Park)
• Glovers Alley, Dublin (Inside the MICHELIN-recommended Fitzwilliam Hotel Dublin)
• Gorse, Cardiff
• Grace & Savour, Hampton in Arden (Inside the Two-MICHELIN-Key Hampton Manor)
• Gravetye Manor, East Grinstead (Inside the Two-MICHELIN-Key Gravetye Manor)
• Hambleton Hall, Hambleton (Inside the Two-MICHELIN-Key Hambleton Hall)
• heft, Newton in Cartmel
• Heron, Leith
• HIDE, London
• Hinds Head, Bray
• Home, Penarth
• Homestead Cottage, Doolin
• House, Ardmore (Inside the MICHELIN-recommended Cliff House Hotel)
• House of Tides, Newcastle upon Tyne
• Interlude, Lower Beeding (Inside the One-MICHELIN-Key Leonardslee House at Leonardslee Lakes & Gardens)
• Jamavar, London
• John’s House, Mountsorrel
• JÖRO, Oughtibridge – New
• Kerfield Arms, London – New
• Killiecrankie House, Killiecrankie – New (Inside the MICHELIN-recommended Killiecrankie House)
• Kitchen W8, London
• KOL, London
• La Trompette, London
• Labombe by Trivet, London – New (Inside the MICHELIN-recommended COMO Metropolitan London)
• Lady Helen, Thomastown (Inside the MICHELIN-recommended Mount Juliet Hotel)
• Lake Road Kitchen, Ambleside
• Latymer, Bagshot
• Le Champignon Sauvage, Cheltenham
• Legado, London – New
• LIGИUM, Bullaun
• Lita, London
• Loch Bay, Isle of Skye
• Luca, London
• Lumière, Cheltenham
• LYLA, Edinburgh
• Lympstone Manor, Lympstone (Inside the Two-MICHELIN-Key Lympstone Manor)
• mana, Manchester
• Maré by Rafael Cagali, Brighton and Hove – New
• Mark Poynton at Caistor Hall, Caistor St Edmund
• Martin Wishart, Leith
• Mauro Colagreco at Raffles London at The OWO (Inside the Three-MICHELIN-Key Raffles London at The OWO)
• Meadowsweet, Holt
• Michael Caines at The Stafford, London – New
• Morston Hall, Morston
• Mountain, London
• Murano, London
• Muse by Tom Aikens, London
• mýse, Hovingham
• Northcote, Langho (Inside the MICHELIN-recommended Northcote)
• Nut Tree Inn, Murcott
• Old Stamp House, Ambleside
• Olive Tree, Bath (Inside the One-MICHELIN-Key The Queensberry Hotel)
• OMA, London
• Ormer Mayfair, London (Inside the One-MICHELIN-Key Flemings Mayfair)
• Osip, Bruton
• Outlaw’s Fish Kitchen, Port Isaac
• Outlaw’s New Road, Port Isaac (Across the road from the MICHELIN-recommended Outlaw’s Guest House)
• OX, Belfast
• Paul Ainsworth at No.6, Padstow (Affiliated with the One-MICHELIN-Key Padstow Townhouse)
• Pavyllon London, London (Inside the Three-MICHELIN-Key Four Seasons Hotel London at Park Lane)
• Pea Porridge, Bury St Edmunds
• Pentonbridge Inn, Penton
• Pétrus by Gordon Ramsay, London
• Pied à Terre, London
• Pine, East Wallhouses
• Pipe and Glass, South Dalton
• Plates London, London
• Portland, London
• Quilon, London (Inside the MICHELIN-recommended Taj 51 Buckingham Gate, Suites and Residences London)
• Restaurant Gordon Ramsay High, London – New
• Restaurant Hywel Jones by Lucknam Park, Colerne (Inside the Three-MICHELIN-Key Lucknam Park, Emblems Collection)
• Restaurant Twenty-Two, Cambridge
• River Café, London
• Rogan & Co, Cartmel
• Roots, York
• Sabor, London
• Shaun Rankin at Grantley Hall, Ripon (Inside the Two-MICHELIN-Key Grantley Hall)
• Simpsons, Birmingham
• Skof, Manchester
• SO|LA, London
• Sollip, London
• Sō–Lō, Aughton
• SOLSTICE BY KENNY ATKINSON, Newcastle upon Tyne
• Somssi by Jihun Kim, London – New (Inside the Two-MICHELIN-Key Mandarin Oriental Mayfair)
• Sorrel, Dorking
• Sosban & The Old Butchers, Menai Bridge
• SOURCE at Gilpin Hotel, Bowness-on-Windermere (Inside the Two-MICHELIN-Key Gilpin Hotel and Lake House)
• St. Barts, London
• St. JOHN, London
• Star Inn at Harome, Harome
• Stark, East Mersea
• Starling, Esher
• Sushi Kanesaka, London (Inside the Two-MICHELIN-Key 45 Park Lane)
• Taku, London
• The Angel, Hetton
• The Barn, Aughton (Inside the MICHELIN-recommended Moor Hall)
• The Bishop’s Buttery, Cashel (Inside the Two-MICHELIN-Key Cashel Palace)
• The Boat, Lichfield – New
• The Coach, Marlow
• The Cottage in the Wood, Braithwaite
• The Cross, Kenilworth
• The Dining Room, Malmesbury (Inside the Two-MICHELIN-Key Whatley Manor Hotel and Spa)
• The Harwood Arms, London
• The Kitchin, Leith
• The Masons Arms, Knowstone
• The Morrison Room, Maynooth
• The Muddlers Club, Belfast
• The Neptune, Hunstanton
• The Ninth, London
• The Oak Room, Adare (Inside the Three-MICHELIN-Key Adare Manor)
• The Peat Inn, Peat Inn (Inside the MICHELIN-recommended The Peat Inn)
• The Pullman, Galway – New (Inside the MICHELIN-recommended Glenlo Abbey Hotel)
• The Royal Oak, Whatcote
• The Samling, Ambleside (Inside the Two-MICHELIN-Key The Samling Hotel)
• The Sportsman, Seasalter
• The Tudor Pass, Egham (Inside the One-MICHELIN-Key Great Fosters)
• The White Swan, Fence
• The Whitebrook, Whitebrook
• The Wilderness, Birmingham – New
• Timberyard, Edinburgh
• Tom Brown at The Capital, London – New
• Trinity, London
• Trishna, London
• Ugly Butterfly by Adam Handling, Newquay – New
• Umu, London
• Unalome by Graeme Cheevers, Glasgow
• Upstairs by Tom Shepherd, Lichfield
• Variety Jones, Dublin
• Veeraswamy, London
• Vraic, Vale – New
• Walnut Tree, Llanddewi Skirrid
• Wild Honey St James, London (Inside the One-MICHELIN-Key Sofitel London St James)
• Wilsons, Bristol
• Winteringham Fields, Winteringham
• Woven by Adam Smith, Ascot (Inside the Two-MICHELIN-Key Coworth Park)