The New Michelin Stars for 2014 have been announced.

As you probably know if you are in the hospitality sector, the Michelin Guide is a series of annual guide books which are the oldest and best-known European hotel and restaurant reference guide. They award Michelin stars for excellence, through a secret process, to just a select few establishments.

Why is a Michelin star so prestigious?
The acquisition or loss of a star can have dramatic effects on the success of a restaurant and each time the guide is published, it always sparks a media frenzy.

So, who has a Michelin star in the UK?

New Michelin Star Winners for 2014

• Ametsa – Belgravia
• Adam’s – Birmingham
• Wilks – Bristol
• L’Atelier de Joël Robuchon – Covent Garden and The Strand
• Samling – Cumbria
• Angler – Finsbury
• Ormer by Shaun Rankin – Jersey
• Outlaw’s at The Capital – Knightsbridge
• Story – London Bridge
• Brasserie Chavot – Mayfair
• Bo London – Mayfair
• Lima – Regent’s Park/Marylebone
• HKK – Shoreditch
• Social Eating House – Soho

The Greenhouse – Mayfair, and Dinner by Heston Blumenthal at the Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park Hotel – Westminster,  both awarded 2 stars

The list of Existing Michelin Star Restaurant Winners 2014 is below.

3 Michelin Stars

Fat Duck – Bray
Waterside Inn – Bray
Gordon Ramsay – Chelsea
Alain Ducasse at The Dorchester – Mayfair

2 Michelin Stars

• Andrew Fairlie at Gleneagles – Auchterarder
• Marcus Wareing at The Berkeley – Belgravia
• Midsummer House – Cambridge
• Le Champignon Sauvage – Cheltenham
• Restaurant Nathan Outlaw – Cornwall
• Gidleigh Park – Chagford – Devon
• Patrick Guilbaud – Dublin
• L’Enclume – Grange-over-Sands
• Hand and Flowers – Marlow
• Le Gavroche – Mayfair
• Hélène Darroze at The Connaught – Mayfair
• Hibiscus – Mayfair
• Square – Mayfair
• Sketch (The Lecture Room & Library) – Mayfair
• The Ledbury – North Kensington
• Restaurant Sat Bains – Nottingham
• Le Manoir aux Quat’Saisons – Oxford
• Michael Wignall at The Latymer – Surrey
• Whatley Manor (The Dining Room) – Wiltshire

1 Michelin Star ( In alphabetical order)

• 36 on the Quay – Hampshire
• 5 North St – Gloucs
• Adam Simmonds at Danesfield House – Marlow
• Albannach – Highlands
• Alimentum – Cambridge
• Alyn Williams at The Westbury – Mayfair
• Amaya Belgravia – Westminster
• Apicius – Kent
• Apsleys ( Lanesborough Hotel) – Belgravia
• Arbutus – Soho
• Bath Priory – Bath
• Benares – Mayfair
• Black Swan – North Yorks
• Boath House – Highlands
• Bohemia (at Club Hotel and Spa) – Jersey
• Bon Appétit – Malahide/Dublin
• Box Tree – Ilkley
• Braidwoods – Ayrshire
• Butchers Arms – Worcestershire
• Casamia – Bristol
• Castle Terrace – Edinburgh
• Chapter One – Dublin
• Chapter One – Farnborough/ Bromley
• Chez Bruce – Wandsworth
• Club Gascon – City of London
• Curlew – East Sussex
• Dabbous – Regent’s Park & Marylebone
• Drake’s – Surrey
• Driftwood – Cornwall
• Fischer’s at Baslow Hall – Derbyshire
• Fraiche – Birkenhead
• Galvin at Windows ( London Hilton Hotel) – Mayfair
• Galvin La Chapelle – Spitalfields
• Glenapp Castle – Ayrshire
• Hakkasan Hanway Place – Bloomsbury
• Hakkasan Mayfair – Mayfair
• Hambleton Hall – Rutland
• Harrow at Little Bedwyn – Marlborough
• Harwood Arms – Fulham
• Hedone – Chiswick
• Hinds Head – Bray
• Holbeck Ghyll – Cumbria
• House (at Cliff House Hotel) – Waterford
• Inverlochy Castle – Fort William
• JSW – Petersfield
• Kai – Mayfair
• Kinloch Lodge – Isle of Skye
• Kitchen W8 – Kensington
• Kitchin Edinbugh – Edinburgh
• Knockinaam Lodge – Dumfries & Galloway
• L’Atelier de Joël Robuchon – Covent Garden
• L’Autre Pied – Regent’s Park & Marylebone
• L’Ecrivain – Dublin
• L’Ortolan – Reading
• La Trompette – Chiswick
• Launceston Place – Kensington
• Locanda Locatelli – Regent’s Park & Marylebone
• Lords of the Manor – Gloucestershire
• Manor House H. and Golf Club – Wiltshire
• Martin Wishart – Edinburgh
• Martin Wishart at Loch Lomond – Balloch
• Masons Arms -Devon
• Maze – Mayfair
• Medlar – Chelsea
• Morston Hall – Norfolk
• Mr Underhill’s at Dinham Weir – Ludlow
• Murano – Mayfair
• Nobu ( The Metropolitan Hotel) – Mayfair
• Nobu Berkeley St – Mayfair
• Northcote – Blackburn
• Number One ( Balmoral Hotel) – Edinburgh
• Nut Tree – Oxfordshire
• Ocean at the Atlantic – Jersey
• Ockenden Manor – West Sussex
• Old Vicarage – Sheffield
• Paris House – Bedfordshire
• Paul Ainsworth at Number 6 – Padstow
• Peat Inn – Fife
• Pétrus – Belgravia
• Pied à Terre – Bloomsbury
• Pipe and Glass Inn – Beverley
• Pollen Street Social – Mayfair
• Pony & Trap – Chew Magna/Bath
• Purnell’s – Birmingham
• Quilon – Victoria
• Raby Hunt – Darlington
• Rasoi – Chelsea
• River Café – Hammersmith
• Room in the Elephant – Torquay
• Royal Oak – Bray
• Sangster’s – Fife
• Seven Park Place ( St James’s Hotel and Club) – Westminster
• Sienna – Dorchester
• Simon Radley at The Chester Grosvenor – Chester
• Simpsons – Birmingham
• Sir Charles Napier – rBuckinghamshire
• St John – Clerkenwell
• St Johns Hotel – Leicester Square
• Tamarind – Mayfair
• Tassili (at Grand Hotel) – Jersey
• Texture – Regent’s Park & Marylebone
• Thackerays Restaurant – Kent
• The Black Rat – Winchester
• The Checkers – Monmouthshire
• The Glasshouse – Kew
• The Neptune – Hunstanton
• The Park (at Lucknam Park Hotel) – Bath
• The Pass – Horsham
• The Red Lion Free House – Wiltshire
• The Sportsman – Whitstable
• The Stagg Inn – Herefordshire
• The Terrace (at Montagu Arms Hotel) – Beaulieu
• Thornton’s (at The Fitzwilliam Hotel) – Dublin
• Tom Aikens – Chelsea
• Trishna – Marylebone
• Tristan – Horsham
• Turners – Birmingham
• Tyddyn Llan – Denbighshire
• Umu -Mayfair
• Viajante – Bethnal Green
• Walnut Tree -Monmouthshire
• West House – Biddenden
• Wild Honey – Mayfair
• Yauatcha – Soho
• Yorke Arms – North Yorks