Michelin Guide S’pore 2022 Winners: 9 New 1-Star & 2-Star Restaurants Awarded This Year
The Michelin Guide Singapore unveiled the star winners for its 2022 edition today (Jul 12). The awards were given out at a gala dinner held at the Sands Expo & Convention Centre. The in-person ceremony resumed this year after being cancelled in 2020 due to Covid-19, and was held virtually last year.
Last week, the Guide also announced its list of Bib Gourmand winners, which includes eateries that "offer diners very good value for money, with a complete and high-quality menu priced at a maximum of S$45”.
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Seven new one-star winners
In the one-star category, there were a total of 42 winners with seven new entrants: Burnt Ends, Restaurant Euphoria, Hamamoto, La Dame de Pic, Marguerite and Reve.
One Michelin star is awarded to eateries with “High quality cooking [that are] worth a stop”. All Michelin-approved eateries are assessed by a team of anonymous Michelin inspectors.
Dave Pynt (pictured above), the chef-owner of mod Aussie barbecue restaurant Burnt Ends, on keeping its star after moving from Keong Saik to bigger digs in Dempsey last Dec: “We’re feeling pretty good. [It wasn’t something we] expected, but there was definitely hope that we can retain [the star] after moving to a new place since we still had to get everything right. I’m definitely happy.”
Fellow new entrant La Dame de Pic is the first Asian outpost of decorated French chef Anne-Sophie Pic’s growing restaurant empire. It’s helmed by her Italian-born protégé Francesco Di Marzio (above), who says of his win: “It’s amazing, and it’s something that we’ve wanted for a long time. It’s an important achievement and today is especially special as it’s Anne-Sophie’s birthday, so to give her a birthday present of a Michelin star – it’s kind of amazing.”
Here’s the full list of one-star winners:
● 28 Wilkie
● Alma
● Art
● Basque Kitchen by Aitor
● Beni
● Braci
● Buona Terra
● Burnt Ends NEW
● Candlenut
● Chef Kang’s
● Cure
● Cut
● Esora
● Hamamoto NEW
● Hill Street Tai Hwa Pork Noodle
● Iggy’s
● Imperial Treasure Fine Teochew Cuisine
● Jag
● Labyrinth
● La Dame de Pic NEW
● Lei Garden
● Lerouy
● Marguerite NEW
● Ma Cuisine
● Meta
● NAE:UM NEW
● Nouri
● Oshino
● Putien (Kitchener Rd)
● Restaurant Euphoria NEW
● Reve NEW
● Rhubarb
● Shang Palace
● Shinji (Bras Basah Rd)
● Sommer
● Summer Palace
● Summer Pavilion
● Sushi Ichi
● Sushi Kimura
● Table65
● Terra
● Whitegrass
The two-star winners
It’s the year for South Asian cuisine as both Cloudstreet, which draws from Sri Lankan-born chef-owner Rishi Naleendra’s (pictured above) heritage and time in Australia, and Thevar, Mano Thevar’s eponymous mod-Indian grill restaurant, gained an additional star this year, moving up from the one-star category to join the two-Michelin-starred winners.
Chef Naleendra (above) tells us that the recognition for South Asian cuisine was “definitely a long time coming”. He avers: “It’s a cuisine that’s always been underappreciated and overlooked. To get this recognition for our culture and produce in this space, it’s a dream come true.”
Penang-born Mano Thevar (above) concurs, saying: “Asian food has been on the rise, even before Covid-19. I’ve always tried to bring Malaysian-Indian flavours to the table as there’s so much [for the cuisine] to offer – let’s see where it goes from here.”
Two Michelin stars are awarded to eateries with “excellent cooking [that are] worth a detour)”.
The rest of the two-star winners, which retained their stars from the previous edition, are as follows:
● Cloudstreet PROMOTED
● Jaan by Kirk Westaway
● Saint Pierre
● Shisen Hanten
● Shoukouwa
● Thevar PROMOTED
● Waku Ghin
The three-star winners
No surprises or upsets for the list of three-star winners this year – Singapore’s count of three-Michelin-starred joints remains at three, namely: mod French restaurant Odette, French fine-diner Les Amis and Restaurant Zén, the local offshoot of Swedish three-Michelin-starred restaurant Frantzén.
Three Michelin stars are awarded to restaurants that offer “exceptional cuisine worth a special journey”.
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