Toronto to Get a Place on the Coveted World Culinary Michelin Map
After years in the making, on May 10, 2022 it was announced at the Four Seasons Hotel, that Toronto will be the first MICHELIN Guide destination in Canada and the sixth in North American. This exciting new chapter comes to fruition in Fall 2022 where this iconic guide awards ratings to some of the best restaurants in the world.
As one of the most multiculturally recognized cities in the world, Toronto’s culinary scene is as diverse and rich as the city itself. Its restaurant scene for many visitors is unexpected and with its eclectic mix of cuisines, it is no wonder that the city has become synonymous with fabulous food and drinks. The MICHELIN guide will help ensure Toronto’s culinary depth receives the attention it deserves and will soon become a global dining destination.
As Toronto Mayor John Tory stated in a news release last week, “this further bolsters our reputation as a world destination for food and cuisine. Our diverse city, along with the many renowned chefs who call Toronto home, have helped us get to this point and to be able to showcase all of the wonderful restaurants.”
Over the next number of months, MICHELIN inspectors will be anonymously making reservations and maintain the utmost confidentiality at restaurants throughout Toronto to ensure that they are treated like any other customer. They will award one, two or three stars to the restaurants within their selection process and begin to shape the much-anticipated guide that comes out later this year.
Across social media channels, Torontonians are weighing in on their thoughts on who is worthy of the honour. With a plethora of incredible choices such as Cafe Bolud, Buca Osteria, Scaramouche, Sushi Masaki Saito, Edulis, Alo, Bar Isabel, Restaurant 20 Victoria, Osteria Giulia, Auberge du Pommier and Canoe just to name a few, the options are plentiful. Excitement is abound to see who makes it into the famed guide.
About the Guide:
(Posted from the Michelin Site):
A grand vision
It all started in Clermont-Ferrand in central France in 1889, when brothers Andre and Edouard Michelin founded their eponymous tire company, fuelled by a grand vision for the French automobile industry at a time when there were fewer than 3,000 cars in the country.
In order to help motorists develop their trips - thereby boosting car sales and in turn, tyre purchases - the Michelin brothers produced a small guide filled with handy information for travellers, such as maps, information on how to change a tyre, where to fill up on petrol, and wonderfully - for the traveller in search of respite from the adventures of the day - a listing of places to eat or take shelter for the night.
A better way forward
For the first time, it included a list of hotels in Paris, lists of restaurants according to specific categories, as well as the abandonment of paid-for advertisements in the guide.
Acknowledging the growing influence of the guide’s restaurant section, the Michelin brothers also recruited a team of mystery diners - or restaurant inspectors, as we better know them today - to visit and review restaurants anonymously.
In 1926, the guide began to award stars for fine dining establishments, initially marking them only with a single star. Five years later, a hierarchy of zero, one, two, and three stars was introduced, and in 1936, the criteria for the starred rankings were published.
During the rest of 20th century, thanks to its serious and unique approach, the MICHELIN Guides became best-sellers without equals: the guide now rates over 30,000 establishments in over 30 territories across three continents, and more than 30 million MICHELIN Guides have been sold worldwide since.
Today, the remarkable foresight of the founding Michelin brothers has given the company a vocation that is as relevant in 2018 as it was in 1900 – namely, to make driving, tourism and the search for unforgettable experiences available to all.
