List of Michelin 3-star restaurants in the United Kingdom

As of February 2024 there were nine restaurants in the UK holding three Michelin stars, with all except L’Enclume (Cumbria) located in London or the south of England.^[1]

Michelin stars are a rating system used by the red Michelin guide to grade restaurants on their quality. The guide was originally developed in 1900 to show French drivers where local amenities such as restaurants and mechanics were, the rating system was first introduced in 1926 as a single star, with the second and third stars introduced in 1933.^[2] According to the Guide, one star signifies "a very good restaurant", two stars are "excellent cooking that is worth a detour", and three stars mean "exceptional cuisine that is worth a special journey".^[3] The listing of starred restaurants is updated once a year.^[4]

The first restaurant in the UK to gain a Michelin star was Albert and Michel Roux's Le Gavroche, in London.^[5] It went on to become one of the first UK restaurants to win a second star in 1977, and the first to win a third, in 1982.^[3] In 2010 the Roux family's second restaurant, the Waterside Inn, became the first restaurant outside France to have held three Michelin stars for 25 years.^[6] The Roux family was also influential in training and influencing other chefs who themselves have gone on to win Michelin stars; Pierre Koffmann,^[7] Marco Pierre White and Gordon Ramsay all went on to open restaurants which earned three Michelin stars after working with the Roux brothers.^[8][9]

Michelin 3-starred restaurants

Restaurant	Chef	Cuisine	Location				Current	Ref.
				Year to star
Alain Ducasse at the Dorchester	Alain Ducasse	Contemporary French	London	—	2009	2010–present		[10]
Chez Nico	Nico Ladenis	French cuisine	Reading, Berkshire (1973–1981), London (1982–1999)	1981–1983	1984–1994	1995–1999	Closed	[11]
The Fat Duck	Heston Blumenthal	Molecular gastronomy	Bray, Berkshire	1999–2001	2002–2003	2004–2015, [Note 1] 2017–present		[12][13]
La Tante Claire	Pierre Koffmann	French cuisine	London	1979	1980–1992, 1999–2002	1993–1998	Closed	[14]
Restaurant Gordon Ramsay	Gordon Ramsay	French cuisine	London	—	1999–2000	2001–present		[15]
The Restaurant Marco Pierre White[Note 2]	Marco Pierre White	French cuisine	London	2001–2002	1994	1995–1999	Closed	[11]
The Waterside Inn	Alain Roux	French cuisine	Bray, Berkshire	1974–1976	1977–1984	1985–present		[16]
The Araki	Mitsuhiro Araki	Japanese cuisine	London	—	2016–2017	2018–2020	—	[17]
Sketch (The Lecture Room & Library)	Pierre Gagnaire	French cuisine	London	2005–2011	2012–2018	2019–present		[18]
Hélène Darroze at The Connaught	Hélène Darroze	French cuisine	London	2009–2011	2011–2021	2021–present		[19]
Core by Clare Smyth	Clare Smyth	British cuisine	London	—	2018–2021	2021–present		[20]
L'Enclume	Simon Rogan	British cuisine	Cartmel, Cumbria	2005–2013	2013–2022	2022–present		[21]
The Ledbury	Brett Graham	British cuisine	Notting Hill, London	2009-2010	2010-2021, 2023-2024	2024–present		[22]

Key

	Indicates a restaurant with one Michelin star
	Indicates a restaurant with two Michelin stars
	Indicates a restaurant with three Michelin stars

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