{"id":138425,"date":"2025-10-22T14:24:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-22T14:24:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/138425\/"},"modified":"2025-10-22T14:24:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T14:24:10","slug":"dublin-to-host-michelin-star-ceremony-could-ireland-be-about-to-get-a-three-star-restaurant-the-irish-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/138425\/","title":{"rendered":"Dublin to host Michelin star ceremony \u2013 could Ireland be about to get a three-star restaurant? \u2013 The Irish Times"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Michelin\u202fGuide<\/a> annual ceremony for Britain and Ireland will land in Dublin<\/a> for the first time in February next year. <\/p>\n

The selection of an Irish city for the ceremony on February 9th, following Glasgow in 2025, is not just about geography \u2013 it\u2019s about signalling that Ireland\u2019s culinary moment is now.<\/p>\n

At the event in Dublin\u2019s Convention Centre, the Guide will unveil stars, Bibs Gourmands, Green Stars and special awards for \u201cthe most talented restaurant teams and chefs from Great Britain and Ireland\u201d. The ceremony will also be livestreamed globally. La Rousse Foods, Musgrave\u2019s premium food service brand, will be official partner.<\/p>\n

If past years are anything to go by, the Bibs and Green Stars will be teased or quietly announced before the main stars are revealed. <\/p>\n

In Ireland the speculation about awards is electric.<\/p>\n

Chapter\u202fOne<\/a> in Dublin under Mickael Viljanen<\/a> and Ross\u202fLewis<\/a> is viewed as possibly being in line for a third Michelin star. It currently holds two.<\/p>\n

Liath<\/a> in Blackrock, Co Dublin, with chef Damien Grey is widely tipped as one to watch \u2013 again, rumours suggest a push toward three stars.<\/p>\n

Dede<\/a> in Baltimore, Co Cork, helmed by Ahmet\u202fDede and managed by Maria\u202fArcher, is also in the conversation for top-tier elevation.<\/p>\n

For two-star upgrades, names to watch include Lady\u202fAnne at Mount\u202fJuliet\u202fEstate<\/a> (chef John\u202fKelly) and Adare\u202fManor<\/a> (chef Mike Tweedie), which is also gearing up to host the Ryder Cup<\/a> in 2027.<\/p>\n

Dublin\u2019s incomprehensibly overlooked spots are Library\u202fStreet\u202fCaf\u00e9<\/a> and Una\u202fMas<\/a>, both long considered deserving of a first star. The newer challengers \u2013 Lena<\/a> and Comet<\/a> \u2013 may well be poised to make their first splash.<\/p>\n

Outside Dublin, the Park\u202fHotel\u202fKenmare<\/a> in Co Kerry under Bryan and Tara Meehan already holds two Michelin Keys for its hotel offering and is undergoing a significant expansion. The owners may well be holding off on chasing a Michelin star for their Landline restaurant, adorned with Se\u00e1n Scully paintings, until after this upgrade is complete.<\/p>\n

In a more general sense, hosting the Michelin ceremony in Ireland is symbolic, speaking of recognition and rising ambitions. But hosting isn\u2019t the same as winning. The kitchens still need to deliver. Between now and next February, a few questions are sure to keep buzzing around the Irish restaurant scene.<\/p>\n

Will Chapter One finally get its third star? <\/p>\n

Given its pedigree this is internationally accepted as overdue.<\/p>\n

Will Liath and Dede join the three-star club? It would be a big ask, but the talk is loud.<\/p>\n

And will there be any surprise entries? We should remember that newcomers often sneak in.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Michelin\u202fGuide annual ceremony for Britain and Ireland will land in Dublin for the first time in February…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":138426,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[75],"tags":[52,18,117,19,17,22906,5281],"class_list":{"0":"post-138425","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"tag-dublin","9":"tag-eire","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-ie","12":"tag-ireland","13":"tag-michelin","14":"tag-restaurant"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138425","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=138425"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138425\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/138426"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=138425"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=138425"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=138425"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}