Michelin Guide Italy announced its 66th guide with an event live-streamed from Milan.
The 2021 Michelin Guide Italy, live-streamed from Milan, also introduced the ‘Michelin green clover’, introduced in France and Scandinavian countries in 2020, which rewards the sustainability of restaurants and attention to the environment, regardless of the stars. However, the 2021 Michelin Guide Italy includes more than 2000 restaurants and 252 Bib Gourmands that 11 of which are new entries. Unfortunately, 20 restaurants lost stars but a total of 26 new Michelin stars were added to the new edition, with 23 restaurants receiving their first star.
The guide to Italy, which included 374 restaurants last year, includes 371 restaurants this year. There are 11 three Michelin-starred restaurants, 37 two-Michelin-starred restaurants, 3 of which are new, and 323 one-star restaurants, 23 of which are new.
The 1 Michelin-starred restaurants that received their first stars:
Don Alfonso 1890 San Barbato
Relais Blu, Massa Lubrensa
Lorelei, Sorrento
Osteria del Povero Diavolo, Torriana
Zia, Antonio Ziantoni, Rome
Essenza, Terracina
Nove, Alassio
Impronta d’acqua, Ivan Maniago, Cavi di Lavagna
Kitchen, Andrea Casali, Como
Aalto, Takeshi Iwai, Milan
Borgo Sant’Anna, Monforte d’Alba (Cuneo)
Piano 35, Turin
Casa Sgarra, Trani
Poggio Rosso, Castelnuovo Berardenga (Sienna)
Gabbiano 3.0, Marina di Grosseto
Franco Mare, Marina di Pietrasanta (Lucca)
Sala dei Grappoli, Poggio alle Mura (Sienna)
Linfa, San Gimignano (Sienna)
Peter Brunel, Arco (Trento)
Prezioso, Merano (Bolzano)
Senso Alfio Ghezzi, Rovereto (Trento)
Vecchio Ristoro, Aosta
SanBrite, Cortina d’Ampezzo (Belluno)
La Cru, Romagnano (Verona)
Amistà, San Pietro in Cariano (Verona)
Re Santi e Leoni, Nola (Naples)
Restaurants that received their 2nd star:
Matteo Metullio, Harry’s Piccolo, Trieste
Rocco De Santis, Santa Elisabetta, Florence
Davide Oldani, D’O, Milan
Restaurants that received green star:
Mariangela Susigan, Gardenia, Caluso (To)
Alfonso e Ernesto Iaccarino, Don Alfonso 1890, Sant’Agata sui Due Golfi (Naples)
Massimo Bottura, Osteria Francescana, Modena
Caterina Ceraudo, Dattilo, Strongoli (Crotone)
Piergiorgio Siviero, Lazzaro 1915, Pontelongo (Padova)
Antonello Sardi, Virtuoso Gourmet – Tenuta Le Tre Virtù
Pietro Leemann, Joia, Milano
Davide Oldani, D’O, Cornaredo (Milan)
Fabrizio Caponi, I-Ciocio Osteria
Igor Macchia, Casa Format, Orbassano (Turin)
Norbert Niederkofler, St. Hubertus, S. Cassiano in Alta Badia (Bolzano)
Franco Malinverno, Caffè La Crepa, Isola Dovarese
Roberto Tonola, Lanterna Verde