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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle
George Francis Lee

Chefs say Michelin Guide at risk of ‘losing credibility’ over suspected lack of inspectors

A waiter prepares tables at La Pyramide restaurant in Vienne
An ex-Michelin inspector said reviewing all the restaurants in the guide was ‘almost impossible’. Photograph: Jeff Pachoud/AFP/Getty Images

How many inspectors does it take to review the country’s best restaurants – a pinch, a baker’s dozen? For more than a century the answer has been kept secret by the world’s authority on good food: the Michelin Guide.

But the French tyre company’s famous hotel and restaurant reference book has been challenged by chefs, restaurant critics and diners, who question whether the guide has enough of its anonymous inspectors to adequately review and monitor the eateries that are included each year.

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