The organization that distributes Michelin stars has given up green stars.
The Michelin Guide has changed its content. Adobe Stock / AOP
The Michelin guide, which evaluates the level of restaurants, has completely removed one of its star categories. The listing of green stars can no longer be found on the Michelin website. The website was the first to write about the topic Newworlder.
Michelin introduced green stars in 2020.
In Finland, the Helsinki restaurant Nokka has received the green star, among others. Noka’s chef and restaurateur Ari Ruoho states the same. The days of Michelin’s green stars are numbered.
The green Michelin star left all the restaurants that received it at the same time, including the three-star restaurant Mirazuri and the legend of the industry From Alain Ducasse.
– That’s a bad thing. It’s a bit embarrassing that everything related to Green Star wasn’t properly thought out in advance. It didn’t quite work out. It was a bad attempt by Misuka to be responsible, Ruoho tells Iltalehte.
Ruoho continues that evaluating the green star awarded to restaurants that have operated responsibly has not been simple. Traditional stars are evaluated with different criteria than the green star was evaluated.
Restaurant Noka’s management duo Terhi Vitikka and Ari Ruoho. PASI LEISMA
In the traditional star system, the inspectors’ evaluation is based on certain criteria, such as the quality of the ingredients, the harmony of flavors, the mastery of techniques, the chef’s personality, the consistency of the menu.
The green star rating relied only on the restaurants’ own reporting.
Ruoho has been abroad to eat at a green-star restaurant, where according to Ruoho, the food was definitely not worthy of a Michelin star.
– Although I have never done this work for any restaurant guide, it was great to get a star. Our green star remains displayed on the shelf.
Although, according to Ruoho, Michelin is old-fashioned in some respects, it still has a big meaning. Other restaurant guides have not achieved the same status as Michelin.
According to Ruoho, Michelin’s old-fashionedness is reflected in the way in which the green stars were given up, in all silence.
– Giving up the green star is a shame, because restaurants should become more responsible both in terms of the use of raw materials and social responsibility.