List of Michelin 3-star restaurants in the United Kingdom facts for kids

The Waterside Inn, the first restaurant outside France to hold three Michelin stars for 25 years

This article contains a list of Michelin 3-star restaurants in the United Kingdom.

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. 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". The listing of starred restaurants is updated once a year.

The first restaurant in the UK to gain a Michelin star was Albert and Michel Roux's Le Gavroche, in London. 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. Today it is still open as a two-star restaurant, run by Albert's son, Michel Roux, Jr. 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. The Roux family was also influential in training and influencing other chefs who themselves have gone on to win Michelin stars; Pierre Koffmann, Marco Pierre White and Gordon Ramsay all went on to open restaurants which earned three Michelin stars after working with the Roux brothers.

As of February 2022 there were eight restaurants in the UK holding three Michelin stars, with all except L’Enclume (Cumbria) located in London or the south of England. In the 2023 edition of the Michelin Guide, no new three Michelin stars were included, but all eight restaurants retained their three star status.

List of Michelin 3-star restaurants

Restaurant	Chef	Cuisine	Location				Current	Ref.
				Year to star
Alain Ducasse at the Dorchester	Ducasse, AlainAlain Ducasse	French contemporary Contemporary French	London	—	2009	2010–present
Chez Nico	Ladenis, NicoNico Ladenis	French cuisine	Reading, Berkshire (1973–1981), London (1982–1999)	1981–1983	1984–1994	1995–1999	Closed
Fat Duck, The The Fat Duck	Blumenthal, HestonHeston Blumenthal	Molecular gastronomy	Bray, Berkshire	1999–2001	2002–2003	2004–2015, 2017–present
La Tante Claire	Koffmann, PierrePierre Koffmann	French cuisine	London	1979	1980–1992, 1999–2002	1993–1998	Closed
Restaurant Gordon Ramsay	Ramsay, GordonGordon Ramsay	French cuisine	London	—	1999–2000	2001–present
Restaurant Marco Pierre White, The The Restaurant Marco Pierre White	White, Marco PierreMarco Pierre White	French cuisine	London	2001–2002	1994	1995–1999	Closed
Waterside Inn, The The Waterside Inn	Roux, AlainAlain Roux	French cuisine	Bray, Berkshire	1974–1976	1977–1984	1985–present
The Araki	Mitsuhiro Araki	Japanese cuisine	London	—	2016–2017	2018–2020	—
Sketch (The Lecture Room & Library) Sketch (The Lecture Room & Library)	Gagnaire, PierrePierre Gagnaire	French cuisine	London	2005–2011	2012–2018	2019–present
Hélène Darroze at The Connaught	Darroze, HélèneHélène Darroze	French cuisine	London	2009–2011	2011–2021	2021–present
Core by Clare Smyth	Smyth, ClareClare Smyth	British cuisine	London	—	2018–2021	2021–present
L'Enclume	Rogan, SimonSimon Rogan	British cuisine	Cartmel, Cumbria	2005–2013	2013–2022	2022–present

See also

• List of Michelin starred restaurants
• List of Michelin starred restaurants in Ireland
• List of Michelin starred restaurants in the Netherlands
• List of restaurants in London
• Lists of restaurants
• List of Michelin starred restaurants in Scotland