The only female-led restaurant to win a star this year was Caractére. Behind the Notting Hill restaurant is Emily Roux, a generational talent who has cooking in her blood. She owns and runs Caractére alongside her husband, the chef Diego Ferrari, whose named appeared next to hers during the ceremony.

Jason Atherton’s iconic Tower 42 restaurant City Social was stripped of its Michelin star at the food guide’s annual awards ceremony this week. In a bittersweet evening for Atherton, his new Row on 5 restaurant on Savile Row – seen as the celebrity chef’s flagship venue following the closure of Pollen Street Social last year

A Cardiff chef has said that gaining Michelin star status has been a dream of his for a long time. Gorse restaurant, in Pontcanna, is the first restaurant in the city to gain Michelin star status. Founder Tom Waters said it's surreal and the feeling is still sinking in.