Michelin Guide S’pore 2022 Winners: 9 New 1-Star & 2-Star Restaurants Awarded This Year

Seven new one-star winners

In the one-star category, there were a total of 42 winners with seven new entrants: Burnt Ends, Restaurant Euphoria, Hamamoto, La Dame de Pic, Marguerite and Reve.

One Michelin star is awarded to eateries with “High quality cooking [that are] worth a stop”. All Michelin-approved eateries are assessed by a team of anonymous Michelin inspectors.

Dave Pynt (pictured above), the chef-owner of mod Aussie barbecue restaurant Burnt Ends, on keeping its star after moving from Keong Saik to bigger digs in Dempsey last Dec: “We’re feeling pretty good. [It wasn’t something we] expected, but there was definitely hope that we can retain [the star] after moving to a new place since we still had to get everything right. I’m definitely happy.”

Fellow new entrant La Dame de Pic is the first Asian outpost of decorated French chef Anne-Sophie Pic’s growing restaurant empire. It’s helmed by her Italian-born protégé Francesco Di Marzio (above), who says of his win: “It’s amazing, and it’s something that we’ve wanted for a long time. It’s an important achievement and today is especially special as it’s Anne-Sophie’s birthday, so to give her a birthday present of a Michelin star – it’s kind of amazing.”  

Here’s the full list of one-star winners:

● 28 Wilkie

● Alma

● Art

● Basque Kitchen by Aitor

● Beni

● Braci

● Buona Terra

● Burnt Ends NEW

● Candlenut

● Chef Kang’s

● Cure

● Cut

● Esora

● Hamamoto NEW

● Hill Street Tai Hwa Pork Noodle

● Iggy’s

● Imperial Treasure Fine Teochew Cuisine

● Jag

● Labyrinth

● La Dame de Pic NEW

● Lei Garden

● Lerouy

● Marguerite NEW

● Ma Cuisine

● Meta

● NAE:UM NEW

● Nouri

● Oshino

● Putien (Kitchener Rd)

● Restaurant Euphoria NEW

● Reve NEW

● Rhubarb

● Shang Palace

● Shinji (Bras Basah Rd)

● Sommer

● Summer Palace

● Summer Pavilion

● Sushi Ichi

● Sushi Kimura

● Table65

● Terra

● Whitegrass

The two-star winners

It’s the year for South Asian cuisine as both Cloudstreet, which draws from Sri Lankan-born chef-owner Rishi Naleendra’s (pictured above) heritage and time in Australia, and Thevar, Mano Thevar’s eponymous mod-Indian grill restaurant, gained an additional star this year, moving up from the one-star category to join the two-Michelin-starred winners.

Chef Naleendra (above) tells us that the recognition for South Asian cuisine was “definitely a long time coming”. He avers: “It’s a cuisine that’s always been underappreciated and overlooked. To get this recognition for our culture and produce in this space, it’s a dream come true.”

Penang-born Mano Thevar (above) concurs, saying: “Asian food has been on the rise, even before Covid-19. I’ve always tried to bring Malaysian-Indian flavours to the table as there’s so much [for the cuisine] to offer – let’s see where it goes from here.”

Two Michelin stars are awarded to eateries with “excellent cooking [that are] worth a detour)”.

The rest of the two-star winners, which retained their stars from the previous edition, are as follows:

● Cloudstreet PROMOTED

● Jaan by Kirk Westaway

● Saint Pierre

● Shisen Hanten

● Shoukouwa

● Thevar PROMOTED

● Waku Ghin

The three-star winners

No surprises or upsets for the list of three-star winners this year – Singapore’s count of three-Michelin-starred joints remains at three, namely: mod French restaurant Odette, French fine-diner Les Amis and Restaurant Zén, the local offshoot of Swedish three-Michelin-starred restaurant Frantzén.

Three Michelin stars are awarded to restaurants that offer “exceptional cuisine worth a special journey”.

Photos: Alvin Teo

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