{"id":289681,"date":"2026-02-10T01:34:11","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T01:34:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/289681\/"},"modified":"2026-02-10T01:34:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T01:34:11","slug":"two-new-michelin-stars-for-irish-restaurants-as-glitzy-ceremony-descends-on-dublin-the-irish-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/289681\/","title":{"rendered":"Two new Michelin stars for Irish restaurants as glitzy ceremony descends on Dublin \u2013 The Irish Times"},"content":{"rendered":"

A restaurant carved out of two Orient Express carriages and a small plate specialist in Dublin 4<\/a> have become the latest Irish restaurants<\/a> to be awarded Michelin<\/a> stars at a glitzy ceremony in Dublin\u2019s Convention Centre.<\/p>\n

The Pullman<\/a> at Glenlo Abbey Hotel just outside Galway City only reopened after an extensive renovation just under a year ago and while its chef Greek-born Angelo Vagiotis\u2019s CV includes Noma in Copenhagen and Terre in Castlemartyr, his achievement in winning a star of his own so quickly must surely stand apart. <\/p>\n

\u201cIt is a testament to the dedication of our team and good Irish produce,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n

Forest Avenue<\/a> in Dublin has had to wait longer for its star, having opened in 2013. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe have been cooking the best this year, I feel we are ready, and I am not overwhelmed by the thing and it just feels right and natural. I am emotionally and professionally ready for this,\u201d John Wyer said after being handed the chef\u2019s whites embossed with the Michelin logo.<\/p>\n

Aside from the elevation of the Pullman and Forest Avenue, it was a case of \u2018as you were\u2019 for Irish restaurants \u2013 with all the current holders of the highest of culinary accolades retaining their status.<\/p>\n

\"RestaurateurRestaurateur Gordon Ramsay (right) and TV\/social media personality Jesse Burgess at the Michelin Guide Ceremony Great Britain & Ireland 2026, at the Convention Centre, Dublin. Photograph: Dara Mac D\u00f3naill <\/p>\n

There are five criteria used by Michelin to determine a restaurant\u2019s worthiness: the quality of ingredients, mastery of technique, harmony of flavours, the personality of the chef in the cuisine, and consistency across multiple visits.<\/p>\n

One star, Michelin says, is \u201ca very good restaurant in its category\u201d; two stars are for \u201cexcellent cooking, worth a detour\u201d; and three stars, the top accolade, are reserved for \u201cexceptional cuisine, worth a special journey\u201d.<\/p>\n

Ireland started the night with five two-star restaurants and despite some anticipation that at least one would make history by being awarded three stars, it wasn\u2019t to be. <\/p>\n

The two-star holders continue to be Chapter One<\/a>, Restaurant Patrick Guilbaud<\/a>, Merrion Hotel and Liath<\/a> in Dublin, and Terre<\/a> and Dede<\/a> in Cork. <\/p>\n

The Morrison Room<\/a> at Carton House, in Kildare, Ballyfin Demesne<\/a> in Laois and Lignum<\/a> in Loughrea all retained their single stars after being awarded them for the first time last year. <\/p>\n

\"AngeloAngelo Vagiotis (left), head chef at The Pullman, and John Wyer of Forest Avenue both received one star. Photograph: Dara Mac D\u00f3naill <\/p>\n

The other Irish restaurants retaining stars were Glovers Alley, D\u2019Olier Street Bastible and Variety Jones in Dublin, and the Kilkenny restaurants Campagne and Lady Helen on the Mount Juliet Estate. <\/p>\n

Bastion in Kinsale and Chestnut in Ballydehob were the starriest restaurants in Cork, while Belfast was represented by The Muddlers Club and Ox. <\/p>\n

Aniar and the Pullman in Galway, the Homestead Cottage in Doolin, the Oak Room in Adare Manor, the Bishop\u2019s Buttery in the Cashel Palace Hotel and Housel, in the Cliff House Hotel in Ardmore, Co Waterford, completed the list of culinary excellence. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A restaurant carved out of two Orient Express carriages and a small plate specialist in Dublin 4 have…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":289682,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[4506,4500,42,46885,43,5861,40,38,41,39],"class_list":["post-289681","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-dublin-4","tag-galway","tag-headlines","tag-michelin","tag-news","tag-restaurant","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/289681","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=289681"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/289681\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/289682"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=289681"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=289681"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=289681"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}