{"id":373219,"date":"2026-06-24T17:05:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T17:05:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/373219\/"},"modified":"2026-06-24T17:05:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T17:05:08","slug":"michelin-guide-california-ceremony-set-for-wednesday-june-24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/373219\/","title":{"rendered":"Michelin Guide California ceremony set for Wednesday, June 24"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The most coveted honors in dining \u2014 Michelin Stars \u2014 will be awarded Wednesday as the guide unveils its 2026 California ratings.<\/p>\n<p>Each year, the Michelin Guide announces which restaurants have received the high-stakes recognition. Awarded restaurants may receive one to three stars in ratings that indicate levels of excellence. Attendance at the event, this year at the San Diego waterfront venue Eve, is by invitation only.<\/p>\n<p>Last year\u2019s ceremony was held in Sacramento at the SAFE Credit Union Performing Arts Center.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/guide.michelin.com\/th\/en\/to-the-stars-and-beyond-th\">According to the Michelin Guide website<\/a>, ratings are based on five criteria: quality of the ingredients used, mastery of flavor and cooking techniques, the personality of the chef in the cuisine, harmony of flavors and consistency between visits.<\/p>\n<p>The guide also offers the Bib Gourmand, a rating that recognizes more casual establishments that serve good food at moderate prices. As a practical measure, the guide also includes additional recommended restaurants deemed worthy without earning any official award.<\/p>\n<p>For the 2025 guide, Michelin announced that two restaurants, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sacbee.com\/food-drink\/restaurants\/article309435415.html\">Localis and The Kitchen, would retain their one-star status<\/a>. No new stars were awarded. Chris Barnum-Dann of Localis was also <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sacbee.com\/food-drink\/restaurants\/article309384000.html\">awarded the California 2025 Sommelier Award<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sacbee.com\/food-drink\/restaurants\/article306392296.html\">Three restaurants were added to the guide<\/a>: Thai street food eatery Kin Thai, Vietnamese spot Pho Momma and modern pizzeria Majka. Pho Momma was awarded Bib Gourmand status. Canon and Nixtaco also kept their spots in the Bib Gourmand category. In total, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/guide.michelin.com\/th\/en\/california\/us-sacramento\/restaurants\">15 Sacramento area restaurants<\/a> made the 2025 guide.<\/p>\n<p>However, Localis found itself the center of attention beyond its Michelin rating when Barnum-Dann was named in <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sacbee.com\/food-drink\/restaurants\/article315330198.html\">allegations of inappropriate sexual behavior, belittlement and wage tampering<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>        Related Stories from  Sacramento Bee<\/p>\n<p>                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sacbee.com\/profile\/312888885\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"author-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/img-25-11-14-4EC66.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" alt=\"Profile Image of Sean Timberlake\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n                    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                <a class=\"author-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sacbee.com\/profile\/312888885\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sean Timberlake<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                    The Sacramento Bee<\/p>\n<p>            Sean Timberlake is the food and dining reporter for The Sacramento Bee. He has been writing professionally about food for over 20 years.\n            <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The most coveted honors in dining \u2014 Michelin Stars \u2014 will be awarded Wednesday as the guide unveils&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":373220,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[121,123,122],"class_list":["post-373219","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sacramento","tag-sacramento","tag-sacramento-headlines","tag-sacramento-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/373219","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=373219"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/373219\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/373220"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=373219"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=373219"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=373219"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}