Richard Vines

The French Laundry and Meadowood hold onto their three Michelin stars and there are three more two-star restaurants in the new guide to the San Francisco area.

Michelin today releases its pick of the San Francisco area’s best-value restaurants, naming 77 where you may eat well for $40 or less, plus tax and tip.

Michelin today adds another three new three-star restaurants in western Japan, taking the total for that region to 15 -- and for the country to 29 -- as the French dining guide deepens its love affair with the Asian nation.

D&D; London Ltd., the owner of 20 London restaurants, including Coq d’Argent, said sales rose 6 percent last month and by 5 percent in the six months to Sept. 30, as poor weather, riots and volatility failed to damp demand.

Dinner by Heston Blumenthal in London was last night named the U.K.’s best restaurant in the Observer Food Monthly awards, just eight months after it opened.

The Ledbury was last night named the U.K.’s best restaurant in the National Restaurant Awards for a second year, further recognition for a London establishment that garnered international attention when it was invaded by rioters.

The London restaurant scene is so vibrant and so diverse, you might wonder what a California chef has to bring to the table, other than a splash of sunshine.

Dinner by Heston Blumenthal and Pollen Street Social won stars today as the two new London restaurants were recognized in the Michelin Guide to U.K. and Ireland, which for the first time gave a second star to a pub.

The French Laundry at Harrods, which opened on Saturday and lasts just 10 days, might politely be described as a phenomenon.

Ferran Adria, the Spanish chef who turned an isolated seaside restaurant into a destination for gourmets the world over, studies a bowl of Paxo.

A Cuban restaurant in Chelsea and a pork and seafood joint in Brooklyn today join the list of venues the Michelin guide says offer value for money in New York.

Chris and Jeff Galvin, the brothers behind the City restaurant Galvin La Chapelle, were last night named Chefs’ Chef of the Year at the AA Hospitality Awards. Terroirs won Restaurant of the Year, London.