Brazil earns 3‑star Michelin
For the first time in Latin America, two São Paulo restaurants — Evvai and Tuju — were awarded three Michelin stars in the 2026 guide, with the Rio/São Paulo edition announced at a Copacabana Palace ceremony on April 13. (Reports framed the promotions as historic for the region and covered the April 13 award event.) ( ) The broader Rio guide lists tasting menus priced roughly between R$440 and R$1,380, excluding drinks. (diariodorio.com)
Brazil now has its first three-star Michelin restaurants: Evvai and Tuju in São Paulo were promoted in the 2026 Rio de Janeiro & São Paulo guide. (guide.michelin.com) Michelin announced the awards on April 13 at the Copacabana Palace in Rio de Janeiro. Both restaurants had previously held two stars, and both moved up together in the 2026 edition. (g1.globo.com) The guide says three stars mark a restaurant “worth a special journey,” its top rating for destination dining. In the same 2026 selection, Michelin kept the total list at 149 establishments and added 12 new venues across Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo. (guide.michelin.com) That matters in Brazil because Michelin only covers Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo in the country, so the ceremony doubles as a snapshot of the country’s most internationally visible fine-dining market. Michelin’s inspectors also highlighted Brazilian restaurants using local ingredients alongside strong Italian and Japanese influences. (guide.michelin.com) The promotions also changed the regional map: Michelin and Brazilian outlets described Evvai and Tuju as the first restaurants in Brazil and Latin America to reach three stars. Until this week, no restaurant in the region had held Michelin’s top rank. (guide.michelin.com) Evvai is in Pinheiros and is led by chef Luiz Filipe Souza, with a menu that pairs Italian references with Brazilian ingredients. G1 reported its tasting menu at R$1,150, with add-ons including cheese for R$79 and caviar for R$390. (g1.globo.com) Tuju is in Jardim Paulistano and Michelin describes its cooking as seasonal and tied to natural cycles. Michelin’s Brazilian edition said chef Ivan Ralston built the restaurant around a vegetable garden, a research kitchen and a menu shaped by ingredients at their peak. (guide.michelin.com) The rest of the 2026 guide shows how expensive that world can be. In Rio de Janeiro, Diário do Rio reported tasting menus at starred restaurants ranging from R$440 to R$1,380 before drinks, with the new one-star Madame Olympe starting at the low end. (diariodorio.com) Rio also picked up one new star this year: Madame Olympe in Leblon. No starred restaurant in Rio de Janeiro or São Paulo lost its stars in the 2026 edition, according to G1’s ceremony coverage. (g1.globo.com) So the headline is not just that two restaurants won. On April 13, Michelin turned São Paulo into the first city in Latin America with three-star restaurants, and Brazil into the first country in the region with two of them at once. (guide.michelin.com)
