Brazil earns two 3‑star tables

Brazil now has its first two three-star Michelin restaurants, both in São Paulo, after Evvai and Tuju were promoted in the 2026 guide. (michelin.com) Michelin announced the awards on April 13 at the Copacabana Palace in Rio de Janeiro, in its Rio de Janeiro & São Paulo 2026 selection. Evvai and Tuju had both held two stars in the 2025 guide before moving up this year. (guide.michelin.com, g1.globo.com) That gives Brazil the first three-star restaurants in Michelin’s Latin America coverage and makes it the first country in the region with two at that level. Michelin said the 2026 selection still covers only Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo, with 149 establishments selected in total. (michelin.com, guide.michelin.com) Michelin tied the result to a broader shift in how it sees Brazilian dining rooms: stronger service teams, more local ingredients, and a mix of Brazilian cooking with Italian and Japanese influences. The company said this year’s guide added 12 new entries. (michelin.com, guide.michelin.com) Evvai, led by chef Luiz Filipe Souza, serves a single tasting menu called Oriundi and frames its cooking around the exchange between Italian immigration and Brazilian ingredients. Michelin’s inspectors described the restaurant as Brazilian-Italian in identity, and the restaurant says the menu draws from both traditions. (guide.michelin.com, www.evvai.com.br, www.evvai.com.br) Tuju, led by chef Ivan Ralston, builds its tasting menu around four seasonal periods tied to rainfall: Humidity, Rain, Dry and Wind. Michelin’s inspectors described the meal as a multi-floor progression through the building, while the restaurant says its 10-course menu is rooted in São Paulo and local sourcing. (guide.michelin.com, exploretock.com) The prices put the new three-star status in the luxury tier even before wine. Tuju lists its 10-course tasting menu at R$1,500 before drinks and service, while Brazilian outlets reported Evvai’s tasting menu at R$1,150 to R$1,250 depending on the menu version cited. (exploretock.com, receitas.globo.com, gq.globo.com) The rest of Brazil’s top tier stayed stable. D.O.M. in São Paulo and Lasai and Oro in Rio kept two stars, and Michelin said no restaurant in Rio or São Paulo lost stars in this edition; Rio’s Madame Olympe gained one star. (michelin.com, g1.globo.com) For Brazil, the result is concentrated in one city but visible on a bigger map: two São Paulo dining rooms now sit at Michelin’s highest rank, and both got there by presenting Brazilian ingredients through sharply different styles. (guide.michelin.com, guide.michelin.com, guide.michelin.com)