San Diego to host Michelin

San Diego will host the California Michelin Guide awards ceremony for the first time on June 24, with this year’s stars to be announced at the waterfront venue Eve. (hoodline.com) The Michelin Guide’s California ceremony rotates by host city, and last year’s event was held in Sacramento on June 25, 2025. Michelin’s own recap of that ceremony said California added two new three-star restaurants, two new two-star restaurants and five new one-star restaurants in 2025. (guide.michelin.com 1) (guide.michelin.com 2) The June 24 San Diego event is invitation-only, and Michelin will use it to reveal the 2026 California star ratings, plus other distinctions tied to the guide. Michelin says stars are announced at the annual ceremony, while new restaurants can be added to the statewide selection earlier in the year. (newsbreak.com) (guide.michelin.com) For San Diego, the host role lands after several years of broader Michelin recognition across the county, not just in the city center. Michelin’s San Diego guide page now lists starred restaurants, Bib Gourmand picks and recommended spots across the region. (guide.michelin.com) That regional spread has widened the local stakes for June 24. In 2025, Michelin added four San Diego-area restaurants — Atelier Manna in Encinitas, 24 Suns in Oceanside, Lilo in Carlsbad and Tanner’s Prime Burgers in Oceanside — to the California guide ahead of the annual awards. (10news.com) (guide.michelin.com) Michelin has already started shaping the 2026 field. In March, its inspectors published a fresh round of California additions and said stars and Bib Gourmands would still be held back until the annual ceremony. (guide.michelin.com) The ceremony also gives San Diego a rare place at the center of a statewide restaurant calendar that usually tilts toward Los Angeles, the Bay Area and, more recently, Sacramento. Michelin’s 2025 Sacramento host announcement framed that city as a fit for its “farm to table” identity, underscoring how the guide uses host sites to spotlight local dining narratives. (guide.michelin.com) The next measure of that spotlight comes on June 24, when Michelin’s inspectors decide which California restaurants keep stars, gain stars or lose them — with San Diego serving as the backdrop. (newsbreak.com)