Michelin local moves
- The Jolly Gardeners in Chester was included in the Michelin Guide 2026, the owners confirmed. (chesterstandard.co.uk) - In Guernsey, Hook and Le Nautique joined the guide, bringing the island's total to five Michelin-listed restaurants. (bailiwickexpress.com) - Reports also say Argentina will pivot away from Michelin in 2026 toward a local culinary project. (colombia.com)
Michelin’s 2026 guide is moving in opposite directions at once: new local restaurants are joining in Chester and Guernsey, while Argentina is still in the guide but changing how the rollout works. (chesterstandard.co.uk; guide.michelin.com; lanacion.com.ar) In Chester, The Jolly Gardeners said on April 16 that it had been included in the Michelin Guide 2026 after reopening last summer on Christleton Road in Boughton. Michelin’s own site now lists The Jolly Gardeners among newly added restaurants in Great Britain and Ireland. (chesterstandard.co.uk; guide.michelin.com) In Guernsey, Bailiwick Express reported on April 20 that Hook and Le Nautique had joined the guide, taking the island to five Michelin-listed restaurants. Michelin’s Guernsey listings show Hook and Le Nautique alongside Vraic, Alba and Fukku. (bailiwickexpress.com; guide.michelin.com) Those additions are not stars. They are guide selections, meaning Michelin inspectors have chosen to list the restaurants, while stars, Bib Gourmands and Green Stars are separate distinctions. (guide.michelin.com; news.michelin.co.uk) Michelin’s Great Britain and Ireland 2026 guide, unveiled in Dublin on February 9, includes 1,210 restaurants in total, with 230 starred venues, 37 new Bib Gourmands and seven new Green Stars. That larger annual release is what local additions in places like Chester and Guernsey now feed into. (news.michelin.co.uk) Argentina is a different case. Michelin’s official Argentina site is still live, still lists restaurants in Buenos Aires and Mendoza, and local Argentine outlets report that the 2026 selection will be announced digitally on July 13 rather than at a live ceremony. (guide.michelin.com; lanacion.com.ar; lacapitalmdp.com) That means reports that Argentina is simply “moving away from Michelin” are incomplete. More recent Argentine coverage says national government backing ended, but Buenos Aires and Mendoza are continuing to fund the Michelin project for 2026. (eleconomista.com.ar; mdzol.com) Michelin only launched in Argentina in 2023, with Buenos Aires and Mendoza as its first two markets, and it published a 2025 roundup of the country’s 10 starred restaurants. The 2026 edition, at least for now, looks more like a quieter format change than a retreat. (guide.michelin.com; guide.michelin.com; lanacion.com.ar) So the clearest picture on April 21, 2026 is this: Michelin is still expanding its local footprint in parts of Britain, and in Argentina it is still present, but on revised local terms. (chesterstandard.co.uk; bailiwickexpress.com; guide.michelin.com)
