Brazil gets three stars
In the 2026 Michelin Guide, São Paulo restaurants Evvai and Tuju became the first in Latin America to earn three Michelin stars. (gq.globo.com) The same update gave Madame Olympe in Rio de Janeiro its first Michelin star, reshaping Brazil’s profile in the guide. (g1.globo.com)
Brazil now has its first three-star Michelin restaurants, both in São Paulo: Evvai and Tuju. Michelin announced the awards on April 13 at the Copacabana Palace in Rio de Janeiro. (guide.michelin.com) The Michelin Guide said Evvai, led by chef Luiz Filipe Souza, and Tuju, led by chef Ivan Ralston, are the first restaurants in Brazil and in Latin America to receive its top three-star rating. Michelin defines three stars as cooking “worth a special journey.” (guide.michelin.com 1) (guide.michelin.com 2) The same 2026 Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo guide added one new one-star restaurant in Rio: Madame Olympe. G1 reported that no restaurant in Rio or São Paulo lost stars in this edition. (guide.michelin.com) (g1.globo.com) That changed the top of the guide in one night. Before April 13, Brazil had Michelin-starred restaurants, but none had reached three stars in the guide’s Brazil selection. (guide.michelin.com 1) (guide.michelin.com 2) (guide.michelin.com 3) The Michelin Guide in Brazil covers only Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo, not the whole country. That makes Monday’s result especially concentrated: both new three-star restaurants are in São Paulo, while Rio’s gain came through a new one-star address. (guide.michelin.com) (g1.globo.com) Michelin’s own writeups describe Evvai as blending São Paulo’s Italian heritage with Brazilian identity, and Tuju as a tasting-menu restaurant built around a progressive, multi-space dining experience. Both restaurants had held two stars in the 2025 guide before moving up this year. (guide.michelin.com 1) (guide.michelin.com 2) (guide.michelin.com 3) (guide.michelin.com 4) Madame Olympe’s star also added a new name tied to a familiar chef. O Globo identified it as chef Claude Troisgros’ restaurant in Rio de Janeiro, and Michelin now lists it as a one-star stop in the 2026 guide. (oglobo.globo.com) (guide.michelin.com) The 2026 ceremony was held in Rio, but the headline result belonged to São Paulo. For Michelin in Latin America, the guide now has a new ceiling — and Brazil is the country that reached it first. (guide.michelin.com)
