Three‑star wins in Brazil

Brazil has its first three-star Michelin restaurants, both in São Paulo: Evvai and Tuju moved up to the guide’s top tier on April 13. (guide.michelin.com) The promotions were announced at the 2026 Michelin Guide Rio de Janeiro & São Paulo ceremony at the Copacabana Palace in Rio de Janeiro. Rio also picked up one new one-star restaurant, Madame Olympe in Leblon. (guide.michelin.com) (g1.globo.com) Michelin’s own announcement said the awards were the first three-star honors not just for Brazil, but for Latin America. G1 reported both Evvai and Tuju had held two stars before this year’s promotion. (guide.michelin.com) (g1.globo.com) That changes the shape of Michelin’s Brazil map. In the 2025 guide, Brazil had five two-star restaurants and 20 one-star restaurants, but no three-star addresses. (michelin.com) (veja.abril.com.br) The guide still covers only Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo in Brazil, which means Michelin’s highest recognition in the country remains concentrated in those two cities. Michelin said the 2026 selection still totals 149 restaurants, with 12 new additions overall. (guide.michelin.com 1) (guide.michelin.com 2) Michelin described Evvai as chef Luiz Filipe Souza’s Brazilian-Italian restaurant built around the “Oriundi” tasting menu. It described Tuju as chef Ivan Ralston’s restaurant, where a tasting menu follows Brazil’s seasons and ingredients. (guide.michelin.com) Madame Olympe’s first star gives Rio one more restaurant in Michelin’s one-star category. G1 reported that no restaurant in Rio de Janeiro or São Paulo lost stars in the 2026 update. (g1.globo.com) The result leaves Brazil with a new top line in fine dining: two three-star restaurants in São Paulo, a new one-star address in Rio, and a Michelin guide that, for now, still measures the country through its two biggest cities. (guide.michelin.com) (g1.globo.com)