San Diego to host Michelin event

San Diego will host Michelin’s California awards ceremony on June 24, 2026, the first time the statewide event is being held in the city. (sandiegouniontribune.com) Michelin will announce the 2026 California selections that night, including Stars and Bib Gourmand awards, at Eve, a waterfront venue in San Diego. The ceremony is invitation-only, with results also published through Michelin’s own channels. (sandiegouniontribune.com, guide.michelin.com) The Michelin Guide is a restaurant rating system that gives one, two, or three stars for cooking it judges worth a stop, a detour, or a special trip. Bib Gourmand is Michelin’s separate label for restaurants it says offer strong value at lower prices. (guide.michelin.com, guide.michelin.com) California’s 2025 ceremony was held in Sacramento on June 25, which makes the 2026 move to San Diego a change in host city as Michelin rotates the event around the state. Michelin announced Sacramento as the 2025 host in a separate city-selection post last year. (guide.michelin.com, sandiegouniontribune.com) San Diego enters the event with one of California’s best-known Michelin addresses: Addison, which the San Diego Tourism Authority says became the city’s first three-star restaurant in 2022. Michelin’s official San Diego listings also show a growing local pool of starred, Bib Gourmand, and recommended restaurants. (sandiego.org, guide.michelin.com, guide.michelin.com) At the 2025 California awards, Michelin said the statewide guide totaled 548 restaurants across 55 cuisine types, with two new three-star restaurants, two new two-star restaurants, five new one-star restaurants, and two new Green Stars. That gives the San Diego ceremony a statewide role, not just a local one. (michelin.com, guide.michelin.com) San Diego officials and local restaurateurs now have about two months before Michelin’s June 24 reveal, when restaurants will learn whether they kept, gained, or lost distinctions. The city gets the spotlight either way; the ratings are what will decide whether the celebration also becomes a hometown win. (sandiegouniontribune.com, aol.com)