São Paulo earns top stars
Brazil’s 2026 Michelin results upgraded Evvai and Tuju in São Paulo to three stars, while Madame Olympe in Rio picked up a one‑star addition in the latest list (g1.globo.com). In Asia, Song at Four Seasons Hotel Hangzhou retained its Michelin star for a second consecutive year, underscoring continuity for that venue (thetraveler.org).
São Paulo now has Brazil’s first two three-star Michelin restaurants, with Evvai and Tuju reaching the guide’s top tier in the 2026 Brazil selection. (guide.michelin.com) Michelin announced the awards on April 13 at Copacabana Palace in Rio de Janeiro, where it launched the 2026 Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo guide. The same ceremony added one star for Madame Olympe in Rio. (guide.michelin.com) (g1.globo.com) Michelin said Evvai and Tuju are the first restaurants in both Brazil and Latin America to receive three stars. In Michelin’s system, one star marks “high quality cooking,” two stars mark “excellent cooking,” and three stars are reserved for restaurants “worth a special journey.” (guide.michelin.com 1) (guide.michelin.com 2) The result caps an 11-year run for Michelin in Brazil after the guide first entered the country in 2015. Until now, Brazil’s highest-ranked restaurants had stopped at two stars. (forbes.com.br) (guide.michelin.com) Evvai is led by chef Luiz Filipe Souza and blends Italian references with Brazilian ingredients, while Tuju is chef Ivan Ralston’s tasting-menu restaurant in São Paulo. Michelin’s Brazil announcement highlighted both restaurants’ “personality” and consistency. (guide.michelin.com) (forbes.com.br) Rio’s new one-star addition, Madame Olympe, is run by Claude Troisgros and Jéssica Trindade, according to Brazilian coverage of the ceremony. Michelin’s 2026 Brazil list also kept D.O.M., Lasai and Oro at two stars. (g1.globo.com) (panrotas.com.br) The Brazil news landed days after Michelin published its 2026 Shanghai-Jiangsu-Zhejiang guide in China. In that guide, Song at Four Seasons Hotel Hangzhou at Hangzhou Centre kept its one-star rating for a second straight year. (guide.michelin.com) (publicnow.com) Song serves Ningbo cuisine, a regional style from Zhejiang province, and Michelin’s listing still places it in the one-star category for 2026. Four Seasons said the restaurant first won the star in 2025 under executive Chinese chef Neal Zeng. (guide.michelin.com) (fourseasons.com) Taken together, the two announcements show Michelin doing two different jobs at once in April 2026: creating a new top rank for Brazil and confirming continuity for a newer fine-dining address in Hangzhou. In one week, Michelin made São Paulo the home of Latin America’s first three-star restaurants and kept Song on its one-star line. (guide.michelin.com 1) (guide.michelin.com 2)
