April 7, 2025

Rating Michelin’s influence

Former guide exec on forthcoming U.S. South edition

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Michael Ian Fanning with Thomas Keller and Jean-Luc Naret at the launch of the Michelin guide to San Francisco and the Bay Area. in 2006/ Provided
Michael Ian Fanning with Thomas Keller and Jean-Luc Naret at the launch of the Michelin guide to San Francisco and the Bay Area. in 2006/ Provided
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By Hanna Raskin
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By Hanna Raskin

When I worked at the newspaper in Charleston, readers frequently harumphed that the city’s dining scene couldn’t be all that great because it hadn’t earned any Michelin stars. I had to explain that stars were only doled out in places covered by a Michelin guide, and Charleston wasn’t among them.

That all changed on Friday.

 
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