Which restaurants made Michelin's list?

The third annual Michelin Guide was unveiled Wednesday at a ceremony at the History venue in the Beach. This year, the guide went beyond the GTA borders, adding restaurants in Creemore, Niagara, Dundas, Oakville and Hamilton to the list of what the globally influential guide considers to be the best in dining.

- KARON LIU

Dishes at Thai restaurant Som Tum Jinda, which has been added to the Michelin Guide's list of recommended restaurants this year.

No new restaurants received two or three stars this year, the latter being the guide’s highest honour. Toronto’s most decorated spot is still the two-starred Sushi Masaki Saito, an omakase restaurant in Yorkville, priced at $680 per person. Its stars were awarded in 2022.

Michelin’s anonymous restaurant inspectors — the guide’s name for its restaurant critics — awarded single stars to four fine-dining places: DaNico on College Street; Hexagon in Oakville; Restaurant Pearl Morissette in Jordan Station; and the Pine in Creemore.

“I’m proud to share this award with the team,” said Rafael Covarrubias, 29, Hexagon’s executive chef who also received Michelin’s Young Chef award. “I came to Canada 10 years ago from Queretaro (Mexico) and wanted to be challenged and devote my life to the craft (of cooking) … It’s an honour.”

As for the Bib Gourmand category, which includes restaurants that Michelin considers to have more moderate price points, four were added to this year’s list: Guru Lukshmi in Mississauga, Berkley North in Hamilton, Rasa in Harbord Village and Conejo Negro on College Street.