It has been confirmed that the ceremony announcing the UK and Ireland's latest Michelin’s guide will go ahead – but the announcement is being pushed back from late this year to early 2021.
Arguably the most eagerly anticipated night of the UK restaurant calendar, it was expected that the 2021 ceremony would be held in October, as it has been in recent years, but organisers say it will now take place at The Dorchester hotel on January 25 2021.
The guide will also be a digital-only publication for the first time in its history.
“Restaurants have been through challenges we previously couldn’t even have imagined – and I want to applaud chefs and owners for the passion, ingenuity and entrepreneurship they have shown this year,” said Gwendal Poullennec, International Director of the Michelin Guides.
“Moving the publication and launch from our usual October date will not only allow time for the hospitality industry to get back on its feet, but will also let us prepare a full and comprehensive guide for our readers.”
For the first time in years, the date change means the Great Britain and Ireland guide will be published in the same year it is representing.
In March, fellow global restaurant guide The World's 50 Best Restaurants revealed it would not hold its June ceremony and would not release a list for 2020, focusing instead ways to supporting the global hospitality industry.
