Michelin Guide Taiwan 2024 awards 10 restaurants first star in Taipei ceremony – full list

Island now has 40 one-Michelin-star restaurants, 5 two-Michelin-star restaurants, including soon-to-close Raw, and 3 with three stars

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Chefs celebrate on stage at the Michelin Guide Taiwan 2024 unveiling in Taipei on August 27. Ten restaurants earned their first Michelin stars. Photo: Michelin Guide Taiwan

Published: 5:50pm, 27 Aug 2024Updated: 7:14pm, 27 Aug 2024

The Michelin Guide Taiwan 2024 was announced at a ceremony in Taipei on 27 August. It crowns a fresh crop of Michelin-star restaurants and upholds the status of those previously awarded stars.

The guide, the seventh to the island’s dining scene published by Michelin, features 10 new one-Michelin-star restaurants, including Gen, a new venture by the team behind Liberté in Kaohsiung, which held two Michelin stars when it closed in December 2023.

Among the other restaurants earning their first Michelin star are Restaurant A, opened by chef Alain Huang at the end of 2023 after he had served as head chef at Andre Chiang’s Raw.

In July 2024, Chiang announced his retirement and the imminent closure of Raw, which nevertheless is awarded two Michelin stars in the restaurant guide’s 2024 edition. Raw, in Taipei’s Zhongshan district, will cease operations on December 31 and be turned into a culinary education centre.

Wok by O’Bond, also in Zhongshan district, is another of the restaurants awarded a first star. It is known for its dedication to showcasing different facets of Taiwanese and Asian cuisine through its seasonal tasting menus and curated tea selections (it is the sister venue to Thei by O’Bond).