Gino D’Acampo slams Michelin Star system as ‘absolute nonsense’
manchestereveningnews.co.ukTV chef Gino D’Acampo has slated the Michelin Guide and its famed ‘star’ system as ‘absolute nonsense’. D’Acampo, who has run a restaurant in the Corn Exchange in Manchester and another in the Arndale, branded the process as merely a marketing exercise.
Speaking to Cheshire Live, he said: “I don’t believe in the Michelin star system. I think it is absolutely c**p. "Because I cannot accept an organisation that knows less than me, judge me.
Most of the Michelin stars are absolute nonsense. It is the best marketing ever, but the worst idea ever. Because if you think about it, you get judged by people who know less than you. Read more: The robots ready to replace Manchester's waiting staff “I’ve been in Italian cuisine for 30 years, are you telling me that you’re going to get some French guy, he is going to come here and he is going to sit in my restaurant and judge the way I cook?
I don’t think so.” Michelin judges are, in fact, representative of all nationalities and genders, though its current international director Gwendal Poullennec is indeed French.
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