Michelin Guide California 2024: see the new stars

The Michelin Guide to California 2024 has been announced, with three new two-star restaurants and seven new one-star restaurants joining the Red Guide.

Chef Teague Moriarty’s San Francisco restaurant Sons & Daughters has been promoted to two stars, while Jordan Kahn’s Vespertine in Los Angeles goes straight in at two after reopening earlier this year. Joining them is Aubergine, in Carmel-by-the-Sea, run by chef Justin Cogley (get his recipe for lobster mac and cheese).

Vespertine, which only reopened this spring, having been closed to in-house dining since 2020, was also awarded a Michelin green star for its sustainable practices. Chef Kahn’s more casual restaurant, Meteora, was awarded its first star.

The statewide Michelin Guide to California was introduced in 2019. Previously, only San Francisco and the Wine Country could boast Michelin honors, though there were short-lived guides to Los Angeles.

Though no new three-star restaurants were announced this year, California now has 85 Michelin-starred restaurants.

See the full list of new stars in the Michelin Guide to California 2024, below.

New two-stars

Aubergine (Carmel-by-the-Sea)
Sons & Daughters (San Francisco)
Vespertine (Los Angeles)

New one-stars

7 Adams (San Francisco)
Hilda and Jesse (San Francisco)
Holbox (Los Angeles)
Kiln (San Francisco)
Meteora (Los Angeles)
R|O-Rebel Omakase (Laguna Beach)
Uka (Los Angeles)