Collonges-au-Mont-d'Or (France) (AFP) - Two years after the death of renowned French chef Paul Bocuse, the Michelin Guide has stripped his flagship restaurant of the coveted three-star ranking it held for half a century, prompting anger and dismay from his culinary peers.
The Auberge du Pont de Collonges, near food-obsessed Lyon in southeast
France, was the oldest three-starred restaurant in the world, having held the accolade since 1965.
The Michelin Guide told AFP on Friday that the establishment "remained excellent but no longer at the level of three stars" and will have only two in the 2020 edition of the famous red book dubbed the "bible" of French cuisine.