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Michelin calls off its 2021 France ceremony, but insists there will still be a guide

Next year's ceremony in France to bestow Michelin stars on standout restaurants has been cancelled due to the coronavirus epidemic, the famous red guide said on Friday.

Published: 2 October 2020 16:55 CEST
Michelin calls off its 2021 France ceremony, but insists there will still be a guide
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The event was to have been hosted outside of Paris for first time ever, in Cognac in southwest France, on January 18th.

“In the context of restrictions… on events that make it difficult to organise and host large gatherings, the Michelin Guide has regrettably taken the decision to cancel the star award ceremony,” it said in a statement.

Arrangements for the 2021 awards will be finalised later, but Michelin said Cognac would host the 2022 event

The unveiling of the selection of star recipients in January, in whichever form, “will be an opportunity to highlight a profession which, faced with considerable challenges, continues to demonstrate an exceptional level of combativeness and creativity” in the face of Covid-19, Michelin's international director Gwendal Poullennec said.

Michelin's rival the Gault & Millau guide has said that it will be highlighting lockdown and the social responses of chefs when it produces its 2021 guide, and wants to highlight good work and done and support the sector. 

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Cheese in numbers: France’s obsession with fromage

From cheese types to the amount eaten per year, via cheese favourites - here's a look at how France really feels about fromage.

Published: 27 March 2024 14:16 CET
Cheese in numbers: France’s obsession with fromage

March 27th is the Journée nationale du fromage in France – so here are a few facts about the delicious dairy delicacy.

246

Charles de Gaulle famously once asked of governing France: “How can anyone govern a country with 246 varieties of cheese?”.

His numbers were wrong. Producers in France make closer to 1,000 varieties of cheese – and some have estimated that figure could be pushed up as high as 1,600.

8

The number of cheese ‘families’ in France. A good cheeseboard in France is generally considered to consist of at least three ‘families’ – a soft cheese, a hard cheese and either a blue or a goat’s cheese. Remember, too, an odd number of fromages on a platter is better than an even number, according from cheese etiquettists

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2.5

About how long – in years – it would take you to try every cheese made in France, if you tried a new variety every day. Life goals. 

95

The percentage of people in France who say they eat cheese at least once a week, spending seven percent of their weekly food bill on it.

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40

Two-fifths of French people say they eat cheese every day

57

The amount of cheese produced, in kilogrammes, in France every second, according to this website, which has a counter to show you how fast that really is. It’s estimated that 1.8 million tonnes of cheese are produced in France every year.

27

The French consume, on average, a whopping 27 kilogrammes of cheese per person per year.

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3

The three most popular cheeses in France, based on sales, are Emmental, Camembert, and Raclette – followed by mozzarella, goat’s cheese, Comté and Coulommiers.

63

Some 63 cheeses have been awarded the Appellation d’Origine Contrôlée status, which means they can only be produced in a certain region.

1

France has – or at least soon will have – one dedicated cheese museum. 

READ ALSO Three things to know about the new Paris cheese museum

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