And finally, the chef: the great Daniel Boulud, with a constellation of Michelin stars.
Edinburgh now boasts more Michelin stars than any UK city apart from London.
The Washington Post gave Mrs Clinton four Pinocchios for this, which is like three Michelin stars, only for lying.
It quickly garnered a couple of Michelin stars, and recently, a third.
Last year, it earned another star, becoming one of just seven restaurants in New York to earn three Michelin stars, and the only one outside of Manhattan.
In the 1930s under Alexandre Dumaine it became one of the best-known restaurants in France, gaining three Michelin stars, all of which were lost when he retired.
The great Daniel Boulud, whose dozen restaurants have garnered him a constellation of Michelin stars, says the most difficult dish he ever cooked was scrambled eggs with truffles.
It was with his financial nous that the brothers were able greatly to expand their interests beyond Le Gavroche in Mayfair, the first London restaurant ever to acquire three Michelin stars.
It now issues guides to a dozen European countries, and while its annual ratings may not inspire quite the same feverish speculation in Pisa as they do in Paris, Michelin stars, wherever bestowed, shine in food circles like a well-glazed sweetmeat.
The Roux brothers have acted as culinary evangelists in winning adherents for their fine balance of textures and flavours through Le Gavroche and their other outlets, including two restaurants which now have three Michelin stars: the Waterside Inn on the Thames at Bray and a Chelsea restaurant called La Tante Claire, it is said, after one of Mr von Clemm's aunts.
Since debuting with its 2006 edition, New York's Michelin Guide has awarded Le Bernardin three stars, its highest honor, every year.
Last week he published kinder hospital rankings, which, rather like a Michelin guide, award each a number of stars, ranging from three to zero.
Continuing the theme of excessive facilities, the hotel has five food and beverage outlets (one is on the street outside, adjacent to the lobby, with no obvious connection) for its 300 rooms, including the 2 Michelin-starred Avenues (also 4 Forbes Stars) so named because it overlooks the golden junction of Michigan and Chicago Avenues.
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The restaurant was Daniel, a Michelin-spangled New York eatery that regularly hosts stars brighter than its own celebrity namesake, Daniel Boulud.
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If there were a Michelin red guide to South Africa, this place would get two stars on a bad day.
The 35-seat Schwarzwaldstube has repeatedly been rated as one of the top restaurants in the world (most recently in 2009 by the British magazine, Restaurant), and holds 19.5 stars (out of 20) from Gault Millau, a French restaurant guide similar to Michelin.
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