The New Stars of The MICHELIN Guide Italy 2026

"Also earning its second Star is I Tenerumi on the sun-struck island of Sicily, where Chef Davide Guidara is quietly rewriting the rules of its cuisine. In a region where fine dining has long leaned on seafood and slow-cooked meats, his plant-based tasting menu feels almost subversive — yet unmistakably Sicilian. Guidara treats vegetables, herbs and wild island botanicals with the same reverence others reserve for swordfish or suckling lamb, drawing out flavors through fermentation, aging and precise, almost scientific technique. A dish of fermented local mushrooms glossed with lupin miso, set against an almond cream made from ancient Sicilian varieties, lands with the depth of a long-simmered ragù: earthy, umami-rich and anchored in the island’s agricultural memory. What emerges at I Tenerumi isn’t simply a plant-based menu — it’s a new Sicilian language, fluent in lightness, originality and the expressive potential of the island’s soil." - The MICHELIN Guide