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The Michelin guide awards stars to restaurants for excellence in food, drinks and service. A restaurant can earn up to three stars, widely considered the highest honour any restaurant can achieve. Inspectors conduct multiple visits before a rating is issued.

Since the Michelin Guide surveys fare in Vancouver, Toronto and Quebec, it should consider Canada's capital, too, leading Ottawa chefs say. Now that Quebec’s best restaurants have received Michelin Guide stars and kudos, Ottawa’s most celebrated chef-restaurateurs say the famously rigorous inspectors should consider eateries in Canada’s capital.