Twelve-star Ramsay is king of the Michelins

Reasons to smile: Gordon Ramsay's New York restaurant has been awarded two Michelin stars to take his tally to 12
Jo Steele|Metro10 April 2012

Gordon Ramsay has conquered Manhattan to become the holder of the most Michelin stars in the world.

Gordon Ramsay at The London, his New York restaurant, was yesterday awarded two stars, taking the chef's Michelin stars total to 12.

The restaurant suffered a roasting at the hands of the city's food critics when it opened in January, with meals branded 'overcooked', 'rubbery', 'leathery' and 'a distinct disappointment'.

The Big Apple's top food critic, Frank Bruni of the New York Times, awarded Ramsay's restaurant just two out of a possible four. He criticised the celebrity chef for 'relying on luxuries such as foie gras and truffles as much as his imagination'.

But it is now one of only six restaurants in New York to receive the two-star rating. A further three restaurants retained their maximum three-star ratings this year. A two-star rating denotes 'excellent cuisine with skilfully and carefully crafted dishes of outstanding quality'. The 40-year-old Hell's Kitchen star (pictured) said: 'It is a great honour to have received two stars from the Michelin Guide in our first year.

'To achieve such recognition means a huge amount and I am very proud of chef de cuisine Josh Emett, the maitre d' Jean-Baptiste Requein and our very talented team.'

The highest number of Michelin stars of any restaurant group in the world was previously held by French chef Alain Ducasse. According to Ducasse's spokeswoman, the two are tied on 12 stars. She said: 'Mr Ducasse had 14 but he currently has 12.'

However, Gordon Ramsay's spokesman, Gary Farrow, said: 'Gordon Ramsay has 12. We are not sure that the other guy still has 14. We think he lost three.'

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