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Germany’s food scene has doubled its Michelin stars and is now second only to France and Japan for restaurants with three stars. Lucy Thackray dines out in style
La Belle Epoque Lubeck Chef Kevin Fehling Michelin swag Three On the menu Fehling’s avant-garde cuisine at the Columbia Casino Travemünde hotel has won him the accolade of youngest chef in Germany to win three Michelin stars. columbia-hotels.com/ en/la-belle-epoque
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Villa Rothschild Kempinski Frankfurt Chef Christoph Rainer Michelin swag Two On the menu There are no frankfurters here, only innovative European dishes like rare duck with pineapple and liquorice. kempinski.com
Tantris Munich Chef Hans Haas Michelin swag Two On the menu Chef Hans Haas, ‘a master of simplicity’, serves modern seafood dishes in this striking red and black venue, which has protected ‘architectural monument’ status. Famous diners have included Woody Allen. tantris.de
Restaurant Tim Raue Berlin Chef You guessed it, Tim Raue Michelin swag Two On the menu Asian fusion. Apparently Raue ‘only serves dishes that release energy and joie de vivre to the body’. Barack Obama recently stopped by. tim-raue.com British Airways flies to Berlin, Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Hanover, Munich and Stuttgart. Visit ba.com.
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Fischers Fritz Berlin Chef Christian Lohse Michelin swag Two On the menu Lohse (dubbed Berlin’s best chef in 2011 and 2012) serves fine dining fare with an emphasis on fish and seafood at the swish Regent Hotel. fischersfritzberlin.com
Waldhotel Sonnora Dreis Chef Helmut Thieltges Michelin swag Three On the menu Modern European – lots of purées and foams – served in a restaurant set in Grimm’s Fairy Talesworthy woods close to the French border. hotel-sonnora.de
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Aqua Wolfsburg Chef Sven Elverfeld Michelin swag Three On the menu Contemporary German and international dishes served in the town’s Autostadt (a car-themed complex with a museum and factory) – just an hour from Berlin or Hamburg by high-speed train. restaurant-aqua.com
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Restaurant Schwarzwaldstube Black Forest Chef Harald Wohlfahrt Michelin swag Three On the menu Classic French fare from the only chef in Germany to have held on to three Michelin stars for 21 years. traube-tonbach.de
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