In recent years, the number of male chefs awarded stars has greatly outnumbered those given to women.
However, there has been an increase in the number of women from different nations awarded, due to the expansion of the areas covered by the guide.
[5] The first women chefs to hold three Michelin stars came in that 1933 edition, namely Eugénie Brazier and Marie Bourgeois.
It is then often reported that there was a 50-year gap before Anne-Sophie Pic became the fourth woman to win a set of three stars,[8][9][10][11] despite Bise's granddaughter Sophie regaining the family restaurant's three stars in 1985,[12] and similar awards made by Michelin to female chefs such as Nadia Santini,[13] Elena Arzak and Clare Smyth in the interim.
[17] The problem was raised with Michelin director Michael Ellis following the publication of the 2018 New York City edition, who said that the company "can't do anything" to resolve it.