It is published by Singapore-based Ate Media, and officially sponsored by the German home appliance maker Miele.
The Miele Guide was created by Aun Koh and Tan Su-Lyn as they felt there is no authoritative reference to restaurants in Asia.
A predecessor of the Miele Guide was probably Koh's early efforts to compile an alternative list of Asia's best restaurants through online polling on his website.
[4] The 16 Asian countries evaluated by the Miele Guide in the first edition are: Brunei, Cambodia, China (including Hong Kong and Macau), India, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam.
Each year's list of restaurants to be featured in the printed edition of the Miele Guide was compiled through four rigorous rounds of judging.