Citing irregularities in the cuisine under a new chef, Michelin has demoted the very famous Taillevent restaurant, considered by some to be the best restaurant in Paris, from three starts to two. Taillevent isn’t convinced there’s a real problem, but is determined to meet the challenge and become the three star restaurant it knows it is.

From the International Herald Tribune:
The other restaurants promoted to three stars this year were Pascal Barbot’s Astrance, in Paris; Le Meurice, run by Yannick Alléno, in the namesake hotel in Paris; the Pré Catelan, with Frédéric Anton as chef and owned by hotel company Accor, in the Bois de Boulogne, west of Paris; Lameloise, in Chagny, in the eastern region of Burgundy; and Pic, in the southeastern city of Valence.