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Michelin Guide ceremony celebrates great dining in Utah and ...

South Salt Lake’s Monte earns the state’s first ever Michelin Star.

Chef Martín Babío receives a Michelin Star at a Las Vegas ceremony Aimee L. Cook When the invitation landed in my inbox, I actually read it twice. Me? At the very first Michelin Guide Ceremony for the Southwest? I said yes before I’d even finished the email. The result turned out to be three days of culinary exploration.

Wednesday, Aug. 26, at Fontainebleau Las Vegas was electric. The Guide was back in Las Vegas; 2009 was the last year Michelin recognized Las Vegas, and this time, it came for the Southwest: Utah, Nevada, Arizona and New Mexico, all four states, all at once, on one of the…

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