The Miele Guide is a regional guide book to restaurants in Asia. The 2008/2009 edition which was published at the end of October 2008, launched the first in an annual series, which ranked and showcased the top 20 restaurants in Asia, as well as categorised restaurants according to the city and country they are in. It is published by Singapore-based Ate Media , and officially sponsored by the German home appliance maker Miele . Other official partners include TIME Magazine , Visa Inc. and Hyatt Hotels. The guide does not accept advertising and none of the official partners have any influence on the multi-round judging process.
8-548: The Miele Guide was created by Aun Koh and Tan Su-Lyn as they felt there is no authoritative reference to restaurants in Asia. Aun Koh is the director of Ate Media and also the noted blogger behind popular Singapore food blog , Chubbyhubby.net. As early as 2006, the blog featured entries discussing the lack of recognition for restaurants in Asia in international listings and rankings such as Restaurant Magazine 's annual Top 50 list Restaurant (magazine) Top 50 . A predecessor of
16-774: A judge but was a dinner guest. Koh's father is Tommy Koh , Ambassador-At-Large for the Singapore Government who served as Singapore's Permanent representative to the United Nations and to the United States , as well as the third president of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea . Koh is married to Tan Su-Lyn, an editor. This Singaporean biographical article
24-467: A special jury of more than 2000 food lovers and food and wine professionals cast their votes in a closed round of voting. In the final round, the Miele Guide's team, together with contributing editors across Asia, verify the results by dining anonymously and independently, before the final list of restaurants is compiled. Judges are not paid for their efforts. A key feature of the printed edition of
32-594: The Miele Guide is the Top 20 restaurants in Asia list. The restaurants that emerge in the top 20 from the combined rounds of judging are featured and profiled in-depth. The top 20 restaurants are listed with a detailed description on the Guide's website. Aun Koh Chubby Hubby or Aun Koh (born 1972) is a blogger from Singapore . His blog consists of dining reviews, travelling , wine and recipes for baking and cooking . It also consists of many photographs of
40-551: 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. The first printed edition of the Miele Guide was published at the end of October 2008. 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
48-634: The food, most being digitally altered . The blog earned reviews in the Guardian and was nominated for the world's best urban food blog in the 2005 Urban Blogging Awards. Koh graduated from Columbia College of Columbia University in 1996. Koh was mentioned in Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong 's National Day Rally speech in 2006, as an example of Singaporean blogs on the internet . Singapore newspaper The Straits Times has mentioned him several times in articles about
56-598: The hottest blogs, blogs to watch and the most popular food blogs. He was interviewed by Newsweek and mentioned in The New York Times , the South China Morning Post and The Guardian . Koh was invited to dine during the finale recording of Bravo Channels 8th Season's Top Chef competition 2010; which was held in Singapore; the shows first international finale location. Koh was not
64-399: The printed edition of the Miele Guide was compiled through four rigorous rounds of judging. In the initial round, the publishers worked with respected food critics at top magazines and newspapers across Asia, called the "shortlisting jury" to create a shortlist of restaurants for all the countries to be surveyed. In the second round, voting opens to the public on the website. In the third round,
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