An outpouring of grief from the culinary world for the legendary French chef who died today at the age of 73.

The legendary French chef, who died today at age 73, had a career spanning almost 60 years and 13 restaurants with a total of 24 Michelin stars.

Five new one-starred establishments bring the total number of the Singapore starred restaurants up to 39 this year.

This year’s extensive list sees a total of 50 establishments with 17 first-time awardees.

Guangzhou’s newly-launched guide sees eight restaurants with the one-star distinctions, 20 Bib Gourmand recipients and 35 restaurants with Michelin Plates.

This year's guide includes a total of 2,108 restaurants.

Chefs from the freshly-minted Michelin-starred restaurants in Taipei are game to face mounting expectations following the accolades.

A total of 20 restaurants receive Michelin stars in the inaugural MICHELIN Guide Taipei 2018.

The inaugural Bib Gourmand selection for Taipei includes 36 establishments, 10 of which are offerings from Taiwan’s famous night markets.

The culinary giant has passed away at the age of 91.

This year's guide includes a total of 704 restaurants and 261 hotels.

This will be the world's 31st red guide.

Two Michelin stars for restaurants Gaggan, Le Normandie and Mezzaluna, the highest distinction given out in Thailand's very first red guide this year.

The esteemed red guide celebrates its 10th year anniversary in Hong Kong and Macau with triple the number of starred restaurants since its inception.

All three-starred restaurants maintain their distinctions; 5 new two-starred restaurants include Noburo Arai's Hommage and Chinese restaurant Sazenka.

Before the upcoming 10th anniversary grand do, we take a look back at the highlights of this past year.

Restaurants ABaC and Aponiente receive glowing three stars.

Three new restaurants received two stars in the 2018 instalment.