Everything you need to know about tonight's Michelin Guide ceremony in Dublin

Five Irish restaurants, including two from Cork, are contenders for three stars as the Michelin awards ceremony comes to Ireland for the first time — could it finally happen?

Ahmet Dede, executive chef and co-owner of Dede Restaurant in Baltimore, which is one of five Irish restaurants that could increase to three Michelin stars during Monday's ceremony in Dublin. Picture: Andy Gibson.

What is the history of the Michelin Guide?

The Michelin Guide was founded in 1900 by brothers André and Édouard Michelin in France to promote automobile travel and crucially, the sales of tyres, which they just happened to manufacture, having invented the modern pneumatic tyre.