Michelin guide offers crumb of comfort to France's COVID-hit chefs

Gwendal Poullennec, International Director of Michelin Guides poses holding a copy of the Michelin Guide 2021 before the ceremony to award stars to French restaurants, which have been closed for months due to restrictions against the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Paris, France, January 18, 2021. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann

PARIS (Reuters) - French chef Sylvain Sendra's restaurant has been closed for months, and his employees are on furlough, but on Monday he received a morsel of good news: his restaurant had kept its star in the annual Michelin guide.

The guide, widely acknowledged as the bible of gastronomy, published its annual French edition on Monday.