A builders’ cafe in France was inundated with new customers after it was accidentally listed as having a Michelin star by the awarding body’s website.
Bouche a Oreille in the city of Bourges serves beef bourguignon to its usuals for just €12.50 (£10) but the mistake saw the humble restaurant “swamped”.
Veronique Jacquet, who runs the joint said: “I don’t have much space and there are only four waiters”.
She said her son, who lives in Paris, almost died laughing when he heard about the mix-up and the restaurant has been inundated with reporters since the news broke.
The star should have gone to another restaurant near Paris with the same name. On hearing the mistake, the other Bouche a Oreille’s chef reportedly called Jacquet and they laughed about the whole thing together.
Michelin told the French newspaper Le Parisien: “We are sorry to have misled our customers.”
