San Anselmo’s Madcap, Ron Siegel’s first restaurant, earned a coveted star from the Michelin Guide, it was announced Thursday.

Siegel, a San Anselmo resident, joins Mill Valley’s Keiko Takahashi, owner of Keiko a Nob Hill in San Francisco, West Marin’s Michael Mina for his eponymous San Francisco restaurant, and Sausalito’s Mourad Lahlou for Mourad in San Francisco, in the one-star rating. Corte Madera resident Giancarlo Paterlini was awarded two stars for Acquerello in in San Francisco.

One star is considered “very good,” two stars is “excellent” and three stars is “exceptional,” according to Michelin.

Siegel’s résumé spans three decades of award-winning Bay Area restaurants, including Michael Mina, Aqua, Charles Nob Hill, the French Laundry and the Ritz-Carlton, and most recently was at Rancho Nicasio’s Western Room. Siegel, the first American chef to beat an “Iron Chef” on the original show, left Rancho Nicasio in late 2016 to focus on his then-unnamed solo venture.

The guide notes Siegel’s “high-quality contemporary Californian fare made with fresh, seasonal ingredients and a skillful touch” and calls Madcap a “Marin stunner.”

Lahlou, Takahashi, Mina and Paterlini have all been awarded Michelin stars before.

They join 57 Bay Area restaurants in receiving Michelin Guide stars, the highest accolade in the culinary world — the most stars ever for this region. Earlier this month, Michelin named five Marin restaurants to its Bib Gourmand awards, generally considered good value restaurants that serve two for $40 or less. Included were Insalata’s in San Anselmo, Playa in Mill Valley, Poggio and Sushi Ran in Sausalito, and Village Sake in Fairfax.

A full list of winners is at guide.michelin.com/us/chicago/news-and-views/michelin-guide-san-francisco-2019-results/news