French chef asks to be stripped of three Michelin stars
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French chef asks to be stripped of three Michelin stars
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Re: French chef asks to be stripped of three Michelin stars
#2Makes sense - there's a lot of responsibility that comes with Michelin stars and he wants to be free of it. I guess this is newsworthy because most find the benefits outweigh the downsides. I'm guessing he's got enough acclaim without the stars that it's tilted the scale the other way for him.
Re: French chef asks to be stripped of three Michelin stars
#3There's a lot of integrity in the weight of the request, even if it's out of a place of wanting less pressure.
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#4He's not the only one. [1][3]
In fact some places like Kyo Aji from Kenichiro Nishi - who is apparently a very good and famous chef - go as far as ban michelin tourists. Or at least try to.
Just look at this discussion on chowhound [2]. Interesting comment:
> Kyoaji is probably sick of rich foreigners trying to book via 5 star hotel concierges. Maybe change your strategy, and stay at a budget salaryman hotel and use their concierge?
[1]: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/24/business/worldbusiness/24g...
[2]: https://www.chowhound.com/post/secure-kyoaji-reservation-930...
[3]: https://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2015/09/top-chefs-micheli...
Re: French chef asks to be stripped of three Michelin stars
#5Part of me wonders if he wants to be removed in protest, or if he wants to sort of exit with three stars, and not have to deal with being perceived as lower quality by losing a star.
I don’t speak French, but here’s the video announcing it: https://www.facebook.com/BrasOfficiel/videos/vb.190323656659...
Re: French chef asks to be stripped of three Michelin stars
#6Makes sense - there's a lot of responsibility that comes with Michelin stars and he wants to be free of it. I guess this is newsworthy because most find the benefits outweigh the downsides. I'm guessing he's got enough acclaim without the stars that it's tilted the scale the other way for him.
Exactly, he's had the stars long enough that they are a bother instead of a blessing.
Presumably there is also a lot of constraint when making up dishes of the sort of "Would a Michelin reviewer score this well?" which is different from "Is this an excellent dish?"
Re: French chef asks to be stripped of three Michelin stars
#7Probably tired of maintaining the restrooms.
Re: French chef asks to be stripped of three Michelin stars
#8Well, I had never heard of him before and now I want to go to his restaurant.
Well played!
Re: French chef asks to be stripped of three Michelin stars
#9Part of me wonders if he wants to be removed in protest, or if he wants to sort of exit with three stars, and not have to deal with being perceived as lower quality by losing a star. I don’t speak French, but here’s the video announcing it: https://www.facebook.com/BrasOfficiel/videos/vb.190323656659...
Seems sincere to me. (french speaker here)
Re: French chef asks to be stripped of three Michelin stars
#10> You’re inspected two or three times a year, you never know when. Every meal that goes out could be inspected. That means that, every day, one of the 500 meals that leaves the kitchen could be judged.
It sounds like he wants to be able to relax the quality without hurting his reputation. I can't help but to feel that it's disingenuous somehow, but maybe I'm being unreasonable.