Chef Kei Kobayashi earns his 3rd Michelin star
On Monday January 27, the famous Michelin guide unveiled its new list of winners, as it does every year. While some tables have lost a star, three others have entered the very closed circle of three-starred restaurants. Among them, chef Kei Kobayashi's Kei restaurant. – A Franco-Japanese journey After a first experience of French cuisine in Japan between 1993 and 1998, Kei flew to France in order to perfect his knowledge. There he explored the different terroirs to better understand the richness and diversity of expression of gastronomic cuisine… Once in Paris, he joined the cuisine of Alain Ducasse and learned about haute cuisine. Perfect mastery of cooking, millimeter finishes, high precision of gesture... He then discovered all the secrets of starred Parisian cuisine and cut his teeth with the great name of French gastronomy but also with chef Jean-François Piège and Christophe Moret. – The opening of his first restaurant On March 3, 2011, Kei Kobayashi realized his teenage dream and opened his eponymous restaurant at 5 rue …