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The First Day We Got Our Stars: Frédéric Vardon

The chef shares his reflections on running two MICHELIN-starred French restaurants Le39V worlds apart in Paris and Hong Kong

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The First Day We Got Our Stars: José Avillez

The story of how one chef bought 50-year-old historic restaurant Belcanto in Lisbon and turned it into a MICHELIN-starred restaurant in one year.

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The First Day We Got Our Stars: Masaki Miyakawa

The humble chef shares how he feels having Sushi Miyakawa as the only sushi establishment in Hokkaido and one of five sushi restaurants in Japan to be conferred three stars.

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The First Day We Got Our Stars: Noboru Arai

The chef reflects on the star-studded journey his French restaurant Hommage has been on since opening in Tokyo in 2000.

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Chef Interview: Cyrus Todiwala, Café Spice Namasté, London, UK

We caught up with the charismatic chef to find out what makes him tick

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The First Day We Got Our Stars: Ivan Brehm

Nouri's "crossroads cooking" is a culmination of all of Brehm's global experiences. He shares what it was like when they got their first MICHELIN star.

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The First Day We Got Our Stars: Romain Chapel

The son of legendary French chef Alain Chapel is making his own mark in Asia with restaurant Le Comptoir De Pierre Gagnaire In Shanghai.

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The First Day We Got Our Stars: Tim Lam

Macau-born chef Tim Lam shares his journey from grappling with snakes to helming one-Michelin-starred Cantonese restaurant Jiang-Nan Chun in Four Seasons Singapore.

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The First Day We Got Our Stars: Tomoo Kimura

20 years of perfecting a single craft has led Sushi Kimura in Singapore to its first MICHELIN star.

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The First Day We Got Our Stars: Anthony Charmetant And Mathieu Escoffier

Just seven months into opening, Ma Cuisine in Singapore became possibly the first gastro wine bar to be recognised with a MICHELIN star.

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The First Day We Got Our Stars: Marijo Curić

The chef recalls what it was like when French fine dining Restaurant 360 Dubrovnik in Croatia received its first MICHELIN star in 2018.

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The First Day We Got Our Stars: Man Tse

We get the world's most celebrated chefs to spill what it was like when they got their first Michelin stars.

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The First Day We Got Our Stars: Björn Frantzén

Once a professional footballer, Swedish chef Björn Frantzén says getting three stars for his eponymous restaurant in Stockholm was something "you just don't think about".

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The First Day We Got Our Stars: Corey Lee

Contemporary Asian restaurant Benu opened in 2010 and was immediately regarded as one of the Bay Area’s best new restaurants and awarded two Michelin stars within its first year.

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The First Day We Got Our Stars: Christophe Bacquié

The chef shares his joy at Restaurant Christophe Bacquie being one of the two restaurants to receive three MICHELIN stars for the first time in the MICHELIN Guide France 2018.

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The First Day We Got Our Stars: Dominique Bouchet

One of France's greatest chefs, the former Joel Robuchon protégé tells us about the journey to receiving stars for his eponymous restaurants in Paris and Tokyo.

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The First Day We Got Our Stars: Patrizia Di Benedetto

Chef Patrizia Di Benedetto of one-Michelin-starred modern Mediterranean restaurant Bye Bye Blues in Sicily shares her feelings about the accolade.