First Day

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.

Behind the stove in every Michelin-starred restaurant is a great chef. We find out more about their passions, their inspirations and what drives them to create some of the culinary world’s most unforgettable dishes.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

Though an accomplished restaurateur with a slew of eponymous restaurants around the world, one of Akira Back's greatest challenges was going back to his Korean roots with MICHELIN-starred Dosa in Seoul.

Meet the dream team behind hole-in-the-wall restaurant Oriole in Chicago's West Loop.

We ask a French legend what it was like to receive the first MICHELIN star for his eponymous restaurant Dominique Bouchet in Paris.

This chef's fine-dining 20-seater restaurant Le Musée in Hokkaido puts the terroir of the region on display.

At two-MICHELIN-starred The Guest House in Taipei, the head chef does not shy away from rolling up his sleeves for the smallest tasks.