Michelin Guide 2025 Ceremony - Metz

Michelin Guide 2025 Ceremony - Metz

New 3-star chef Christopher Coutanceau . Metz Congrès Robert Schuman, Michelin Guide 2025 ceremony. France, Moselle (57), Metz, March 31, 2025. Photo by Pascal Avenet/ABACAPRESS.COM

Michelin Guide 2025 Ceremony - Metz

Michelin Guide 2025 Ceremony - Metz

New 3-star chef Christopher Coutanceau . Metz Congrès Robert Schuman, Michelin Guide 2025 ceremony. France, Moselle (57), Metz, March 31, 2025. Photo by Pascal Avenet/ABACAPRESS.COM

Michelin Guide 2025 Ceremony - Metz

Michelin Guide 2025 Ceremony - Metz

New 3-star chef Christopher Coutanceau . Metz Congrès Robert Schuman, Michelin Guide 2025 ceremony. France, Moselle (57), Metz, March 31, 2025. Photo by Pascal Avenet/ABACAPRESS.COM

Michelin Guide 2025 Ceremony - Metz

Michelin Guide 2025 Ceremony - Metz

New 3-star chef Christopher Coutanceau . Metz Congrès Robert Schuman, Michelin Guide 2025 ceremony. France, Moselle (57), Metz, March 31, 2025. Photo by Pascal Avenet/ABACAPRESS.COM

Michelin Guide 2025 Ceremony - Metz

Michelin Guide 2025 Ceremony - Metz

New 3-star chef Hugo Roellinger and his wife Marinerestaurant Au Coquillage . Metz Congrès Robert Schuman, Michelin Guide 2025 ceremony. France, Moselle (57), Metz, March 31, 2025. Photo by Pascal Avenet/ABACAPRESS.COM

Michelin Guide 2025 Ceremony - Metz

Michelin Guide 2025 Ceremony - Metz

New 3-star chef Hugo Roellinger and his wife Marinerestaurant Au Coquillage . Metz Congrès Robert Schuman, Michelin Guide 2025 ceremony. France, Moselle (57), Metz, March 31, 2025. Photo by Pascal Avenet/ABACAPRESS.COM

Michelin Guide 2025 Ceremony - Metz

Michelin Guide 2025 Ceremony - Metz

New 3-star chef Hugo Roellinger and his wife Marinerestaurant Au Coquillage . Metz Congrès Robert Schuman, Michelin Guide 2025 ceremony. France, Moselle (57), Metz, March 31, 2025. Photo by Pascal Avenet/ABACAPRESS.COM

Dried shiitake mushroom of Oita Pref. for Europe

Dried shiitake mushroom of Oita Pref. for Europe

OITA, Japan - Shintaro Awa, a Japanese chef of a 3-star restaurant in France, makes a dish using broth from dried shiitake mushroom in Oita City, southwestern Japan, on July 22, 2014, during a tasting event. The event was held by the Japan External Trade Organization to promote dried shiitake mushroom from Oita Prefecture for the European market.

Fish & chips using shiitake mushroom from Oita Pref.

Fish & chips using shiitake mushroom from Oita Pref.

OITA, Japan - A fish and chips dish using dried shiitake mushroom sauce made by Shintaro Awa, a Japanese chef of a 3-star restaurant in France, is served at a tasting event in Oita City, southwestern Japan, on July 22, 2014. The event was organized by the Japan External Trade Organization to promote dried shiitake mushroom from Oita Prefecture targeting the European market.

Tokyo remains No. 1 city with most 3-star Michelin restaurants

Tokyo remains No. 1 city with most 3-star Michelin restaurants

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows ''Michelin Guide Tokyo Yokohama Shonan 2012'' unveiled in Tokyo on Nov. 29, 2011. In the latest edition, Tokyo remains for the third consecutive year the city with the most three-star restaurants among the cities covered by the Michelin Guide, with 16 such restaurants in Tokyo now, up by two from the previous year, according to the travel guide publisher.

Tokyo remains No. 1 city with most 3-star Michelin restaurants

Tokyo remains No. 1 city with most 3-star Michelin restaurants

TOKYO, Japan - Bernard Delmas, president of Nihon Michelin Tire Co., a Tokyo-based unit of French tire maker Michelin, holds Photo ''Michelin Guide Tokyo Yokohama Shonan 2012'' unveiled in Tokyo on Nov. 29, 2011. In the latest edition, Tokyo remains for the third consecutive year the city with the most three-star restaurants among the cities covered by the Michelin Guide, with 16 such restaurants in Tokyo now, up by two from the previous year, according to the travel guide publisher.

3 star pitchers of Waseda University

3 star pitchers of Waseda University

TOKYO, Japan - Waseda University manager Atsuyoshi Otake (2nd from L) poses with pitchers Yuki Saito (L), Tatsuya Oishi and Yuya Fukui (R) at Jingu Stadium in Tokyo on Nov. 18, 2010, after the pitchers played their last game before joining professional clubs. Waseda became the first amateur baseball team from which three pitchers were selected as the No. 1 picks in the professional draft.

Michelin gives 3-star ratings to 9 Tokyo restaurants

Michelin gives 3-star ratings to 9 Tokyo restaurants

Tokyo, Japan - Michelin Guide Director Jean-Luc Naret holds up the 2009 edition of the company's culinary guide to Tokyo during a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 18. Michelin has awarded three-star ratings to nine restaurants in the Japanese capital, giving Tokyo and Paris the largest number of top ratings among the world's major cities.

8 Tokyo restaurants get 3-star rating in Michelin Guide

8 Tokyo restaurants get 3-star rating in Michelin Guide

TOKYO, Japan - Jean-Luc Naret, director of the Michelin Guide for Tokyo, holds a copy of the new Japanese Michelin restaurant guide at a news conference in Tokyo on Nov. 19. Eight restaurants in Tokyo have been awarded the top three-star rating in the first such Tokyo guidebook, to be released Nov. 22.

8 Tokyo restaurants get 3-star rating in Michelin Guide

8 Tokyo restaurants get 3-star rating in Michelin Guide

TOKYO, Japan - Jean-Luc Naret, director of the Michelin Guide for Tokyo, holds a copy of the new Japanese Michelin restaurant guide at a news conference in Tokyo on Nov. 19. Eight restaurants in Tokyo have been awarded the top three-star rating in the first such Tokyo guidebook, to be released Nov. 22. (Kyodo)

Michelin gives 3-star ratings to 9 Tokyo restaurants

Michelin gives 3-star ratings to 9 Tokyo restaurants

Tokyo, Japan - Michelin Guide Director Jean-Luc Naret holds up the 2009 edition of the company's culinary guide to Tokyo during a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 18. Michelin has awarded three-star ratings to nine restaurants in the Japanese capital, giving Tokyo and Paris the largest number of top ratings among the world's major cities. (Kyodo)

Fish & chips using shiitake mushroom from Oita Pref.

Fish & chips using shiitake mushroom from Oita Pref.

OITA, Japan - A fish and chips dish using dried shiitake mushroom sauce made by Shintaro Awa, a Japanese chef of a 3-star restaurant in France, is served at a tasting event in Oita City, southwestern Japan, on July 22, 2014. The event was organized by the Japan External Trade Organization to promote dried shiitake mushroom from Oita Prefecture targeting the European market. (Kyodo)

Tokyo remains No. 1 city with most 3-star Michelin restaurants

Tokyo remains No. 1 city with most 3-star Michelin restaurants

TOKYO, Japan - Bernard Delmas, president of Nihon Michelin Tire Co., a Tokyo-based unit of French tire maker Michelin, holds Photo ''Michelin Guide Tokyo Yokohama Shonan 2012'' unveiled in Tokyo on Nov. 29, 2011. In the latest edition, Tokyo remains for the third consecutive year the city with the most three-star restaurants among the cities covered by the Michelin Guide, with 16 such restaurants in Tokyo now, up by two from the previous year, according to the travel guide publisher. (Kyodo)

Tokyo remains No. 1 city with most 3-star Michelin restaurants

Tokyo remains No. 1 city with most 3-star Michelin restaurants

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows ''Michelin Guide Tokyo Yokohama Shonan 2012'' unveiled in Tokyo on Nov. 29, 2011. In the latest edition, Tokyo remains for the third consecutive year the city with the most three-star restaurants among the cities covered by the Michelin Guide, with 16 such restaurants in Tokyo now, up by two from the previous year, according to the travel guide publisher. (Kyodo)

3 star pitchers of Waseda University

3 star pitchers of Waseda University

TOKYO, Japan - Waseda University manager Atsuyoshi Otake (2nd from L) poses with pitchers Yuki Saito (L), Tatsuya Oishi and Yuya Fukui (R) at Jingu Stadium in Tokyo on Nov. 18, 2010, after the pitchers played their last game before joining professional clubs. Waseda became the first amateur baseball team from which three pitchers were selected as the No. 1 picks in the professional draft. (Kyodo)

Michelin French 3-star rating for Japanese chef

Michelin French 3-star rating for Japanese chef

Photo taken on Jan. 28, 2020, shows the inside of French restaurant Kei in Paris. Kei Kobayashi, owner-chef of the restaurant, became the first person from Japan to earn a three-star rating in the French edition of the Michelin Guide. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Michelin French 3-star rating for Japanese chef

Michelin French 3-star rating for Japanese chef

Photo taken on Jan. 28, 2020, shows the entrance of French restaurant Kei in Paris. Kei Kobayashi, owner-chef of the restaurant, became the first person from Japan to earn a three-star rating in the French edition of the Michelin Guide. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Michelin French 3-star rating for Japanese chef

Michelin French 3-star rating for Japanese chef

Kei Kobayashi, owner-chef of French restaurant Kei in Paris, is pictured on Jan. 28, 2020. Kobayashi became the first person from Japan to earn a three-star rating in the French edition of the Michelin Guide. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo