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Michelin Guide 2025 Ceremony - Metz

The two new two new three-star chefs Hugo Roellinger and Christopher Coutanceau . Metz Congrès Robert Schuman, Michelin Guide 2025 ceremony. France, Moselle (57), Metz, March 31, 2025. Photo by Pascal Avenet/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Michelin Guide 2025 Ceremony - Metz

The two new two new three-star chefs Hugo Roellinger and Christopher Coutanceau with Michelin guide director Gwendal Poullennec . Metz Congrès Robert Schuman, Michelin Guide 2025 ceremony. France, Moselle (57), Metz, March 31, 2025. Photo by Pascal Avenet/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Michelin Guide 2025 Ceremony - Metz

The two new two new three-star chefs Hugo Roellinger and Christopher Coutanceau with Michelin guide director Gwendal Poullennec . Metz Congrès Robert Schuman, Michelin Guide 2025 ceremony. France, Moselle (57), Metz, March 31, 2025. Photo by Pascal Avenet/ABACAPRESS.COM

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CANADA-VANCOUVER-9TH WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP OF CHINESE CUISINE

(240522) -- VANCOUVER, May 22, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Chefs compete during the 9th World Championship of Chinese Cuisine in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, on May 21, 2024. The 9th World Championship of Chinese Cuisine kicked off here on Tuesday, gathering chefs from around the world to compete in Chinese culinary skills in the three-day competition. (Photo by Liang Sen/Xinhua)

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CANADA-VANCOUVER-9TH WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP OF CHINESE CUISINE

(240522) -- VANCOUVER, May 22, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A cuisine creation is seen during the 9th World Championship of Chinese Cuisine in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, on May 21, 2024. The 9th World Championship of Chinese Cuisine kicked off here on Tuesday, gathering chefs from around the world to compete in Chinese culinary skills in the three-day competition. (Photo by Liang Sen/Xinhua)

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CANADA-VANCOUVER-9TH WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP OF CHINESE CUISINE

(240522) -- VANCOUVER, May 22, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A chef competes during the 9th World Championship of Chinese Cuisine in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, on May 21, 2024. The 9th World Championship of Chinese Cuisine kicked off here on Tuesday, gathering chefs from around the world to compete in Chinese culinary skills in the three-day competition. (Photo by Liang Sen/Xinhua)

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CANADA-VANCOUVER-9TH WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP OF CHINESE CUISINE

(240522) -- VANCOUVER, May 22, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A chef competes during the 9th World Championship of Chinese Cuisine in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, on May 21, 2024. The 9th World Championship of Chinese Cuisine kicked off here on Tuesday, gathering chefs from around the world to compete in Chinese culinary skills in the three-day competition. (Photo by Liang Sen/Xinhua)

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Chinese culinary contest wows Egyptian enthusiasts

STORY: Chinese culinary contest wows Egyptian enthusiasts SHOOTING TIME: Feb. 17, 2024 DATELINE: Feb. 19, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:39 LOCATION: Cairo CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of Chinese dishes 2. various of the awarding ceremony 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): WANG GUOHUA, Chef of the China Cultural Center, Judge of the contest 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): YASMIN FESHAWY, Visitor STORYLINE: In the festive air of the Chinese Spring Festival, an annual Chinese Cuisine Culinary Competition has concluded in Cairo. The final race of this year's contest, themed "Chinese Taste Night," was held Saturday night in a hotel with 18 Chinese food lovers and professional chefs from across Egypt cooking two dishes on site for judges to score on skills and tastes. One of the two dishes is designated as Hot Spicy Boiled Beef (Shui Zhu Niu Rou), a classic dish from Sichuan cuisine. In the final, a first-prize winner, three second-prize winners, and six third prizes were selected. The race was organized by the Chinese Cultur

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Algeria holds International Couscous Festival

STORY: Algeria holds International Couscous Festival DATELINE: Oct. 11, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:23 LOCATION: Algiers CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of the International Couscous Festival STORYLINE: The 6th edition of International Couscous Festival opened on Tuesday in the Algerian capital, Algiers. During this three-day festival, chefs from different countries will compete in cooking skills, and participate in skill demonstrations and traditional dessert making. Couscous is a traditional dish from mainly Northern Africa and has made its way around the world, and was even inscribed the Intangible Cultural Heritage list of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in December 2020. Couscous, also called "kuskus" or "cuscus" in other regions, is mainly made of steamed grain semolina and is usually served as a basis for stews with vegetables or meat. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Algiers. (XHTV)

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FRANCE-STRASBOURG-MICHELIN GUIDE 2023-LAUNCH

(230307) -- STRASBOURG, March 7, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Local residents wearing traditional Alsace's costume welcome chefs and guests prior the 2023 edition of the Michelin Guide of France awards ceremony in Strasbourg, eastern France, March 5, 2023. The Michelin Guide launched its 2023 edition on Monday in Strasbourg. French chef Alexandre Couillon's restaurant La Marine, located in the Ile de Noirmoutier, was awarded the highest distinction of three stars. (Xinhua/Gao Jing)

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FRANCE-STRASBOURG-MICHELIN GUIDE 2023-LAUNCH

(230307) -- STRASBOURG, March 7, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Local residents wearing traditional Alsace's costume welcome chefs and guests prior the 2023 edition of the Michelin Guide of France awards ceremony in Strasbourg, eastern France, March 5, 2023. The Michelin Guide launched its 2023 edition on Monday in Strasbourg. French chef Alexandre Couillon's restaurant La Marine, located in the Ile de Noirmoutier, was awarded the highest distinction of three stars. (Xinhua/Gao Jing)

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FRANCE-STRASBOURG-MICHELIN GUIDE 2023-LAUNCH

(230307) -- STRASBOURG, March 7, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Local residents wearing traditional Alsace's costume welcome chefs and guests prior the 2023 edition of the Michelin Guide of France awards ceremony in Strasbourg, eastern France, March 5, 2023. The Michelin Guide launched its 2023 edition on Monday in Strasbourg. French chef Alexandre Couillon's restaurant La Marine, located in the Ile de Noirmoutier, was awarded the highest distinction of three stars. (Xinhua/Gao Jing)

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Michelin guide Kansai 2015

OSAKA, Japan - Chefs of restaurants with the three-star status, the highest rank on 2015 the Michelin Guide Kansai, pose for photos in Osaka, western Japan, on Oct. 20, 2014.

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Female sushi chef

ATAMI, Japan - Photo taken April 30, 2014 shows Chie Inamoto, manager at an outlet of the Isomaru sushi restaurant chain in the Atami hot spring resort in Shizuoka Prefecture, where all the three chefs, including herself, are women.

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Gourmet festival in Switzerland

ST. MORITZ, Switzerland - Takuji Takahashi (center L), master chef at Kinobu, and Yoshihiro Takahashi (center R), 15th-generation chef at Hyotei, which has been awarded three Michelin stars, speak to guests after serving up traditional Japanese cuisine at the St. Moritz Gourmet Festival in St. Moritz, Switzerland, on Jan. 28, 2014. They became the first Japanese chefs invited to the gourmet festival.

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Michelin guidebook for Tokyo area

TOKYO, Japan - Chefs and others pose for photos after their restaurants were awarded the top three-star rating in the "Michelin Guide Tokyo, Yokohama, Shonan 2014," at a hotel in Tokyo on Dec. 3, 2013. The publisher of the Michelin Guide said the same day 14 restaurants in Tokyo and neighboring Kanagawa Prefecture secured three-star top ratings in its latest edition.

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Michelin Guide for Kansai

OSAKA, Japan - Chefs and owners of 12 restaurants in Kyoto, Osaka, Kobe and Nara line up during an event for the release of the 2013 edition of the Michelin Guide for Japan's second-largest business area of Kansai at a hotel in Osaka on Oct. 16, 2012. The 12 restaurants were awarded the top three-star rating in the edition.

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Michelin Guide for Hokkaido

SAPPORO, Japan - Chefs pose for photos during an event in Sapporo, Hokkaido, on April 10, 2012, after four restaurants including a sushi bar and French restaurants were awarded three-star ratings in Michelin's first restaurant and hotel guide dedicated to Hokkaido.

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Michelin gives top rating to 15 restaurants in western Japan

NARA, Japan - Chefs or owners of 15 restaurants hold oversized mock-ups of the 2012 Michelin guide for western Japan that covers Nara for the first time along with Kyoto, Osaka and Kobe, during an event in Nara on Oct. 18, 2011. The 2012 guide awarded the highest three-star rating to the 15 restaurants.

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Michelin gives top ratings to Japan restaurants

KOBE, Japan - Chefs pose during a ceremony in Kobe on Oct. 19, 2010, after the Michelin Guide gave their restaurants its highest three-star rating in the latest version for the western Japan area covering Kobe, Osaka and Kyoto cities.

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Michelin gives top ratings to 7 restaurants in Kyoto, Osaka

KYOTO, Japan - Chefs, whose restaurants have been awarded top three-star ratings in the Michelin guide for Kyoto and Osaka, stand during a ceremony to launch the guide at Kenninji Temple in Kyoto on Oct. 13, 2009.

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Carreras croons for charity at Angkor Wat

SIEM REAP, Cambodia - Tenor Jose Carreras could hardly ask for a better backdrop when he sang on the evening of Dec. 6 at Cambodia's famed Angkor Wat temple for a gala charity concert. The 12th-century complex and member of the Three Tenors group drew 1,000 listeners, from Europe, the United States and elsewhere, each paying between $500 and $1,500 for plate at a banquet prepared by 70 chefs.

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Xinjiang, my home: tiny chefs and their baked buns

STORY: Xinjiang, my home: tiny chefs and their baked buns DATELINE: May 20, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:10 LOCATION: URUMQI, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of a kindergarten in Changji Hui Autonomous Prefecture, northwest China's Xinjiang STORYLINE: Oven-baked buns are a specialty in NW. China's Xinjiang. A Uygur teacher at a kindergarten in Xinjiang's Changji Hui Autonomous Prefecture is teaching kids to make the Xinjiang specialty. Hello everyone. My name is Patigul Hupur, I'm a kindergarten teacher at Changji Hui Autonomous Prefecture. I have been a preschool teacher for three years. This is my class, third grade kindergarten. I thought I'd go to another class. Hurry up. Hello, everyone. My name is Enisa. These are my friends. My name is Gan Yuzhe. My name is Aren. My name is Zhao Shuhan. My name is Ma Xuke. I'm making a Xinjiang baked buns. Today, I've made five baked buns. These buns are all made by me. I made three baked buns. Come on kids, claim your buns. Which one is your baked bun? Have

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FRANCE-COGNAC-MICHELIN GUIDE-AWARD CEREMONY

(220323) -- COGNAC, March 23, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Chefs celebrate after being awarded a first Michelin star during the 2022 edition of the Michelin Guide award ceremony in Cognac, France, March 22, 2022. The Michelin Guide launched its 2022 edition on Tuesday in Cognac, the first time in its 122 years the ceremony has taken place outside Paris. Two restaurants were awarded the highest distinction of three stars. (Xinhua/Gao Jing)

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FRANCE-COGNAC-MICHELIN GUIDE-AWARD CEREMONY

(220323) -- COGNAC, March 23, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Chefs celebrate after being awarded a first Michelin star during the 2022 edition of the Michelin Guide award ceremony in Cognac, France, March 22, 2022. The Michelin Guide launched its 2022 edition on Tuesday in Cognac, the first time in its 122 years the ceremony has taken place outside Paris. Two restaurants were awarded the highest distinction of three stars. (Xinhua/Gao Jing)

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FRANCE-COGNAC-MICHELIN GUIDE-AWARD CEREMONY

(220323) -- COGNAC, March 23, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Chefs celebrate after being awarded a second Michelin star during the 2022 edition of the Michelin Guide award ceremony in Cognac, France, March 22, 2022. The Michelin Guide launched its 2022 edition on Tuesday in Cognac, the first time in its 122 years the ceremony has taken place outside Paris. Two restaurants were awarded the highest distinction of three stars. (Xinhua/Gao Jing)

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FRANCE-COGNAC-MICHELIN GUIDE-AWARD CEREMONY

(220323) -- COGNAC, March 23, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Chefs celebrate after being awarded during the 2022 edition of the Michelin Guide award ceremony in Cognac, France, March 22, 2022. The Michelin Guide launched its 2022 edition on Tuesday in Cognac, the first time in its 122 years the ceremony has taken place outside Paris. Two restaurants were awarded the highest distinction of three stars. (Xinhua/Gao Jing)

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Carreras croons for charity at Angkor Wat

SIEM REAP, Cambodia - Tenor Jose Carreras could hardly ask for a better backdrop when he sang on the evening of Dec. 6 at Cambodia's famed Angkor Wat temple for a gala charity concert. The 12th-century complex and member of the Three Tenors group drew 1,000 listeners, from Europe, the United States and elsewhere, each paying between $500 and $1,500 for plate at a banquet prepared by 70 chefs. (Kyodo)

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Michelin Guide gives 3 stars to 11 Tokyo restaurants

TOKYO, Japan - The chefs of 11 restaurants in Tokyo awarded three-star ratings in the latest Michelin guide for the Japanese capital, pose with the Michelin mascot during a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 17, 2009. Michelin unveiled the summary of the 2010 edition of the company's culinary guide for Tokyo, which beat the 10 three-star ratings awarded to restaurants in Paris. (Kyodo)

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Michelin gives top ratings to 7 restaurants in Kyoto, Osaka

KYOTO, Japan - Chefs, whose restaurants have been awarded top three-star ratings in the Michelin guide for Kyoto and Osaka, stand during a ceremony to launch the guide at Kenninji Temple in Kyoto on Oct. 13, 2009. (Kyodo)

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Michelin gives top ratings to Japan restaurants

KOBE, Japan - Chefs pose during a ceremony in Kobe on Oct. 19, 2010, after the Michelin Guide gave their restaurants its highest three-star rating in the latest version for the western Japan area covering Kobe, Osaka and Kyoto cities. (Kyodo)

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Michelin gives top rating to 15 restaurants in western Japan

NARA, Japan - Chefs or owners of 15 restaurants hold oversized mock-ups of the 2012 Michelin guide for western Japan that covers Nara for the first time along with Kyoto, Osaka and Kobe, during an event in Nara on Oct. 18, 2011. The 2012 guide awarded the highest three-star rating to the 15 restaurants. (Kyodo)

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Michelin Guide for Hokkaido

SAPPORO, Japan - Chefs pose for photos during an event in Sapporo, Hokkaido, on April 10, 2012, after four restaurants including a sushi bar and French restaurants were awarded three-star ratings in Michelin's first restaurant and hotel guide dedicated to Hokkaido. (Kyodo)

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Michelin guide Kansai 2015

OSAKA, Japan - Chefs of restaurants with the three-star status, the highest rank on 2015 the Michelin Guide Kansai, pose for photos in Osaka, western Japan, on Oct. 20, 2014. (Kyodo)

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Chef and Kazutoshi Narita

Kazutoshi Narita (center) poses for a photo with the patissiers of Sapporo Grand Hotel and Sapporo Park Hotel, who will be working with the executive chefs of Sapporo Grand Hotel and Sapporo Park Hotel to develop special winter sweets in November 2018. The three of them pose for a commemorative photo at the press conference announcing the project.