kei kobayashi

Food & Drink Feb 3, 2020

The blond ambition of Kei Kobayashi, Japan's history-making chef

Chef Kei Kobayashi is speaking his mind — something he says it took moving to France to learn. Less than 24 hours after he became the first-ever Japanese cook to win the maximum of three Michelin stars in France, the phones are ringing off the ...

Food & Drink Jan 28, 2020

Kei Kobayashi first Japanese chef to get three Michelin stars in France

by Fiachra Gibbons

Chef Kei Kobayashi became the first Japanese chef ever to win the maximum three Michelin stars in France on Monday. The flamboyant 42-year-old, who was born in Nagano Prefecture, was the biggest winner on a night when Japanese cooks triumphed in the backyard of French ...