That famous restaurant downgraded to 2 stars For discussion in France January 18 5:31

Michelin Guide, a French restaurant guidebook, has decided to downgrade the famous chef Paul Bocuse's restaurant, which has been rated as the highest-rated three-star for over half a century, to two stars. Is happening.

Paul Bocuse, who died in January at the age of 91, is a chef who has worked hard to spread French cuisine abroad, including in Japan, and has been called the "highest authority on French cuisine". The restaurant has been awarded three Michelin stars for 54 years since 1965.

For this restaurant, the Michelin Guide has decided to downgrade to two stars in a guidebook released this month.

A Michelin Guide spokesman for NHK on Tuesday said, "As a result of multiple jury evaluations, the decision was made to give two stars. The restaurant is still great, but it is no longer three stars. Not a level. "

The French media reported this extensively, and a famous chef commented on a television show that `` the young editors of the Michelin Guide are trying to drag down French masters, '' said `` Before Mr. Bocuse died. There has been a lot of debate over the restaurant's reputation as "the supreme authority of French cuisine," including a comment from a culinary critic who said it was not at the 3-star level.