First Day

The 33-year-old Singaporean chef tells us why kitchen life can be like the military, what foraging in Belgium taught him about local produce and how traveling has deepened his appreciation for Singaporean cuisine.

Opening a Singaporean restaurant in Taichung was not a popular decision three years ago, but Singaporean chef Jimmy Lim persevered and became the only chef to be distinguished with two MICHELIN stars in the city. He tells us about what kept him on his path.

The executive chef of Singapore French fine dining stalwart Les Amis talks about his journey to three MICHELIN stars.

The Australian chef-owner behind newly starred restaurant EVETT came to South Korea for its ingredients, and stayed on to tell their stories to the world.

The chef who grew up in France playing with Bibendum toys shares what it was like to receive his first MICHELIN stars for Odette in Singapore and what it means to achieve the top accolade of three.

The executive chef of one-MICHELIN-starred Louise grew up as the son of a bistro owner, but he had no interest in becoming a chef. He tells us what has changed since and how he came to clinching a star for Odette's sister restaurant in Hong Kong.

Modern French restaurant Lerouy snagged a coveted MICHELIN star in the MICHELIN Guide Singapore 2019. Chef-patron Christophe Lerouy shares his thoughts and feelings.

The young chef shares the emotions and thoughts he experienced when Vianney Massot restaurant received its MICHELIN star for the very first time in the MICHELIN Guide Singapore 2019.

The celebrated chef of Alma in Portugal shed tears when he won his first and second MICHELIN stars.

The chef shares what it was like when Basque Kitchen By Aitor won its first MICHELIN star in the 2019 MICHELIN Guide Singapore.

The chef of Buona Terra In Singapore talks about his relationship with the red guide and his emotions surrounding the win.first

Ophorst shares more about the emotions he experienced when PRU became the only restaurant in the two Southern provinces of Phuket and Phang Nga — new to the 2019 edition of the Thailand guide — to have been awarded a star.

At elegant French restaurant JAG in Singapore, Gillon throws a spotlight on rare, fragrant herbs from his hometown in Savoie.

Trace the journey of this Japanese chef who packed his bags for France and returned to open contemporary restaurant La Cime in Osaka.

Barely a year into opening, Zén has made it into the MICHELIN Guide Singapore’s 2019 star selection with not one, but two stars.

See how this third generation Japanese chef continues to honour his family's Sichuan cuisine legacy at two-MICHELIN-starred Shisen Hanten in Singapore.

In 2016, The Song Of India in became the first Indian restaurant in Singapore to receive a MICHELIN star, we trace this chef's journey to a star.

The chef shares what it was like to receive a star for "Reinventing British" cuisine at JAAN By Kirk Westaway In Singapore.