Yes, nouvelle cuisine, long before there were Michelin three-star chefs.

Who has higher rank in France, the local mayor or a Michelin three-star chef?

"No one vilifies Michelin chefs for putting sticks of butter in their food," she said.

Many of his customers are regulars or have visited his operations elsewhere; others just know him as the nine-star Michelin chef.

A three-star Michelin chef trained the kitchen staff of the main lodge's highly regarded restaurant.

No other Michelin three-star chef owns as many places as Mr. White: six open and two in the pipeline.

Alain Ducasse, the Michelin star-spangled chef, runs one of the hotel's two glamourous restaurants.

We are not talking Michelin chefs here, but we are talking competency.

Alain Ducasse, the Michelin three-star chef, is now courting the budget-minded.

Mr. Ducasse is not the first Michelin three-star chef to set up shop in New York.