"When the Michelin Guide was about to come to Slovenia, I told my team that we would either get two stars or none at all. We’re not the type of restaurant for just one Michelin star, but zero was also a possibility. We never grew up with the rules of Michelin or any other international guides. Local ingredients are, in most cases, just a marketing trick," says Ana Roš, one of the world’s most renowned chefs and head of the three-Michelin-starred Hiša Franko.
Marian Beke: A Great Cocktail Isn’t Enough. Without the Experience, Guests Won’t Come Back
“You can have a perfect drink, but if everything else is flat and boring, there’s no reason for the guest to return,” says Marian Beke, founder of the legendary Gibson bar, now based in Berlin. In an...