Originally Posted by
Smiley90
Not sure if relevant to this thread, but quite possibly:
https://www.france24.com/en/20190924...cheese-souffle
Cheddar-gate: French chef sues Michelin Guide, claiming he lost a star for using cheddar
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Marc Veyrat, who runs the prestigious “La Maison des Bois” restaurant in Haute-Savoie in the French Alps, only discovered he had lost one of his three stars – the maximum number of stars that can be awarded, and which Veyrat had earned a year earlier – when the 110th edition of the respected guide was published at the start of this year. Veyrat claims the downgrade came after a Michelin inspector mistakenly thought he had adulterated a cheese soufflé with English Cheddar instead of using France's Reblochon, Beaufort and Tomme varieties.
"I put saffron in it, and the gentleman who came thought it was cheddar because it was yellow. That's what you call knowledge of a place? It's just crazy," Veyrat told France Inter radio.
The chef learned of the downgrade “without any notification or advance warning”, according to his legal counsel, Emmanuel Ravanas, who issued a press release to French media on Monday. "
I thought Michelin reviewers were supposed to be discreet and anonymous when dining at restaurants.