Chef Surrenders Michelin Stars

A story about a Michelin star chef who achieved the highest culinary recognition but found it didn't bring happiness.

"There's this great story of this guy who's a Michelin star chef, Sebastian Brass. All he wanted was to get a Michelin star, and he got it. When he got it, it didn't actually make him happier - he just wanted a second star. Then he got a second star, but it didn't make him happy either.

He just lived in fear of losing it because they come in and inspect you. They'll come to your restaurant and if the tablecloth isn't perfectly clean or the food is in a certain way, you get rejected. You end up living your life by these arbitrary rules that don't actually make you happy, and you fight for something that you know is not what you actually want.

So this guy is a baller - he just said 'Michelin, I want you to remove my star, take me out of the guide. I'm out.' That takes brass balls, that's very difficult."