Yoshihiro Murata, master chef for Kikunoi Japanese restaurant and chairman of the Japanese Culinary Academy, center, cooks in the restaurant kitchen during a media tour arranged by the Foreign Press Center/Japan (FPCJ) in Tokyo, Japan, on Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2013. "Washoku: Traditional Dietary Cultures of Japanese" was added on the Intangible Cultural Heritage list of the UNESCO on Dec. 4. Photographer: Tomohiro Ohsumi/Bloomberg via Getty Images
PARIS, FRANCE - FEBRUARY 01: The director of Communications and Brands, and Executive Committee Member of the Michelin Group, Claire Dorland-Clauzel (L) poses with newly named France's three-star chefs, French chef Alain Ducasse (L) for his restaurant Le Plaza Athenee in Paris on February 1, 2016 in Paris, France. Chef Alain Ducasse recuperated a third star for his restaurant at the Plaza Athenee hotel while Christian Le Squer won a triple star for Le Cinq, his restaurant in the George V hotel.(Photo by Frederic Stevens/Getty Images)
A bento box is served for lunch at the Kikunoi Japanese restaurant during a media tour arranged by the Foreign Press Center/Japan (FPCJ) in Tokyo, Japan, on Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2013. "Washoku: Traditional Dietary Cultures of Japanese" was added on the Intangible Cultural Heritage list of the UNESCO on Dec. 4. Photographer: Tomohiro Ohsumi/Bloomberg via Getty Images
Yoshihiro Murata, master chef for Kikunoi Japanese restaurant and chairman of the Japanese Culinary Academy, center, cooks in the restaurant kitchen during a media tour arranged by the Foreign Press Center/Japan (FPCJ) in Tokyo, Japan, on Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2013. "Washoku: Traditional Dietary Cultures of Japanese" was added on the Intangible Cultural Heritage list of the UNESCO on Dec. 4. Photographer: Tomohiro Ohsumi/Bloomberg via Getty Images
UNITED STATES - FEBRUARY 26: Wine glasses wait to be placed on tables at French Laundry, Thomas Keller's three-star Michelin rated restaurant in Yountville, California, U.S., on Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2008. Napa Valley's Yountville, once home to blue-collar workers, military veterans and dive bars, is becoming a haven for business leaders, celebrities and the expensive hotels and restaurants that draw them. Yountville, about 60 miles north of San Francisco, boasts restaurants with more Michelin stars per capita than any city in the U.S. (Photo by Chip Chipman/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
