‘We will not reopen in Hong Kong’: chef Alain Ducasse focused on earning a third Michelin star for Macau restaurant
- Chef Alain Ducasse, whose Hong Kong restaurant Rech closed during the Covid-19 pandemic, has no plans to reopen in the city – but ‘never say never’
- As he aims for a third Michelin star for his restaurant Alain Ducasse at Morpheus in Macau, he talks about converting diners to plant-based menus ‘step by step’
If one were to compare chefs and rock stars, Alain Ducasse might be the culinary equivalent of Mick Jagger.
Ducasse is legendary – he is one of the first chefs in the world to own three-Michelin-star restaurants in three cities, and is one of two chefs whose restaurants have held 21 Michelin stars at one point in their career (he was only surpassed by the late Joël Robuchon).
What’s more, he is still touring. We managed to catch up with the superstar chef, on a stopover at his eponymous two-Michelin-star restaurant at Morpheus in Macau.
“For now, we have more proposals than we can possibly execute,” says Ducasse.
He makes time for certain chefs, however. In February, Ducasse teamed up with Daniel Humm, the renegade Swiss vegan chef of Eleven Madison Park in New York, to work on a plant-based menu to be served in Paris and New York.
