Chef
Corey Lee
Affiliation
Benu
Three Michelin stars at Benu since 2014
i. Biography
Corey Lee is a Korean-American chef and owner of Benu in San Francisco, which became the first restaurant in the city to earn three Michelin stars in 2014, making him the first Korean chef to achieve that honor. Born in Seoul in 1977 and raised in the US, he spent eight years at The French Laundry under Thomas Keller before opening Benu in 2010. He also owns San Ho Won, which holds one Michelin star, and authored the cookbook Benu in 2015.
The Archive
Selected Works & Focus Areas
Focus 01
Three Michelin stars at Benu since 2014
Focus 02
Fusion of Asian and modern techniques
Focus 03
Signature dishes like smoked eel mille-feuille and thousand-year-old quail egg