He’s the highest-ranked Australian chef ever, but Shane Osborn tells John Lethlean and Necia Wilden there’s more to life than Michelin. The way Shane Osborn tells it, losing a Michelin star at his London restaurant in January 2000, falling from two to one, was the best thing that ever happened to him. “I was like, ‘brilliant’,” says the Perth native who is now, arguably, the highest-ranked Australian chef ever. “I was just over the moon. But I had to be quite reserved about it all, of course.” Hang on. This is Shane Osborn of Pied a Terre. The first Australian to command a Michelin-starred kitchen (since 2000). The only Australian chef with two of the coveted stars (since 2003) from a guide that is unquestionably king-maker in Europe’s restaurant world. The Australian Magazine, May 23
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