Not even ten percent: Why women have a hard time winning Michelin stars. Only three of the 36 new Michelin star restaurants have women as head chefs.
According to the microcensus, there were around 285,000 female and 249,000 male chefs in Germany in 2022. The entire system behind the Michelin Guide is “elitist and outdated,” says chef Sophia Hoffmann from Berlin. “The model of top-class gastronomy is overall not very employee-friendly and difficult to reconcile with family," says Hoffmann.