Why do so few female chefs have Michelin stars?

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Female chefs have been left feeling burned after only one UK or Irish restaurant run by a woman was among the 22 to win a coveted Michelin star this month.

To make matters worse, the woman – Emily Roux of London’s Caractère – was given a male chef’s jacket to wear to join her 21 fellow winners on stage for a celebratory photo. “Mistakes happen,” she later told London’s The Standard, “but I was the only woman on the stage and they could have made an effort.”