Caprice (restaurant)

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Caprice
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Caprice (restaurant)
Restaurant information
Head chef Guillaume Galliot
Food typeFrench
Dress code Business casual
Rating Etoile Michelin-3.svg Michelin Guide Hong Kong Macau 2019 (11th Edition)
Street address8 Finance Street, Four Seasons Hotel Hong Kong, Central
City Hong Kong
Country China
Coordinates 22°17′11″N114°09′24″E / 22.2863°N 114.1567°E / 22.2863; 114.1567
Seating capacity100
ReservationsRecommended
Website FourSeasons.com/.../Caprice

Caprice is a contemporary French haute cuisine restaurant in the Four Seasons Hotel, Hong Kong. [1] It was initially run by chef de cuisine Vincent Thierry, a former sous chef at Le Cinq in the Hotel George V, Paris. Guillaume Galliot is the current chef de cuisine.

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Recognitions

The restaurant received two stars in the Michelin Guide's inaugural 2009 Hong Kong and Macau edition. [2] This was followed by the third star in November 2009 for the 2010 edition, which lasted for 4 years until the 2014 edition. Caprice has then been awarded 2 Michelin stars perennially for 5 years. In the 2019 edition, Caprice was awarded 3 Michelin stars again.

The restaurant was listed at no. 5 on Asia's Top 20 Restaurants of the Miele Guide in the 2011/2012 edition. [3] It was also listed at no. 11 for 2008/2009 [4] and no. 10 for 2010/2011, [5] as well as no. 16 in the 2009/2010 edition. [6]

In 2010, it was listed as the 'Best French restaurant' on the Hong Kong Best Eats 2010 list compiled by CNN Travel. [7]

Serves France's famed four year aged Comté cheese.

On 29 April 2013, Caprice was named 73rd in the top 100 restaurants in The World's Best Restaurants Awards. [8]

Caprice is added to Forbes Travel Guide's list of 5 stars restaurants in January 2014. [9]

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