Kei Pilz

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Kei Pilz
Born
Died2001
OccupationChef
EmployerSelf-employed
Known for Michelin starred Shiro

Kei Pilz (died 2001) was a Japanese Michelin star winning head chef and co-owner of the restaurant Shiro in Ahakista, County Cork, Republic of Ireland. She died in 2001. [1]

Together with her husband Werner Pilz, a German, she was running the restaurant in her own living room. [2] They opened Shiro "to have something to do". [3] That turned out in a restaurant that was awarded one Michelin star in the period 1996–2001. [4] Aside from cooking, she specialized in Japanese watercolour calligraphy and paintings. [5]

Although living in Berlin at the time, Pilz bought the villa Woodlands in 1983. She and her family moved to Ireland and renovated the villa before opening the restaurant. [6]

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References

  1. The Southwestern Peninsulas
  2. Cork Guide
  3. Food and Wine
  4. Michelin Online Republic of Ireland Archived 2013-06-08 at the Wayback Machine
  5. Cork Guide
  6. "1980s, Shiro, Ahakista". Archived from the original on 16 June 2013. Retrieved 23 May 2013.