{"id":254153,"date":"2025-09-25T17:54:12","date_gmt":"2025-09-25T17:54:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/254153\/"},"modified":"2025-09-25T17:54:12","modified_gmt":"2025-09-25T17:54:12","slug":"apple-tv-series-follows-chicagos-esme-on-dramatic-journey-to-earning-a-michelin-star","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/254153\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple TV+ Series Follows Chicago&#8217;s Esm\u00e9 On Dramatic Journey To Earning a Michelin Star"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cWorking for the Michelin Guide is like working for the CIA,\u201d proclaims one anonymous inspector in the <a href=\"https:\/\/tv.apple.com\/us\/show\/knife-edge-chasing-michelin-stars\/umc.cmc.2yhce9h11ctctdi23b29k1ek3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">exhilarating trailer<\/a> for Apple TV+\u2019s forthcoming docuseries Knife Edge: Chasing Michelin Stars.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The eight-part series, out Oct. 10, takes viewers into the kitchens of some of the world\u2019s most esteemed restaurants as they work to earn\u2014or retain\u2014a coveted Michelin star. Chicagoans might notice a familiar eatery featured prominently on the show: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.esmechicago.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Esm\u00e9<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Husband-and-wife team chef Jenner Tomaska and Katrina Bravo opened Esm\u00e9 on the corner of Clark Street and Webster Avenue in 2021 before quickly earning a Michelin star the following year (they\u2019ve since retained it) for its innovative rotating tasting menu inspired by an evolving cast of local artists. The series spotlights the well-oiled machine that is Esm\u00e9 as they prepare to learn if they\u2019ll keep their star or if they\u2019re able to earn a second when Michelin announces the results on Nov. 18.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"e0e1d290-a1aa-dff0-9d5a-347a5a048208\" class=\"photo lazy inline\" loading=\"lazy\" data-component=\"lazy-embed\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1758822852_524_image.webp.webp\" alt=\"Esm\u00e9 dish\" data-caption=\"\" data-credit=\"Photograph: Sandy Noto\" data-width-class=\"\" data-image-id=\"105815374\"\/>&#13;<br \/>\nPhotograph: Sandy Noto&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Produced by Gordon Ramsay, Knife Edge offers a raw and rare look at the nail-biting pressures these restaurants face each day, knowing that any one of their guests may be a Michelin inspector. A trio of anonymous inspectors shares classified insights into the mystified process they use to judge restaurants while remaining anonymous, like making reservations under fake names and phone numbers.<\/p>\n<p>Michelin-starred Uptown restaurant <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carinochicago.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Cari\u00f1o<\/a>, which was just named <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/chicago\/news\/two-chicago-spots-were-just-ranked-among-the-50-best-restaurants-in-the-u-s-091025\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">one of the 50 best restaurants in the U.S.<\/a>, and the Ukrainian Village\u2019s farm-to-table spot Feld, recently crowned <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/chicago\/news\/this-farm-to-table-chicago-fine-diner-was-just-named-one-of-americas-best-new-restaurants-of-2025-091625\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">one of the country\u2019s best new restaurants<\/a>, also get screen time.<\/p>\n<p>There are plenty of \u201cyes, chef\u201d chants, emotionally-driven exchanges and crushing lows as the world\u2019s best chefs strive for the restaurant world\u2019s highest honor.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cWorking for the Michelin Guide is like working for the CIA,\u201d proclaims one anonymous inspector in the exhilarating&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":254154,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5124],"tags":[48814,960,5386,1818,53,48815],"class_list":{"0":"post-254153","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-chicago","8":"tag-categories-movies","9":"tag-chicago","10":"tag-il","11":"tag-illinois","12":"tag-movies","13":"tag-news-movies"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115266222504998999","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/254153","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=254153"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/254153\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/254154"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=254153"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=254153"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=254153"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}