“Mashiro” (Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture/Chef Koshimo Hiroyuki) was featured in the “Gault & Millau 2025” released on Tuesday, March 18, 2025, with a rating of 15.5 points for 3 toques. This is the second time and second consecutive year that the restaurant has been featured in the magazine.

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(Senior sommelier Masahiro Kobayashi (left) and chef Hiroyuki Koshimo (right) attending the Gault & Millau 2025 awards ceremony)

Gault & Millau

Founded in Paris in 1972 by two French journalists, Henri Gault and Christian Millau, it is currently available in 15 countries around the world. A Japanese version was released in 2017. Gault & Millau does not just evaluate food, but also evaluates everything from the reservation phone call to the departure, giving a score out of 20 points. Based on this, the rating is published based on the number of “toques” (maximum 5), which refers to the long white chef’s hat in French.

It is a restaurant guide that maintains a high level of trust in the culinary world by maintaining a unique stance of focusing on the professionals who support the entire stage of the restaurant.

(Excerpt from the Gault & Millau official website)