Kei Pilz

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]

Kei Pilz
Born
Japan
Died2001
Ahakista, County Cork, Republic of Ireland
OccupationChef
EmployerSelf-employed
Known forMichelin starred Shiro

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]

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 2013-06-16. Retrieved 2013-05-23.


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