He joins a growing number of British chefs to have won stars overseas.
Daniel Calvert has become the first British chef to lead a restaurant which has won three Michelin stars outside the UK.
The executive chef at Sézanne in Tokyo has overseen the restaurant to be win the maximum star rating in the most recent edition of the Michelin Tokyo Guide.
It comes less than four years after the French restaurant opened at the Four Seasons Hotel Tokyo at Marunouchi.
British-born Calvert worked at the Ivy and Michelin-starred Pied à Terre in London before moving to the US to join Thomas Keller’s three-Michelin-starred Per Se in New York.
From there he joined three-starred Epicure at Le Bristol in Paris, before cooking at one-starred Belon in Hong Kong and moving to Japan to open Sézanne in 2021.
His constantly changing omakase-style lunch and dinner menus combine French recipes with modern techniques and Japanese and Chinese influences. Premium fatty sanma fish, for example, is lightly marinated and served in pastry with caramelised onions and green olives.
Meanwhile, Chinese delicacy Shanghai hairy crab is marinated in yellow wine from the French Jura region and served with Japanese short-grain rice.
Calvert said: “We are deeply humbled and immensely proud to receive the most prestigious recognition in our industry. Thank you to the Michelin Guide for placing their trust in our commitment to excellence.
“This distinction belongs to every single member of our team who has poured their heart into our vision, and it is through their tireless devotion that we have achieved this monumental milestone."
Calvert joins a growing number of British chefs to have been recognised by the Michelin Guide overseas.
Gordon Ramsay became the first British chef to win two stars in France in 2017 for Le Pressoir d’Argent in Bordeux. His Versailles restaurant Ramsay au Trianon also holds a single star.
Earlier this year Simon Rogan’s Ion Harbour became the first restaurant in Malta to win two Michelin stars, while Jason Atherton’s Row on 45 restaurant entered the Michelin Guide Dubai with two stars, just 10 months after opening.
Clare Smyth and Heston Blumenthal, who have three-Michelin-starred restaurants in the UK, have both opened outposts in Australia but cannot boast any stars at the restaurants as the country is not covered by Michelin.