Michelin-starred Seoul restaurant fined for serving dessert topped with ants
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Wed, 16 September 2026
4 reports- The Guardian World09:09first to report
Prosecutors sought jail term for chief executive of Evett after insects not approved for consumption were on menu A South Korean court has fined the operator of one of Seoul’s most celebrated restaurants and its chief executive for serving a dessert topped with ants, an insect not approved for consumption under local food safety law. The operator of Evett, a two-Michelin-star restaurant in the affluent Gangnam district, was fined 10m won (£5,400) and its chief executive 15m won, Newsis reported...
- BBC News World15:48
The owner of the acclaimed establishment avoids jail but is made to pay 15 million won (£8,144; $10,965).
- Index.hr (Croatia)20:02
RESTORAN Evett u Seulu s dvije Michelinove zvjezdice kažnjen je jer je na desertu posluživao mrave, koji nisu odobreni za prehranu u Južnoj Koreji. Vlasnik je dobio novčanu kaznu od 11.000 dolara.
- tportal (Croatia)20:59
Restoran Evett u Seulu imao je dvije Michelinove zvjezdice i reputaciju jednog od najzanimljivijih mjesta korejske gastronomske scene. No jedan neobičan sastojak na desertu doveo ga je pred sud, a tijekom postupka otkriveni su podaci koji cijelu priču čine još bizarnijom