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Michelin-starred Seoul restaurant fined for serving dessert topped with ants

The Guardian Business · 16 September 2026 at 10:09

Michelin-starred Seoul restaurant fined for serving dessert topped with ants

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 .

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Michelin-starred Seoul restaurant fined for serving dessert topped with ants

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