Rare Ingredients

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A Michelin-starred chef meticulously inspects a rare, wild-foraged matsutake mushroom, symbolizing the extreme challenges of sourcing exclusive ingredients for fine dining.

What makes sourcing rare ingredients for Michelin restaurants so challenging?

A single kilogram of wild-foraged matsutake mushrooms, destined for a three-Michelin-starred restaurant in Tokyo, can fetch over $2,000 at auction, hand-picked from remote forests in the Pacific North

Lucia Ferraro·April 18, 2026