Kei Pilz

Kei Pilz
Born	Japan
Died	2001 Ahakista, County Cork, Republic of Ireland
Occupation	Chef
Employer	Self-employed
Known for	Michelin starred Shiro

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]

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

^ The Southwestern Peninsulas
^ Cork Guide
^ Food and Wine
^ Michelin Online Republic of Ireland Archived 2013-06-08 at the Wayback Machine
^ Cork Guide
^ "1980s, Shiro, Ahakista". Archived from the original on 16 June 2013. Retrieved 23 May 2013.