In face of these attacks from chefs, Francois Simon, a famous food critic with Le Figaro, argues that French critics are too soft. It is wrong to treat the three-star chefs as "untouchable and under such economic pressure that we can't question their talent," he argues.
面對廚師界的砲火隆隆，「費加洛報」知名食評家佛蘭斯瓦・賽蒙不滿回應：「法國食評家對廚師都太溫柔了，得到 3 星不表示高不可攀；我們不能因為廚師有經濟壓力，就避諱質問他的廚藝。」