Ah, so theoretically you can be a 300 star Michelin chef and never have cooked anything so long as you're rich enough to buy some restaurants.

Weird, I always thought, the way it's presented on British TV shows, that the Chef de Cuisine was rated but it makes more sense to rate the restaurant as an ensemble. I suppose then though he doesn’t hold the stars the restaurants do; and he can't really be head chef at each if he's not there most of the week.

Interesting though, thank you for the correction (and to the sibling commenters too, thanks).