Hiša Franko

Hiša Franko
Patio of Hiša Franko in 2006
Interactive map of Hiša Franko
Restaurant information
Established1970s
Owners
Head chefAna Roš
Rating3 Michelin stars
1 Michelin green star
LocationKobarid, Slovenia
Coordinates46°14′50″N 13°32′16″E / 46.2472°N 13.5378°E / 46.2472; 13.5378
Websitewww.hisafranko.com Edit this at Wikidata

Hiša Franko[a] is a three-Michelin star restaurant in Kobarid, western Slovenia. Its kitchen is led by chef Ana Roš.[1] It has appeared regularly in The World's 50 Best Restaurants list since 2017.[2][3]

The restaurant building was erected in 1860[4] and spent time as a farmhouse and a World War I hospital before being abandoned.[5] In the 1970s, the property was converted into a restaurant and guest house by Franko Kramar and named Hiša Franko, which means "House Franko".[6][5][7] In 2000, ownership passed to Kramar's son, Valter Kramar, and his then partner Roš.[1] After the departure of the head chef, Roš, who has no formal culinary training, took over the kitchen.[6][8][9][10] Valter Kramar developed the wine program, with a focus on Slovenian wines.[11][12][13] In 2016, Hiša Franko and Ana Roš were featured in the Netflix documentary series Chef's Table.[14]

A potato baked in a crust of August hay, served with cultured butter with lovage and horseradish and a forest consommé was a dish on Hiša Franko's summer 2022 tasting menu.

The restaurant's cooking is closely connected to the Soča Valley, using seasonal produce and ingredients from local foragers, shepherds, cheesemakers, hunters, and fishermen.[15][16] Menus often include wild herbs, mountain dairy products, river trout, game, berries, and mushrooms. Critics have described the style as farm-to-table and rooted in regional tradition while incorporating broader culinary influences.[16][14] Gault Millau named it and Pri Lojzetu as Slovenia's joint-best restaurants in November 2018, while the Michelin Guide awarded Hiša Franko two stars and a Green Star for sustainability in 2020, when it first covered the country.[17] In 2023, it became the first Slovenian restaurant to earn three Michelin stars, making Roš one of the few women with that accolade.[18]

Reception

  • 2019 – Named Restaurant of the Year by Gault & Millau Slovenia.[19]
  • 2020 – Awarded two Michelin stars and one Green Star for sustainability in the Michelin Guide Slovenia.[17]
  • 2023 – Awarded three Michelin stars and one Green Star for sustainability (the first restaurant in Slovenia with three stars).[18]

Notes

  1. ^ Slovene pronunciation: [xìːʃa fràːnkɔ].

References

  1. ^ a b "Slovenia's best female chef". CNN. 2017. Retrieved 26 August 2025.
  2. ^ "The World's 50 Best Restaurants 2017 – the complete list". Hot Dinners. Retrieved 26 August 2025.
  3. ^ "The World's 50 Best Restaurants 2023 – the list in pictures". The World's 50 Best Restaurants. 2023. Retrieved 26 August 2025.
  4. ^ "Ana Roš – beste Köchin der Welt". Kurier. Retrieved 19 August 2025.
  5. ^ a b "Home cooking – Ana Roš". The World's 50 Best. Retrieved 19 August 2025.
  6. ^ a b "Ana Roš: Selbstlernerin". Süddeutsche Zeitung. Retrieved 19 August 2025.
  7. ^ "Ana Roš on the triumphs and trials of being one of the world's best chefs". Financial Times. Retrieved 26 August 2025.
  8. ^ Springer, Kate (7 March 2017). "Ana Roš: The female chef putting Slovenia on the map". CNN. Retrieved 8 November 2017.
  9. ^ Safronova, Valeriya (11 May 2023). "Friends Once 'Escaped' Her Cooking. Now, She's One of the World's Best Chefs. (Published 2023)". New York Times. Retrieved 13 October 2025.
  10. ^ First, Miha; Vogrin, Nina (24 September 2013). "Ana Roš: Brez Michelinovih zvezdic je več svobode" [Ana Roš: There's more freedom without Michelin stars]. SiOL (in Slovenian). Retrieved 14 March 2017.
  11. ^ "Discover Slovenia's "Potato & Hay"". Smithsonian Magazine. Retrieved 26 August 2025.
  12. ^ "Ana Roš: "I consider myself a wild child of gastronomy"". Forbes India. Retrieved 26 August 2025.
  13. ^ "Valter Kramar – Interview". Phaidon. Retrieved 26 August 2025.
  14. ^ a b "Ana Roš – Slovenia chef, Netflix Chef's Table". The Independent. Retrieved 26 August 2025.
  15. ^ "Pioneer Ana Roš". National Geographic. Retrieved 19 August 2025.
  16. ^ a b "The chef who put Slovenia on the map". BBC. Retrieved 19 August 2025.
  17. ^ a b "The MICHELIN Guide celebrates Slovenian gastronomy for the first time". MICHELIN Guide. 2020. Retrieved 19 August 2025.
  18. ^ a b "The MICHELIN Guide Slovenia 2023: Hiša Franko awarded three MICHELIN Stars". MICHELIN Guide. 2023. Retrieved 26 August 2025.
  19. ^ "Nagrade 2019". Gault & Millau Slovenia. 2019. Retrieved 19 August 2025.

See also

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