A celebrity chef in France is suing the legendary Michelin Guide for downgrading his restaurant from the highest honor of three stars because, he claims, the inspector incorrectly believed cheddar cheese was baked into his signature soufflé.

Chef Marc Veyrat, 69, who operates La Maison des Bois in the French Alps, has claimed that a confused Michelin inspector stripped him of his third star for substituting English cheddar cheese in a traditional French soufflé. “I’ve been dishonored,” Veyrat said of the downgrade, accusing the guide of sending an inspector with an unsophisticated palate. “I put saffron in it, and the gentleman who came thought it was cheddar because it was yellow,” Veyrat said. “That’s what you call knowledge of a place? It’s just crazy.”