# How a one-euro potato put Slovenia on the food map

> A self-taught chef in the Soča Valley answered an insult with a hay-baked potato, and picked up three Michelin stars doing it.
- Title: How a one-euro potato put Slovenia on the food map | Shortify
- Summary: A self-taught chef in the Soča Valley answered an insult with a hay-baked potato, and picked up three Michelin stars doing it. Ana Roš built a three-star…
- Keywords: slovenia, michelin, ana ros, fine dining, foraging, one-euro, potato, put, food, map, Robb Report
- Source: Robb Report — https://robbreport.com/food-drink/dining/slovenian-restaurants-foraging-forests-1238574282
- Author: Laura Dannen Redman
- Published: 2026-09-12T19:00:00+00:00
- Read time: 1 min
- Topics: slovenia, michelin, ana ros, fine dining, foraging
## Dinner starts with hay
An evening at Hiša Franko in Slovenia's Soča Valley begins with something you would normally feed a horse. It works.

> I just ate hay, and I think I like it.
## The One-Euro Potato
Ana Roš's best-known dish looks like an egg in a nest: an alpine potato slow cooked inside a hay crust, served with honey and sour cream.
## The insult behind it
An Italian critic once called Roš a talent stuck in a country with nothing to cook. She built her menu around proving him wrong.

> land of poor ingredients
## A potato at $380
The humble spud sits inside a three-hour tasting menu that runs about $380. Naming it after a single euro is the joke, and she knows it.
## Three stars and Netflix
Roš is self-taught. She now holds three Michelin stars, an episode of Chef's Table, and second place at the 2025 Best Chef Awards in Milan.
## Slovenia on the map
Her cooking is hyper-seasonal and personal, drawn from what her homeland gives up each week. That approach pulled Slovenian gastronomy into the global conversation.
## Key takeaway

Ana Roš built a three-star reputation by proving Slovenia's so-called poor ingredients were never poor at all.