Sota Atsumi wanted a home in the heart of Paris. He found it on Rue Saint-Hubert and, in 2019, transformed this former 11th-century building into Maison Sota. Architect Tsuyoshi Tane imagined the space around an open kitchen and an eight-meter-long guest table: here, the chef wished to host as if in his own home, with the kitchen at the center of the room.
Born in Japan, Sota Atsumi arrived in France at 21, training in several prestigious kitchens, notably alongside Joël Robuchon. But it was above all at the Clown Bar, where he took the helm in 2014, that he asserted a more personal cuisine and became one of the defining chefs of the Parisian scene. At Maison, he continues this culinary narrative with greater freedom: French produce, French-acquired technique, and Japanese sensibility meet.
David Lynch designed the Maison logo, following a meeting connected to Idem Paris, the lithography studio where Sota's wife, Akiko Otsu, worked. Tsuyoshi Tane designed the space, Lynch left a few strokes at the entrance, but once seated at the great table, the true author is, once again, Sota Atsumi.
