Nobu: I cooked for Princess Diana

Royal recognition for renowned Japanese chef Nobuyuki 'Nobu' Matsuhisa

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From Taylor Swift to Leonardo DiCaprio, many A-listers have been spotted dining at the swanky Nobu restaurants, a global empire run by Japanese chef Nobuyuki Matsuhisa.

But no one will quite live up to his “most memorable” celebrity story - Princess Diana dining at his first London eatery, in 1997, shortly before her death.

“A couple of months before she got into the accident, my business partner invited Princess Diana, then I cooked for her,” says the chef, better known as Nobu.

Admitting he was nervous to say hello, the 76-year-old notes: “I said, ‘Pleasure to meet you Princess. And she said to me, ‘Oh, Chef Nobu, I've read about you’.