Portrait of Stephen Lancaster
i. Biography
Stephen Lancaster is the Executive Chef of SÉZANNE at Four Seasons Hotel Tokyo at Marunouchi, a role announced by Four Seasons effective April 1, 2026. Four Seasons says he was born in Tavistock, Devon, and trained in leading kitchens including Midsummer House in Cambridge and Oaxen Krog in Stockholm before opening his own Singapore restaurant, Poise, in 2022. Poise earned a Michelin star in its opening year, and Lancaster’s cooking at SÉZANNE is described as refined French cuisine shaped by Japanese seasonality and fermentation.
The Sunday letter
Read Made By's new profiles every Sunday.
Meet the chefs, winemakers and sommeliers behind the places we cover. See a sample below before you subscribe.
See a sample of the Sunday emailOne email a week. Unsubscribe from any issue.
The Sunday letter
Get the next Made By profile in your inbox.
We send one email every Sunday morning with the people we profiled that week.
See a sample of the Sunday emailOne email a week. Unsubscribe from any issue.