In these last months, we have talked about many different things. Cookbooks, kitchen equipment, crazy ingredients, and many other things. But one thing we never talked about is the faces behind witch cookbook, recipe or restaurant. So this article will be dedicated to the persons who spend their lives to serve others. With this in mind, we decided to share with you the list of the best chefs in the world of 2019.
This list of the best chefs in the world is a compilation of the French magazine Le Chef. We decide to share with you the list of the Le Chef Magazine because we think this is the most impartial list you can find. The Le Chef list is compiled by asking two and three-starred Michelin chefs to provide a list of five names they think best represent the cooking profession and one name they would like to see at the top of the list.
Although we considered this list impartial, the previous editions have been criticized for being largely biased in favor of French cuisine and French chefs. In our opinion, make a list of the best chefs in the world is a very difficult task because choose a chef instead of another is not so simple as it might look. These kind of problems aren’t new in this area, no matter how much the rules change, there will always be problems, because there will always be different opinions!
So, without further delay let’s get down with this list!
1. Arnaud Donckele – France
2. Michel Troisgros – France
3. Jonnie Boer – Netherlands
4. Yannick Alleno – France
5. Seiji Yamamoto – Japan
6. Paul Pairet – China
7. Emmanuel Renaut – France
8. David Kinch – United States
9. Alexandre Couillon – France
10. Rene Redzepi – Denmark
11-25
11. Alain Ducasse – France
12. Joan Roca – Spain
13. Pascal Barbot – France
14. Martin Bergasategui – Spain
15. Yoshihiro Narisawa – Japan
16. Dan Barber – USA
17. Grant Achatz – USA
18. Olivier Bellin – France
19. Gilles Goujon – France
20. Pierre Gagnaire – France
21. Virgilo Martinez – Peru
22. Alain Passard – France
23. Michel Bras – France
24. Arnaud Lallement – France
25. Rasmus Koford – Denmark
26 – 40
26. Enrico Crippa – Italy
27. Andoni Luis Aduriz – Spain
28. David Munoz – Spain
29. Christophe Bacquie – France
30. Tetsuya Fujiwara – Japan
31. Bernard Pacaud – France
32. Mauro Colagreco – France
33. Richard Ekkebus – Hong Kong
34. Regis Marcon – France
35. Eric Frechon – France
36. Daniel Humm – USA
37. Claude Bosi – England
38. Nadia Santini – Italy
39. Gerald Passedat – France
40. Massimiliano Alajmo – Italy
41 – 55
41. Heston Blumenthal – England
42. Anne-Sophie Pic – France
43. Yoshihiro Murata – Japan
44. Alex Atala – Brazil
45. Eric Pras – France
46. Ben Shewry – Australia
47. Jérôme Banctel – France
48. Julien Royer – Singapore
49. Victor Arguinzoniz – Spain
50. David Toutain – France
51. Paul Bocuse – France
52. Sven Elverfeld – Germany
53. Andre Chiang – Singapore
54. Clare Smyth – England
55. Magnus Nilsson – Sweden
56 – 70
56. Alexandre Gauthier – France
57. Massimo Bottura – Italy
58. Michel Guérard – France
59. Jiro Ono – Japan
60. Dominique Crenn – United States
61. Marc Veyrat – France
62. Franck Giovannini – Switzerland
63. Stefano Baiocco – Italy
64. Motokazu Nakamura – Japan
65. Kevin Felhing – Germany
66. Christophe Hardiquest – Belgium
67. Felipe Bronze – Brazil
68. Eneko Atxa – Spain
69. Matthieu Viannay – France
70. Cesar Ramirez – United States
71 – 85
71. Onno Kokmeijer – Netherlands
72. Alexandre Mazzia – France
73. Hans Haas – Germany
74. Dani Garcia – Spain
75. Tristan Brandt – Germany
76. Pedro Subijana – Spain
77. Heinz Reitbauer – Austria
78. Jean-Georges Klein – France
79. Peter Goossens – Belgium
80. Edouard Loubet – France
81. Bjorn Frantzen – Sweden
82. Paolo Casagrande – Spain
83. Yoann Conte – France
84. Thomas Keller – USA
85. Rene et Maxime Meilleur – France
86 – 100
86. Andreas Caminada – Switzerland
87. Gert de Mangeller – Belgium
88. Corey Lee – USA
89. Eric Ripert – USA
90. Frederic Anton – France
91. Harald Wohlfart – Germany
92. Carlo Cracco – Italy
93. Gaston Acurio – Peru
94. Jordi Cruz – Spain
95. Kei Kobayashi – France
96. Olivier Nasti – France
97. Gaggan Anand – Thailand
98. Andrea Camastra – Poland
99. Jacob Jan Boerma – Netherlands
100. Normand Laprise – Canada
As we already said these kinds of lists are always questionable, and if you look online you will definitely find a different list from this one. You even might find a list that you like most. But for us, the most important thing in these lists is to give credit to the men and women behind each crazy and amazing dish.