Best Chefs in the World – Joël Robuchon

Introducing Joël Robuchon – the chef with the most Michelin stars.

He holds the number one spot among the top 10 chefs in the world, which makes him the best chef in the world according to the Michelin star rating.

Although he died with “only” 28 stars, at one point, Robuchon was the proud owner of 32.

He was also named “Chef of the Century” on numerous occasions.

He specialized in French cuisine and owned 12 restaurants. Joël also liked to mentor young chefs.

One of his former students was the now infamous Gordon Ramsay.

Nowadays, a chain of famous restaurants was named after French chef cook Joël Robuchon.

Twelve restaurants in the world with delicious French cuisine have the name L’Atelier de Joël Robuchon.

They located in big cities, namely Hong Kong, Paris, New York City, Shanghai, Taipei, Bangkok, Montreal, Tokyo, and Singapore.

One of these outstanding restaurants is also located in the world-famous casino place Las Vegas, as reported by CasinoValley.

Chef Joël Robuchon, the owner of the restaurants, where French haute cuisine is served, used creativity while designing the places.

That’s why the interior also deserves attention.

Most of the tables are put in an unusual way so the visitors can see how the food is being prepared.

The word “L’Atelier” can be translated as “workshop”.

Actually, the word “atelier” itself refers to an artist’s workshop in the decorative or fine arts.

Best Chefs in the World – Alain Ducasse

Among the top chefs in the world, Alain Ducasse may easily be the most successful one.

Alain Ducasse enjoys legendary status in the world of gastronomy.

With an extensive portfolio of restaurants all over the world, a series of cookbooks, a cooking school, a cooking consultancy, and more Michelin stars than most chefs would know what to do with, he is like a one-man industry that seemingly never stops.

But it is his food at flagship restaurants like Louis XV at the Hotel de Paris in Monaco, and Alain Ducasse at The Dorchester, that really sets him apart as one of the world’s best chefs.

Alain Ducasse was born in France and, quite logically, he is famous for delivering the most delicious meals from French cuisine.

Of all the best chefs in the world, only Ducasse’s meals were eaten in outer space.

It is true, in 2015, Ducasse’s food was served to astronauts in the ISS.

Best Chefs in the World – Gordon Ramsay

Gordon Ramsay, (born November 8, 1966, Johnstone, Scotland), Scottish chef and restaurateur known for his highly acclaimed restaurants and cookbooks but perhaps best known in the early 21st century for the profanity and fiery temper that he freely displayed on television cooking programs.

As a young boy, Ramsay moved with his family from Scotland to England, where he was raised in Stratford-upon-Avon.

He played association football (soccer) for the Oxford United youth team, and at age 15 he was courted by the Scottish Premier League Glasglow Rangers. 

A knee injury ultimately prevented him from pursuing a career in football.

Gordon Ramsay may be the most familiar face to the general public thanks to his exposure on TV.

He has a famously hot temper and the ability to cook the most delicious recipes from British cuisine. Ramsay has 16 stars in his Michelin constellation.

His name is tied to almost 20 restaurants, but the most famous one is definitely his main restaurant in Chelsea.

By the way, this fancy restaurant of his has boasted 3 stars for the last 18 years.

Aside from his multimillion-dollar restaurant business, Ramsay achieved star status as a television personality.

In 2004 he launched the award-winning British series Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares, in which he endeavored to turn failing restaurants into profitable enterprises, and Hell’s Kitchen, in which he took on the challenge of turning aspiring restaurateurs into quality chefs; the former ended in 2014 and the latter in 2009.

By 2007 he had begun starring in American versions of both shows, and Hotel Hell—in which the formula of Hell’s Kitchen was applied to the lodging industry—began airing in the United States in 2012.

The U.S. version of Kitchen Nightmares ended in 2014. Ramsay’s other TV programs included The F-Word (a play on the word food and Ramsay’s favorite four-letter expletive), which premiered in the United Kingdom in 2005, and an American version of MasterChef that debuted in 2010.

The latter show, which Ramsay cohosted, featured amateur cooks competing for cash prizes and a cookbook contract. 

MasterChef Junior, which had children as contestants, began airing in 2013 in the United States. In 2017 Ramsay appeared in the two-part British documentary series Gordon on Cocaine, about the illegal drug.

Two years later Gordon Ramsay: Uncharted made its debut; the TV show followed Ramsay as he traveled the world to experience different cuisines and cultures.

Best Chefs in the World – Pierre Gagnaire

Pierre Gagnaire was born in Apinac, France in 1950.

The son of restaurant owners, he began his career as an apprentice learning the fundamentals of traditional cuisine in Lyon.

In 1974, the young chef discovered the world of creative cuisine when working with Chef Alain Sendernes at Lucas Carton in Paris.

It was the beginning of a new era and a new way of looking at food for Gagnaire.

Pierre Gagnaire is one of the chefs who has devoted his life in part to winning Michelin stars.

After all, he spent his entire childhood in his family’s kitchen, which also held such an award.

So at the age of 26, he has already received his first Michelin star.

He hasn’t stopped since.

His most famous restaurant, located in Paris, has held three stars for many years.

All these thanks to the unusual approach to traditional French cuisine that is present in all 18 of Pierre Gagnaire’s restaurants.Gagnaire’s collaboration with French chemist and professor Hervé.

This (a founding father of molecular gastronomy) has pushed the chef to greater heights and spawned two cookbooks, including La Cuisine c’est de l’Amour, de l’Art, de la Technique published in 2006 and Alchimistes au Fourneaux in 2007.

Gagnaire’s other books include Sucre-Sale (2002) and Lucide & Ludique (2007).

Best Chefs in the World – Martin Berasategui

So far, Martin has collected 12 Michelin stars, which makes him the best Spanish chef in the world.

As one of the most well-known chefs of Gipuzkoa, Berasategi has received 12 Michelin stars across 7 of his restaurants.

He champions Basque cuisine around the world, highlighting the most representative dishes of the region.

The chef has been in the profession since he worked at his family restaurant at the age of 15, and since then he has established himself as one the most important chefs in the world.

He defines his cuisine as flavorful, but always mindful of the client’s health.

Among 10 restaurants that he owns, two are triple Michelin starred hotels.

One of them is the famous Restaurante Martin Berasategui.

Berasategui specializes in Basque cuisine.

His cooking is a kind of art, and he definitely knows how to serve meals.

Best Chefs in the World – Yannick Alléno

Yannick Alléno is a renowned French chef who runs one of the oldest restaurants in Paris, Pavillon Ledoyen.

At the helm of two three-Michelin-starred restaurants, Alléno Paris in the Pavillon Ledoyen, and Le 1947 in Courchevel, the French chef initiated a culinary movement called Cuisine Moderne, which thrives to combine the techniques of traditional French cuisine with real creative ambition. 

If we talk about the total number of restaurants, Yannick Alléno has 18 of them.

Yet, in all that time, the chef could get 10 Michelin Stars, which makes him the fifth in our list of great chefs.

Yannick Alléno stands out because he has created an entire trend in French cuisine.

He calls it “modern cuisine”.

As he develops this trend, Yannick has done various research and has patented a new technique for making sauces.

Best Chefs in the World – Anne-Sophie Pic

Ranked the best female chef by The World’s 50 Best Restaurants for the year 2011, it is easy to see why this 8 star Michelin chef makes it to this list.

She is one of the female chefs with most Michelin stars, but surprisingly, when she took over the leadership of Maison Pic after losing her father, she had no formal training in culinary skills.

Pic has seven Michelin stars over four restaurants in Valence, Paris, London and Swiss, Anne Sophie-Pic did not originally plan to be a chef although she grew up with an intuitive love of food .

Fate and her family’s reputation, deeply steeped in restaurants, intervened.

Her chef grandfather, Andre and in turn her father Jacques Pic had already made Maison Pic Valence, one of France’s most revered 3 Michelin restaurants.

In 2007, she won her restaurant 3 Michelin stars becoming the fourth female Michelin star chef to ever do so in the world.

After this, she went on to open a second restaurant Anne Sophie Pic in Switzerland, which won 2 stars.

She also has a hotel La Dame De Pic in Paris which was opened in 2012.

Best Chefs in the World – Carme Ruscalleda

Carme Ruscalleda is the only lady to be considered one of the best chefs in the world that have been awarded 7 Michelin stars so far.

She is the chef with most Michelin stars among female chefs.

Ruscalleda grew up on a Spanish farm. Maybe this is why she favors traditional Catalan recipes and seasonal products.

She is the owner of three restaurants on two opposite ends of the world.

Moments and Balnc restaurants are in Barcelona, while Sant Pau de Tòquio is in Tokyo.

“Every meal is a journey of sensations” – this is the motto of Andreas Caminada, who goes his way as a chef, bypassing the traditional paths of European cooking.

To surprise his guests with his dishes, the chef has chosen the ideal place – the old 13th-century Schauenstein castle in the tiny town of Fürstenau (Graubünden, Switzerland).

It’s said to be the smallest town in the world.

But it was able to accommodate the limitless inventions of cuisine.

As a result, Caminada has come a long way from haute cuisine restaurants in Zurich and Germany to his establishment with a garden where more than 20 kinds of apples alone grow for his culinary masterpieces.

Apples, mushrooms, artichokes – Caminada’s cuisine is woven from simple products available to mere mortals.

But seven Michelin stars are not just given out, and the creativity of the master was appreciated.

For example, pike-perch with red buttermilk onions and radishes.

A characteristic trick of the chef is to combine the same product cooked in different ways.

Since 2012 Schloss Schauenstein has been on the list of 50 best restaurants in the world.

Talented young chefs can be inspired by the chef’s work in his Caminada Documenta magazine and apply to Fundaziun Uccelin for career support.

After starting his business at age 20 with a team of just four employees, Caminada has grown and coordinates a group of 40.

Best Chefs in the World – Yoshihiro Murata

Think of a perfect blend of tradition and delicate presentation of meals and Yoshihiro Murata comes to mind.

Best known for his famous kaiseki dish, this legendary chef started his career by traveling to France to learn how to make French dishes, but he says he had a change of heart and decided to focus on bringing the world’s attention to the Japanese cuisine.

Judging from his level of success, we can say he has successfully managed to do so.

Murata is one of the best chefs in the world when it comes to Japanese cuisine.

He mentored Heston Blumenthal, another Michelin star chef on the top list.

He uses local ingredients to prepare his dishes which are deeply inspired by nature.

He now owns four restaurants, one of which is Tokimeite in London, UK.

Murata has earned himself seven stars.

Best Chefs in the World – Thomas Keller

Thomas Keller, an American chef, has seven stars 6 of which he has constantly held.

His restaurant The French Laundry has been ranked the best in the world twice.

This is what earns him a spot on our list of the top 17 chefs in the world.

He is also the first American to ever be bestowed with three concurrent Michelin stars twice for different restaurants.

Apart from his stars and restaurants, he is also an accomplished cookbook writer with his cookbook “Bouchon Bakery” being on the “The New York Times” best sellers list for almost two months in the year 2012.