World's Most Famous Chefs

Australian chef whose Beverly Hills restaurant Maude holds two Michelin stars; longtime US TV host.

São Paulo chef whose D.O.M. consistently ranks among the world's best restaurants and pioneered the use of Amazonian ingredients in fine dining.

Founder of the Momofuku group; one of the most influential chefs of the 21st century, with multiple Toronto and New York Michelin stars.

Chinese-American chef and TV host whose long-running PBS show 'Yan Can Cook' aired for over 30 years and won multiple Emmys.

Chinese-American chef whose 1984 BBC series 'Ken Hom's Chinese Cookery' taught a generation of British home cooks how to use a wok.

Multi-Michelin-starred French chef whose global empire spans Paris, Monaco, London, Tokyo and beyond.

Legendary French chef whose Lyon restaurant held three Michelin stars for 55 consecutive years.

Hamburg chef and TV host whose ARD/ZDF series and Bullerei restaurant make him Germany's most recognisable cooking personality.

Greek-American chef, cookbook author and PBS host whose work is the leading English-language documentation of regional Greek cooking.

Indian chef and TV personality whose long-running show 'Khana Khazana' is the most-watched cookery programme in Indian television history.

Punjab-born chef whose Junoon was the first Indian restaurant in New York to earn a Michelin star — and who organised the Feed India programme during COVID-19.

Indonesian chef and food writer widely regarded as the country's leading authority on Indonesian regional cuisine and its global cultural ambassador.

Three-Michelin-star Italian chef behind Osteria Francescana, named the world's best restaurant.

Italian-British chef and television presenter who introduced authentic regional Italian cuisine to the UK.

Tokyo sushi master whose Sukiyabashi Jiro held three Michelin stars and was the subject of the documentary 'Jiro Dreams of Sushi.'

Saitama-born chef whose Nobu and Matsuhisa restaurants made Japanese-Peruvian (Nikkei) cuisine a global phenomenon.

Lebanese-Australian chef whose award-winning cookbooks — Saha, Saraban, Arabesque — set the global standard for modern Middle Eastern cuisine.

Mexico City chef behind Pujol — the restaurant that redefined how the world sees Mexican gastronomy.

Mexican chef and TV host whose PBS series 'Pati's Mexican Table' brings authentic regional Mexican home cooking to American audiences.

San Francisco chef whose Michelin-starred Mourad and Aziza brought modern Moroccan cuisine to American fine dining.

Lima chef whose restaurants and advocacy made Peruvian cuisine — ceviche, anticuchos, lomo saltado — a global phenomenon in the 2010s.

Lima chef whose restaurant Central was named World's Best Restaurant in 2023 — the first Latin American restaurant ever to top the list.

Manila chef and restaurateur named Asia's Best Female Chef in 2016 — the most internationally celebrated voice in modern Filipino cooking.

Lisbon chef whose Belcanto holds two Michelin stars and is widely regarded as the standard-bearer of modern Portuguese cuisine.

Moscow chef whose White Rabbit and Krasota restaurants pioneered the rediscovery of pre-Soviet Russian cuisine for a fine-dining audience.

Korean-American chef whose Kogi BBQ truck launched the Los Angeles food-truck revolution and the global Korean-Mexican fusion craze.

Korean-American chef whose New York restaurant Danji was the first Korean restaurant in the world to receive a Michelin star.

Catalan chef behind elBulli, the restaurant that invented modernist cuisine and reshaped global fine dining.

Spanish-American chef, restaurateur and humanitarian; founder of World Central Kitchen and Michelin-starred restaurateur in Washington and beyond.

Australian chef whose London restaurant Nahm was the first Thai restaurant in the world to earn a Michelin star.

American chef whose family pioneered Thai dining in Los Angeles; recurring judge and host on Food Network.

Turkish chef, restaurateur and TV personality — head judge of MasterChef Turkey since 2018.

Istanbul-born chef and YouTube creator whose 'Refika's Kitchen' brings Turkish home cooking to a worldwide audience.

Multi-Michelin-starred British chef behind Restaurant Gordon Ramsay and host of Hell's Kitchen and MasterChef.

British TV chef and food activist whose simple, ingredient-led recipes redefined home cooking for a generation.

Vietnamese-American chef whose Slanted Door brought modern Vietnamese cuisine to American fine dining.

Australian-Vietnamese chef and SBS presenter whose travel-cookery shows trace Vietnamese cuisine across Southeast Asia.