Top 15 Best Chefs in the World Today

Whoever said that nothing tastes as good as being skinny sure had not had his chance on scrumptious delicacies prepared by the craftiest hands in the world. While we’ve all had those pictures on Instagram that have made so many stomachs grumble in temptation and starvation, but none of those #foodporn #foodgasm are actually credited to the chefs who are responsible for treating our taste buds to avant- garde cuisine and culinary expertise. So to those chefs who made out food taste a little better, and those we didn’t thank enough for the lovely Italian risotto served in English suburbs, here is your list to top 15 chefs living today. So are you on your gastronomic journey of trying scrumptious dishes by them all? Well, count me in too.

15. David Chang

Do you know who to thank for serving the most delicious Asian dishes in New York City? It has to be David Chang, the founder of Momofuku Restaurant Group in New York, Sydney and Toronto is a restaurateur, author and a television personality.  Momofuku Ko in New York was awarded 2 Michelin stars in 2009 which it has retained ever since. Chang pursued his formal culinary training at the French Culinary Institute in New York City.

14. Anthony Bourdain

New York can sure be termed the gastronomic capital of the World with so many international chefs to its credit. Brasserie Les Halles has been endowed with an angel as an executive chef, Anthony Bourdain.  This chef and writer started off as a dishwasher 2 decades back. A hope for hopeless people like me! (Not so much though- I wish I made a good dishwasher in the least). The author of  “Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the culinary Underbelly”, Bourdain has hosted cookery shows and has his own blog too. So many feathers on his hat! Impressed much?

13. Jamie Oliver

The English Celebrity chef, Jamie Oliver achieved success as a chef, restaurateur and media personality early on in life. He has been the face of Global campaign for better food education and it is near impossible that you have not witnessed this man in his food focused television shows and cookbooks. From a pastry chef to world’s most renowned personalities for vegetarian cuisine, Jamie Oliver is sure a best food bet to make on a hungry day out.

12. Ferran Adria

This Spanish Chef started his culinary career in 1980 and there has been no looking back ever since. The head chef at elBulli restaurant in Roses, Costa Brava, he started as a dishwasher at Hotel Playafels where the chef de cuisine trained his in traditional Spanish cuisine. He calls himself a deconstructivist chef, and why not, he’d alter simple ingredients and textures to please your culinary starvation to the optimum.

11.Rene Redzepi

You cannot name the World’s top chefs and not have this man’s mention. This Danish chef is the co-owner of Noma, a two michelin star restaurant in the Christianshavn neighbourhood in Copenhagen, Denmark.  It was no Kid’s play to getting his restaurant voted the best in the world in San Pellegrino Awards consecutively in 2010, 2011, 2012 and then again in 2014. In for the refined reinvention of new Nordic Cuisine? You know where to go to please your taste buds.

10. Heston Blumenthal

Ever wondered of the Scientific Understanding in cooking? Well, this English Chef did. The journey to being a celebrity chef and owner of multiple restaurants wasn’t easy. His restaurant, The Fat Duck, is not just a 3 Michelin star rated but also made it to the list of World’s 50 best restaurants in 2006. So to this man for his delight in the theory of cooking, his dishes are sure multi sensory.

9. Thomas Keller

Thomas Keller is the most evident proof that you do not have to be formally trained to be a celebrity chef. The owner of French Laundry in Napa Valley, this American Chef learnt best from his experience. Awarded for his exemplary work as a chef in 1997 as the “Best Californian Chef”, his restaurants have been awarded 3 Michelin Star rating. Bought his cookery books yet? Well, borrow a bit of his culinary magic too.

8. Charlie Trotter

If you don’t know him, sorry, but you do not deserve to eat – ever. Charlie Trotter is not just one of the best chefs in the world but the founder of the cooking show – Masterchef, a restaurateur and an author. A majors in Political Science, his discovery of his passion for food was a blessing for the world. With 14 cook books and 3 management books to his credit, he also heads the Charlie Trotter culinary education organization. For him, food is not passion, it is love!

7. Emeril Lagasse

Celebrated best for his Creole and Cajun Style Cooking, this French -Portuguese – American Restaurateur was awarded the James Beard Award. Now to what about his is going to stun you, he is paid approximately $150 million a year. Changes of career plan anyone? Train me too!

6. Paul Bocuse

The Father of Culinary Art in France – Paul Bocuse will serve you French cuisine that will linger on your taste buds, forever! One of the most renowned names associated with the French cuisine, I’d call Bocuse mostly a kingmaker. He has trained world class chefs under his guidance and made sure that his taste making abilities remain in the world forever! No wonder he has had the Chef of the Century and Leadership awards to his credit.

5. Alain Ducasse

This Monegasque chef of French Nationality was first offered the role of a chef at Hotel de Paris in Monte Carlo. He not only pleased the culinary desires of his guests but also managed the other restaurants and their operations on the property. His journey from there to being the first chef to own restaurants in three cities with three Michelin Stars each didn’t come easy. But perseverance and the ability to satiate ones gastronomically charges fantasies has its own perks now. You doubt?

4.Wolfgang Puck

What’s special about Puck’s cuisine? Well, the fact that you’d never know what is the cuisine. He has craftily integrated elements of French, Asian and Californian cooking into mainstream American cooking and what you get to eat is a magic of sorts. No wonder his formal training was from his mother (Mothers remain the best chefs, don’t they?). Puck went on to be the best earning chef in the world and he got awarded as the official caterer for the Academy Awards Governor Ball too.

3. Marco Pierre White

The literal master to the master of all chefs, this British Celebrity chef made a record of being the youngest to be awarded 3 Michelin Stars at age 33. Rightly termed as the Godfather of Modern cuisine with his expansive contribution to the Contemporary International Cuisine, you know who to thank for training Ramsay and Stone for their Culinary Expertise.

2. Joel Robuchon

This French chef and restaurateur does not need words to prove his relevance. Titled the chef of the century by mentor Gault Millau, Joel went on to be awarded Meilleur Ouvrier de France (France’s best Craftsman). Who said culinary skill was no craft? Mind rechecking your facts? This man owns and runs over a dozen restaurants in the World’s most food loving cities and it is no wonder that the combined of 25 Michelin Stars is the most to any chef’s credit in the World. Dare try his delicacies in Paris and try not to fall in love with it? That’s an impossibility the world will never witness.

1. Gordon James Ramsay

You cannot not know Gordon Ramsay. This High Profile Scottish Chef is perhaps the world best in the culinary industry (the ranking says best!). This aspiring footballer was destined to be a chef, and the world will thank god for that one injury. The only chef in UK with 14 Michelin stars  (and counting), his food is sprinkled in magic dust. You’ve seen his on Television in ‘Hell’s Kitchen’ , ‘Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmare’ and ‘Masterchef USA. Well, who said a student cannot master his master’s art? Ramsay did exactly that and cooked his way to the top of the Culinary world.

That said, wouldn’t you rather fill your stomach with scrumptious delicacies than resist temptations for the gym workout that almost killed? I would, even if that meant 10 more pounds (and an obese me) . How many stars in your kitty yet (Count the Michelin Stars of the restaurants you ate at)? Not many? You know exactly where to go.

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