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Le Chef Lists 100 of The Best Chefs in the World

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A list of the 100 Best Chefs in the World has been created by the French magazine Le Chef. The magazine polled over 500 two-to-three Michelin starred chefs around the world and asked them each to provide five names of chefs they thought represented the best of the cooking profession and which chefs and restaurants they would like to see on a list of the 100 best in the world.

Paul Bocuse - who was celebrated at his bi-annual Bocuse d’Or cooking competition this week - features in the top ten section of the list alongside five other French chefs: Pierre Gagnaire, Michel Bras, Eric Frechon, Alain Ducasse and Yannick Alleno.

Two chefs in the the top ten come from the USA: Daniel Humm and Thomas Keller - and the final two are made up by Spain with Joan Roca and Japan with chef Seiji Yamamoto.

In the top 50 section of the list features a great mix of chefs from all over the world: René Redzepi in Denmark, Enrico Crippa and Massimo Bottura in Italy, Andreas Caminada from Switzerland to name just a few.

Below is a list of the top ten chefs and their nominated restaurants, in no particular order, as well the following 40 chefs and restaurants. You can see the whole list of 100 best chefs in the world broken down by top 10, Top 50 and Top 100 on the Le Chef site.

Best chefs in the world - top 10

Pierre Gagnaire, Restaurant Pierre Gagnaire - France

Paul Bocuse - Restaurant Paul Bocuse - France

Joan Roca - El Celler de Can Roca - Spain

Thomas Keller - Per Se - USA

Alain Ducasse - Louis XV - Monaco

Michel Bras - Restaurant Michel Bras - France

Eric Frechon - Epicure - France

Yannick Alleno - Ledoyen - France

Seiji Yamamoto - Nihon Ryori Ryugin - Japan

Daniel Humm - Eleven Madison Park - USA

Best chefs in the world - top 50

Emmanuel Renaut, Flocons de Sel - France

Martin Beratesagui, Restaurant Martin Beratesagui - Spain

Harald Wohlfahrt, Schwarzwaldstube - Germany

Joel Robuchon, l'Atelier de Joel Robuchon - France

Benoit Violier, Hotel De Ville Crissier - Swizterland

Michel Troisgros, Restaurant Troisgros - France

Alain Passard, L'Arpege - France

Christian Bau, Victor's Gourmet - Germany

Joachim Wissler, Vendome - Germany

Arnaud Donckele, Residence De La Pinede - France

René Redzepi, Noma - Denmark

Gert De Mangeleer, Hertog Jan - Belgium

Christian Jurgens, Uberfahrt - Germany

Peter Goossens, Hof Van Cleve - Belgium

Gerald Passedat, Le Petit Nice - France

Jiro Ono, Jiro Honten - Japan

Pascal Barbot, L'Astrance - France

Heston Blumenthal, The Fat Duck - UK

Massimo Bottura, Osteria Francescana - Italy

Regis Marcon, Restaurant Regis et Jacques Marcon - France

Paul Pairet, Ultraviolet - China

Gilles Goujon, Auberge Du Vieux Puits - France

Enrico Crippa, Piazza Duomo - Italy

Guy Savoy, Restaurant Guy Savoi - France

Tetsuya Wakuda, Tetsuya's - Australia

Daniel Boulud, Restaurant Daniel Boulud - USA

Jean-François Piege, Restaurant J.-F. Piege - France

Sven Elverfeld, Aqua - Germany

Massimiliano Alajmo, Le Calandre - Italy

Jonnie Boer, De LIbrije - The Netherlands

Nadia Santini, Dal Pescatore - Italy

Eric Pras, Maison Lameloise - France

Enrico Cerea, Da Vittorio - Italy

Grant Achatz, Alinea - USA

Marc Haeberlin, Auberge De L'Ill - France

Andoni Luis Aduriz, Mugaritz - Spain

Anne-Sophie Pic, Maison Pic - France

Jacob Jan, Boerma De Leest - The Netherlands

Andreas Caminada, Schauenstein Schloss - Switzerland

Corey Lee, Benu - USA

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