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Joël Robuchon
- The late French chef was widely considered to be the "Chef of the Century" and a pioneer for nouvelle cuisine in France.
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Joël Robuchon - Throughout his life, Gordon Ramsay's mentor amassed over 30 Michelin stars, making him the most decorated chef in the world.
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Alain Ducasse - French chef Alain Ducasse has opened over 25 restaurants around the world, with the most famous being his three Michelin-starred restaurant named after himself at The Dorchester, in London.
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Alain Ducasse - Ducasse has held 21 Michelin stars, and he was the first chef to own three-Michelin starred restaurants in three different cities.
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Gordon Ramsay - Gordon Ramsay is one of the biggest celebrity chefs on TV, known for his volatile and often aggressive behavior in the kitchen. The Gordon Ramsay Group has over 30 restaurants around the world.
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Gordon Ramsay - He has been awarded 16 Michelin stars over his career, and his Restaurant Gordon Ramsay in London has maintained its three stars since 2001.
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Martin Berasategui - Berasategui owns 12 Michelin stars, more than any other Spanish chef. He earned his first one at the young age of 25.
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Martin Berasategui - He's also one of the only chefs in the world to boast two triple-Michelin-starred restaurants.
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Carme Ruscalleda - Catalan chef Carme Ruscalleda is the only seven-Michelin-starred female chef in the world.
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Carme Ruscalleda - Her restaurant Sant Pau in Sant Pol de Mar obtained its third star in 2006.
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Thomas Keller
- Keller is the most decorated chef in America, even accomplishing the feat of having six, out of his total seven stars, awarded at the same time (across two different restaurants).
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Thomas Keller - His three-star restaurant French Laundry in California has been named best restaurant in the world twice since its opening in 1994.
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Yoshihiro Murata
- The Japanese chef is one of the country's most successful, who prides himself in sourcing only the best ingredients in order to craft authentic Japanese cuisine.
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Yoshihiro Murata
- Murata has seven Michelin stars to his name, and he has passed on the basics of Japanese cuisine to famous chefs Heston Blumenthal and René Redzepi.
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Heston Blumenthal - Blumenthal's restaurant Fat Duck in Berkshire is one of the only five restaurants in the UK to hold three Michelin stars. It was also named best restaurant in the world in 2005.
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Heston Blumenthal - The British chef, who is known for experimenting with molecular cuisine and food pairing, has a total of six stars.
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Anne-Sophie Pic
- Even though Anne-Sophie Pic had no culinary training when she took the reigns of her late father's restaurant, Maison Pic, in 1997, she still managed to earn three stars.
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Anne-Sophie Pic - She's one of only four French female chefs to ever earn three Michelin stars, and she was named Best Female Chef in 2011 by The World’s Fifty Best Restaurants. She has eight stars now.
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Seiji Yamamoto - In 2016, Yamamoto was described by French magazine Le Chef as the fifth-best chef in the world—the highest-ranked non-European on the list.
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Seiji Yamamoto
- He's known for combining traditional Japanese cuisine and molecular gastronomy. Yamamoto's three-starred Tokyo restaurant, Nihonryori RyuGin, was named Asia's seventh-best in 2018.
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Ferran Adrià - The iconic Spanish chef worked his way to three stars. He started as a dishwasher and became a head chef at El Bulli when he was just 23.
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Ferran Adrià
- El Bulli was named the best restaurant in the world in 2002, 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2009. Adrià is known for creating the "culinary foam," which is made without cream or egg white.
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Nadia Santini - Italian chef Nadia Santini has won her family restaurant Dal Pescatore three Michelin stars, making her the first woman in Italy to accomplish such an honor.
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Nadia Santini - Santini was also named the world’s best female chef by The World’s Fifty Best Restaurants in 2013.
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Joan Roca - The Spanish chef's restaurant El Celler de Can Roca has been named the best in the world twice. Under his leadership, the venue has earned three Michelin stars.
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Joan Roca - Roca runs the restaurant with his two brothers, one of whom is the sommelier while the other is the pastry chef.
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Juan Mari Arzak - Juan Mari Arzak, who's in his late seventies, is still overseeing his Michelin-starred restaurant Arzak in San Sebastian, Spain, alongside his daughter Elena.
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Juan Mari Arzak
- He's known for being the pioneer for the New Basque cuisine movement, and the restaurant has held three stars for decades now. See also: Celebrity personal chefs dish their spiciest confessions
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