Chef Says chefs Hugh Acheson [Chef of 5 & 10 in Athens, GA; Top Chef Masters judge] Einat Admony [Israeli, chef of Balaboosta restaurant in NYC] Ferran Adrià [Spanish, former chef of El Bulli in Spain, regarded as the #1 restaurant in the world for a decade] Andoni Luis Aduriz [Spanish, chef of Mugaritz, Michelin 3-star in Spain] Alexis [ancient Greek chef, ca. 350 BC] Anaxippus [ancient Greek playwright, ca. 303 BC] Michael Anthony [Chef of NYC's Gramercy Tavern] Juan Mari Arzak [Spanish, chef of Arzak, Michelin 3-star] Alex Atala [Brazilian, Sao Paolo chef, appears on lists of world's best chefs] Sat Bains [British, Nottingham, Michelin 2-star chef] Dan Barber [American, chef of NYC's Blue Hill and Blue Hill at Stone Barns in Westchester County] Lidia Bastianich [Italian, NYC chef of multiple restaurants and star of Italian cooking show] Mario Batali [American, NYC chef, star of cooking show] James Beard [American, U.S. iconic food writer and restaurant consultant] Heinz Beck [Chef of Michelin 3-star La Pergola in Rome] Paul Bertolli [American, former chef at Chez Panisse and Oliveto] Mark Best [Australian, chef of Marque restaurant in Sydney] Richard Blais [American, Atlanta chef and TV personality] Georges Blanc [French, legendary French 3-star chef] Raymond Blanc [French, working in Britain, mentor to many chefs] April Bloomfield [British, NYC chef of Spotted Pig and The Breslin] Heston Blumenthal [British, chef of The Fat Duck, a Michelin 3-star, and TV personality] Daniel Boulud [French, working in NYC, MIchelin 3-star chef and author] Anthony Bourdain [American, former restaurant chef, TV personality, author] Wayne Harley Brachman [American, former NYC pastry chef at Mesa Grill] Michel Bras [French, legendary 3-star chef] Sean Brock [American, rising star chef from Charleston, SC] Mario Carbone [Chef-partner of Parm, Torrisi, and Carbone in NYC] Antonin Carême [French, defined French haute cuisine in the early 19th c.] David Chang [American, chef of the Momofuku empire, TV personality] Leah Chase [American, legendary African-American chef of Dooky Chase in New Orleans] Julia Child [Legendary cookbook author and television personality on PBS] Sally Clarke [Chef of an eponymous London restaurant; often called the British Alice Waters] Amanda Cohen [American, NYC chef of Dirty Candy in E. Village] Tom Colicchio [American, chef of several NYC restaurants, host of Top Chef] Chris Cosentino [San Francisco chef of Incanto; Top Chef Masters winner] Musa Dagdeviren [Turkish, chef and food historian] Elizabeth David [British, iconic food writer] Kobe Desmeraults [Belgian] Alain Ducass [French, with many Michelin stars and restaurants around the world] Wylie Dufresne [American, WD-50 and Alder] Susan Feniger [American, LA-based chef of multiple restaurants and TV personality] Nicholas Freeling [British chef] André Garrett [British chef] Matthew Gaudet [American, Boston chef regarded as up-and-comer] Frédy Girardet [Swiss, legendary 3-star chef] Suzanne Goin [American, LA-based chef and TV personality] Joyce Goldstein [American, San Francisco chef] Gabrielle Hamilton [chef of Prune, NYT best-selling author] Emma Hearst [American, Iron Chef competitor, former NYC chef of Sorella] Hegesippus [Greek playwright, ca. 180 BC] Fergus Henderson [British, beloved chef of London's St. John] Peter Hoffman [Chef-owner of NYC's Back Forty restaurants] Simon Hopkinson [British, retired chef, author of bestselling Roast Chicken & Other Stories] Thomas Keller [American, legendary chef The French Laundry and Per Se] Tom Kerridge [British, Michelin 2-star chef in Buckinghamshire] David Kinch [American, chef of Michelin 3-star Manresa in California] Tom Kitchin [Chef of Michelin 2-star in Edinburgh] Pierre Koffmann [French working in Britain, former chef of the Michelin 3-star La Tante Claire in London] Gray Kunz [Swiss, working in America, known for his NYC restaurant Lespinasse] Nico Ladenis [Tanzanian-born Greek working in Britain, 3 Michelin stars for his London restaurant and renounced them] Jim Lahey [NYC founder of Sullivan Street Bakery; chef of Co. restaurant] Bun Lai [Chef of New Haven sustainable sushi restaurant Miya Sushi (only sustainable sushi restaurant in the northeast); 2013 James Beard Foundation Award nominee] Sarabeth Levine [Founder of NYC's Sarabeth's chain] Edna Lewis [Revered former chef of several NYC restaurants and Southern cooking legend] Donald Link [New Orleans chef] Anita Lo [NYC chef; former Iron Chef contestant and Top Chef Masters competitor] Emily Luchetti [Pastry chef at San Francisco's Farallon and author of numerous cookbooks] Barbara Lynch [Chef-owner of many Boston restaurants, especially No. 9 Park] Waldy Malouf [Former NYC chef, now with the Culinary Institute of America] Andrew McConnell [Chef of the Melbourne restaurant Cumulus] Yoshihiro Murata [Chef of Kikunoi, a world-renowned Kyoto restaurant] Magnus Nilsson [Chef of Faviken, a pioneering local ingredients restaurant] Jean-Christophe Novelli [Former chef of several London restaurants and frequent UK TV personality] Patrick O’Connell [Chef of The Inn at Little Washington, regarded as one of the US's finest restaurants] Tadashi Ono [Japanese, working in NYC, best known as chef for Sono] Daniel Patterson [San Francisco chef, author of a 2013 cookbook] Cindy Pawlcyn [California chef, a Napa Valley pioneer] Mark Peel [Chef of La Campanile, a longtime LA standout] Zakary Pelaccio [NYC chef of Fatty Crab and Fatty 'Cue] Neil Perry [Iconic Australian chef of Rockpool and popular cookbook author] Charles Phan [Chef of San Francisco's Slanted Door] Fernand Point [Legendary chef of Le Pyramid; trainer of other legendary chefs] Gordon Ramsay [London chef and TV personality] René Redzepi [Chef of Noma in Copenhagen, innovative restaurant often called one of the world's best] Andrea Reusing [Chef of Lantern in Chapel Hill, NC; author] Michel Richard [Chef of Citronelle in DC] Eric Ripert [Chef of Le Bernardin, an NYC Michelin 3-star restaurant] Michael Roberts [Former Los Angeles chef] Joan Roca [Michelin- starred chef with restaurants around the world] Marcus Samuelsson [Chef of NYC's Red Rooster; TV personality] Ben Shewry [Chef of Attica restaurant and cookbook author] Nancy Silverton [LA restauarant chef and pastry chef; TV personality] Andre Soltner [Former chef of Lutece restaurant in NYC] Frank Stitt [Chef of Highlands Bar & Grill in Birmingham, Alabama] Alex Stupak [Former pastry chef at WD-50 in NYC, now chef of Empellon] Pedro Subijana [Michelin 3-star chef] Michael Symon [Ohio chef; TV personality] Taillevent (Guillaume Tirel) [French royal cook] David Tanis [Former Chef at Chez Panisse; NYTimes columnist] Bill Telepan [American chef of NYC's Telepan] Christina Tosi [Chef of Momofuku Milk Bar in NYC] Jean and Pierre Troisgros [French, seminal chefs in the nouvelle cuisine movement] Ming Tsai [Boston chef; TV personality] Tom Valenti [Chef of Ouest in NYC] Marc Vetri [Award-winning Philadelphia chef] Jean-Georges Vongerichten [NYC Michelin 3-star chef and author] Tetsuya Wakuda [Japanese working in Australia, his Sydney restaurant Tetsuya’s often recognized as best in country] Alice Waters [Chef of Chez Panisse in California] Marco Pierre White [Former enfant terrible, TV personality] Michael White [NYC chef with 2 Michelin stars] Sherry Yard [Former pastry chef at Spago; TV personality] Patricia Yeo [Originally an NYC chef, she has since run restaurants in Boston and Chicago; Top Chef Masters competitor] Mei Yuan [Chinese scholar and writer on gastronomy] .