Alain Ducasse is a famous French chef. In addition to his Louis XV restaurant in Monaco, he also operates two self-titled restaurants at the Jumeirah Essex House in New York City and the Plaza Athénée in Paris. He is currently the only chef within the Michelin Guide to hold three stars (the top ranking) in three different countries. In January 2007 he took the position as chef of the Jules Verne Restaurant located in the Eiffel Tower in Paris

Thomas Keller (born October 14, 1955) is an American chef, restaurateur, and cookbook writer. He and his landmark restaurant, The French Laundry in the Napa Valley of Yountville, California, have won multiple awards from the James Beard Foundation, notably the Best California Chef in 1996 and the Best Chef in America in 1997. In 2005, he was awarded a three star rating by the Michelin Guide to New York for his restaurant Per Se, and in 2006, …

Daniel Boulud is a French chef and restaurateur with restaurants in New York City, Palm Beach, and Las Vegas. A former executive chef at "Le Cirque", he is best known for his Michelin two-star restaurant, "Daniel". At the tender age of fifteen, Boulud earned his first professional recognition: He was a finalist in France's competition for Best Culinary Apprentice.

Heston Blumenthal OBE (born May 27, 1966, in High Wycombe, near London) is the chef and owner of The Fat Duck, a three-Michelin-starred restaurant in the village of Bray in Berkshire. Blumenthal's fame is based upon his scientific approach to cooking which is often referred to as "molecular gastronomy" or "culinary alchemy".

Bernard Loiseau was a French chef. He was born in Chamalières. He decided to become a chef as a teenager, apprenticing at the famous "restaurant Troisgros" run by the brothers Jean and Pierre Troisgros in Roanne between 1968 and 1971. In 1972, he began working for Claude Verger at La Barrière de Clichy, and was soon hailed as a prodigy by the Gault Millau guide, …

Marco Pierre White (born 11 December, 1961) is a leading English chef and restaurateur. He is regarded as one of the most creative and talented chefs of his generation, known as much for his quick temper as for his exceptional skill as a chef. Although the chain-smoking White is variously described as the first celebrity chef, the "enfant terrible" of the UK restaurant scene or the Godfather of modern cooking, …

Ferran Adrià Acosta is a chef born on 14 May 1962 in L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. He is the famed head chef of "El Bulli" restaurant in Roses, on the Costa Brava. Today he is considered one of the best chefs in the world and tops the "European Restaurant Ranking." Ferran Adrià began his culinary career in 1980 during his stint as a dishwasher at the Hotel Playafels, in the town of Castelldefels (Catalonia).

Joël Robuchon is a celebrated French chef. Robuchon was born in Poitiers, France. At the age of 15, Robuchon became an apprentice chef at the Relais of Poitiers hotel. At 28, he was appointed as head chef at the hotel Harmony-Lafayette and was awarded the title of Meilleur Ouvrier de France. He was awarded "Chef of the Century" by the Guide Gault Millau. He later started his own restaurant in Paris.

Michel Roux (born 1941) is a French-born restaurateur working in Britain. Born in Charolles, Roux moved to Paris with his family after the war, where they set up a "charcuterie" (delicatessen). At the age of fourteen he became a "patissier" (pastry chef), and later followed his elder brother Albert back to Paris to work as a chef. When Albert moved to London, Michel again followed him, and in 1967 they opened their first restaurant, "Le Gavroche", …

Raymond Blanc is a French chef, born in Besançon, France, and now based in the United Kingdom. Blanc is the owner and chef at Le Manoir aux Quat' Saisons, a hotel-restaurant in Great Milton, Oxfordshire, England. The restaurant has two Michelin stars and scores 9/10 in the "Good Food Guide". Blanc opened the first of a chain of smaller restaurants, Le Petit Blanc restaurants in Oxford in June 1996.

Tom Aikens is an English chef. Aikens was born in Norwich in 1970 into a family of wine merchants. He worked at Mirabelle in Eastbourne and Cavaliers in Battersea, London, as a commis chef. He moved to London’s Capital hotel under Michelin-starred head chef Phillip Britten and was working as chef de partie at Pierre Koffmann’s La Tante Claire in London when the restaurant won its third Michelin star before becoming sous chef at Pied à Terre in 1993.

Albert Roux (born 1936) is a French-born restaurateur working in Britain. Roux, the son of a "charcutier", was born in Carolles and moved to London to work as a chef for the Cazalet family. In 1967 he and his younger brother Michel opened "Le Gavroche", Britain's first Michelin-starred restaurant, in London. Roux once made an appearance on the British sitcom "Chef!" playing himself in the 1993 episode "The Big Cheese".

Nobuyuki "Nobu" Matsuhisa (松久 信幸 "Matsu-hisa Nobu-yuki"; born 1949 in Saitama, Japan) is an international celebrity chef and restaurateur. Nobu is known for his fusion cuisine which blends traditional Japanese dishes with South American (Peruvian and Argentinian) ingredients. His signature dish is black cod in miso. He was also the pioneer of soft shell crab and shrimp tempura rolls, both attempts to please the western palate.

Marcus Wareing is an English chef, born in Churchtown, Lancashire. He is currently head chef of two London hotel restaurants - The Grill Room at the Savoy Hotel on the Strand and Pétrus at The Berkeley Hotel in Knightsbridge. A protege of Gordon Ramsay, Wareing is recognised as one of the UK's top chefs. Pétrus, which Wareing opened, has been awarded two Michelin stars and five AA Rosettes, …

Gary Rhodes OBE (born April 22, 1960) is a British restaurateur, cookery writer, and celebrity chef, known for his love of British cuisine, distinctive hair style (which has since been shaved off) and use of butter in many of his recipes. He has fronted BBC shows such as "Masterchef", "Hell's Kitchen", and his own series, "Rhodes Around Britain". In 2006 he tried to represent the South of England in the BBC's Great British Menu, …

John Burton Race (1957 -) is a Michelin star chef, made famous by the Channel 4 series "French Leave" and its sequel Return of the Chef. Burton Race was born in Singapore, spending his early years travelling, allowing him to experience food from all round the world. Between 1983 and 2002, he held positions at various acclaimed restaurants in the South of England, including Le Manoir aux Quat' Saisons, Oxford.

Carme Ruscalleda is a famous Catalan chef of restaurant Sant Pau in Sant Pol de Mar. Ruscalleda was raised in a family of farmers and began cooking as a girl. She studied "Charcuterie" technics, and after marrying a grocery owner in 1975 convinced him to open a restaurant. Sant Pau opened in 1988 and obtained its third Michelin Guide star in 2006. Her cuisine is strongly based on Catalan tradition and nevertheless open to world influences, …

Eckart Witzigmann (July 4, 1941-) is an Austrian chef who promoted French Nouvelle Cuisine in the German-speaking world. After his chef-apprenticeship in the Hotel Straubinger in Bad Gastein (1957-1960), Witzigmann moved on to numerous positions in prestigious restaurants around the world, among others as a student of Paul Bocuse in Lyon, France. His work in Germany began in 1971 at the Munich restaurant "Tantris" designed by the architect Justus Dahinden.

Pierre Wynants (born March 5, 1939 in Brussels) is a Belgian chef. He owns and leads the "Comme chez Soi" restaurant in Brussels, one of the finest and most famous restaurants in Belgium. In 2004, he created the menu of the "Ostend Queen" establishment. This restaurant received a rather good review in the 2005 Benelux edition Michelin restaurant guide (or "Benelux Michelin Guide"), …

Nick Nairn, celebrity chef, born (January 12 1959) in Stirling, Scotland. Nairn has been a regular chef on BBC's popular Ready Steady Cook since the first series in 1994 and in 1990, he became the youngest chef to win a Michelin star in Scotland. A self-taught chef, his determination to master the culinary arts resulted in the creation of two successful restaurants - Braeval near Aberfoyle and the other in Glasgow, called Nairn's.

Paul Rankin is a celebrity chef from Ballywalter, County Down, Northern Ireland. He has been a regular chef on the BBC cookery programme "Ready Steady Cook". In 1999 Rankin was the first chef from Northern Ireland to be awarded a Michelin Star. He has written five cookery books & runs The Rankin Group chain of restaurants & cafes, including "Cayenne" and "Roscoff" in Belfast.

Fernand Point (1897 - 1955) was a French restaurateur and is considered to be the father of modern French cuisine. From his restaurant "La Pyramide" in Vienne, an out-of-the-way town south of Lyon, he gained three Michelin stars and trained a generation of French master chefs: Paul Bocuse, Alain Chapel, Louis Outhier, Georges Perrier and Jean and Pierre, the Brothers Troisgros.

Michael Andrew Caines, MBE (born 1969) is an English chef, born in Exeter, Devon. He is currently head chef of Gidleigh Park in Devon, the Royal Clarence in Exeter, and developing the Abode hotels concept with Andrew Brownsword.

André Michelin was a French industrialist who, with his brother Édouard (1859-1940), founded the Michelin Tyre Company ("Compagnie Générale des Établissements Michelin") in 1888 in the French city of Clermont-Ferrand. In 1900 André Michelin published the first Michelin Guide, the purpose of which was to promote tourism by car, thereby supporting his tyre manufacturing operation.

Heinz Winkler (born 1949) is a European chef. In 2001, he received the Bundesverdienstkreuz of Germany, a decoration from the President of Germany.

Prue Leith OBE, Founder, Leith School of Wine Prue Leiths name is synonymous with fine food. She has been a TV-cook, broadcaster, columnist, publisher of 12 cookbooks, restaurateur, co-founder of a cookery charity and founder of the cookery school that bears her name.

Richard Corrigan is an Irish chef based in London. He achieved a Michelin Star in 1998 and has been awarded many other culinary accolades, including Outstanding London Chef at the London Restaurant Awards. He is Chef/Patron of Lindsay House in Soho. He appeared each week on the TV series "Full on Food" for the BBC. In 2006, he was one of 4 chefs who won a BBC competition, Great British Menu, to cook for the Queen's 80th birthday and, in its second series, …

Alan Yau, OBE (born 1962) is a restaurateur who launched the Wagamama food chain in the United Kingdom. The chain is acclaimed with re-inventing the Japanese food industry in the UK by improving traditional recipes with modern techniques but also criticized by esteemed food critic and Asian delicacies connoisseur Wayne Tu, as "really un-declicious". Despite this, Alan Yau was awarded the OBE in the 2006 New Year Honour's List for services to the restaurant industry.

Alfons Schuhbeck was born on 2. May 1949 in Traunstein,Upper Bavaria, Germany is one of Germany’s top chefs, as well as being a writer, restaurateur, TV cook and businessman. Born as as "Alfons Karg", he trained as a telecommunications technician, but soon became disenchanted with his profession. Stopping in the Bavarian holiday resort Waging, he ran into the restaurateur Sebastian Schuhbeck. He began working for Schuhbeck, who became his mentor.

David Thompson is an Australian chef, restaurateur and cookery writer, known for his skill and expertise in Thai cuisine. He made his name at "Darley Street Thai" in Sydney, opened on his return from several years living and working in Bangkok. He currently runs "Sailors Thai" (opened 1995) in that city, and the Michelin starred "Nahm" (opened 2001) in London's Halkin Hotel - the first Thai restaurant to gain this award.

Helmut Thieltges (born 1955) is a German chef. Since 1978 he has been chef at the"Walhotel Sonnor", his own family business.

Gordon Ramsay (Fee Group £16k - £25k) Scottish by birth, Gordon was brought up in England after his parents moved south to Stratford-upon-Avon. His first career break came whilst playing football for Oxford United where he was spotted by a Glasgow Rangers scout in a F.A. youth club match. After completing trials he was signed by the Scottish champions at the age of 15.

Michael Deane is a chef from Lisburn, Northern Ireland. Deane started his career at Claridge's in London. In 1993 he moved back to Northern Ireland and opened "Deane's on the Square" in Helen's Bay, County Down. In 1997 he opened a two storey establishment in Belfast's city centre. It comprises "Deane's Brassiere" on the ground floor and "Restaurant Michael Deane" on the first floor. In the same year the restaurant was awarded a Michelin Star.

Karlos Arguiñano Urkiola (born 6 September 1948 in Beasain, Gipuzkoa, Basque Country, Spain) is a chef, very popular TV presenter and producer. His devotion to cuisine started when he was a child and helped at home due to the fact that he was the eldest of four brothers and had a disabled mother. Before starting cooking-related formation, he worked for CAF, a rail car manufacturer at Beasain.

Robbie Millar (April 26, 1967 - August 13, 2005) was a chef and restaurateur from Ballycarry in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. Millar started his career at restaurants in Corfu, Zurich and London before returning to Northern Ireland to work in Paul Rankin's "Roscoff" restaurant in Belfast. While at "Roscoff" he met his future wife Shirley, who managed the restaurant and went on to manage "Shanks".

Galton Blackiston is an English chef, born in Norfolk. The restaurant of his north Norfolk hotel, Morston Hall, is Michelin starred and has 3 AA Rosettes. Galton has never trained formally as a chef, instead gleaning experience on the job as he worked his way to head chef at his first job at the Miller Howe country hotel in the Lake District. Of his beginnings, Galton says: :"As a cash strapped 17 year old I set up a market stall in Rye selling home made cakes, …

Eric Aubriot is a chef currently from Chicago, Illinois, USA, who has twice been nominated for the James Beard Rising Star award. Having opened three restaurants in Chicago's bustling north side - Aubriot and Tournesol, and, more recently, Fuse - Aubriot is the darling of some food critics of Chicago. Eric began his career training under culinary icon Michel Guerard at the Michelin Three-Star Les Pres d'Eugenie in Eugenie Les Bains, France, …

Ma Lai Thi Bang Tam (born August 30, 1946 in Saigon) is a French/Belgian Chef. From 1974 to 2004, she and her hustand Ma Huu Duy were owners of the upscale Vietnamese restaurant Les Baguettes Imperiales located in Brussels, Belgium. In 1985, she became the first and only Asian Chef to have been awarded one star from the Michelin Guide.