My "Top 10 Chefs"

[Mugetsu309]

0:56 I don't know if it was on purpose so tell me if I'm wrong but two spelling mistakes there. REASONS not razons

INSPIRED not inspirade

learn how to speee ;P

[markbarker2]

And of course, it is difficult to try all of them if you live 3000 miles away.

[markbarker2]

I got upset when I saw this video for the first time, then I looked at the tittle "MY TOP 10 CHEFS". Please, let the man choose his own idols. Every one else can post his own top 10 list, so we can know more chefs to visit during our trips. :). This is the cool part of it. After all, I can not say if I like a chef or not if I can not try his food (what most of the people does these days).

[BigL513]

Bobby Flay,Mario Balotelli,Ramsay

[kellucky55]

SORRY BUT, CHEF BOY-AR-DEE IS #1

[Ramu1714]

WHERE THE HELL IS GORDON RAMSAY?!!??!?!?!?

[xxxDAROEIRAMENxxx]

what about the GORDON RAMSAY?

this list ...... men what's about ferraria in spain?

[g1i2o3p4a5s6]

all french... no italians?? that's just stupid... sorry but it is.

[foosy2000]

Heston Blumenthal? Marco Pierre White?

[golfmaniac007]

how can you leave out Chef Boyardee?

[omgjustview]

@deanbarriball69 Ferran gets fiance from the government and his restaurant runs at a lost.

None of the other chefs on the list have that.

[qwerty3497]

whats the music?

[beats10tops]

1-Alain Ducasse

2-Eric Ripert

3-Christian Bau

4-Michel Bras

5-Joel Robuchon

6-Thommas Keller

7-Rene Redzeppi

8-Daniel Boulud

9-Gordon Ramsay

10-Ferran Adria

[beats10tops]

1-Alain Ducasse

2-Eric Ripert

3-Christian Bau

4-Michel Bras

5-Joel Robuchon

6-Thommas Keller

7-Rene Redzeppi

8-Daniel Boulud

9-Aintoine Westerman

10-Ferran Adria

[zanevorhis]

I like your list, but if I had to add an 11th (and rearrange the order) I'd put in Marco White.

[dazimo]

not really men to jack at :-)

[LIVERLADD]

Was the first No.1 or the last?

[thecitizenme]

MANY PEOPLE WOULD DISAGREE AND AGREE..BUT...ITS "YOUR" TOP TEN..SO..WHO CARES IF SOMEONE DONT LIKE IT?? O.o...BTW, i "LIKEd"..:D

[brakemusik]

whats going on in need from germany dieter müller or Eckert Witzigmann nils henkel or christian bau harald wohlfahrt

[gypsiekiz]

Hi, Excellent video and list. 5 stars. =)

[jofreropi]

Todos son grandes.... Perse..... la smejores restas de españa y un grande fundador d ela escuela en la que actualmente me formo como cocinero... gato Dumas...

[horacionav]

hahaha sorry i just clic on play and saw it once.. I didnt see is the firs one... :)

[horacionav]

what about Gato Dumas?? or Ariel Rodriguez Palacios?

[duffdeluxe]

did you actualy watch this you dumbass?

[Isus1]

Dumbass

[scurniachiatta]

too many french chefs not enough italians...c'mon?

[lilice03420]

et jacques decoret ? =)

[golddragnet]

there is no such thing as a top 10 chefs list cos there are very many of equally good talent, but such a list would have to include the likes of Blumenthal, Roux, Gagnier, Robuchon, White, Ramsey etc

[ELGQZ]

Jean Louis Palladin ???

[arildhus]

guy savoy?

[xenomorphelv426]

And Marc Veyrat ? marked 20/20 in the "Gault -Millau" Guide (one of the hardest in the world)

[MECowhey]

Where's Joel Robuchon?

[kburke1933]

The one I noticed being absent was Hubert Keller. That man is a genius at what he does.

[chrsunderwood4]

good he's not in here

[chrsunderwood4]

What about Jean-Louis Palladin? He trained Eric Ripert. Masa Takayama?  Ferran Adria doesn't cook, so that's he's not in here.

[hippojuice23]

WHAT ABOUT EMIRIL, YO?

[chefkoo]

what criteria did you rate the chefs with?

[tennislover2]

Neat video!

[derekk45]

heston?.. the roux brothers defo

[sebmasterflash]

gagnaire yes! bocuse....forget adria thats not cooking anymore....just like in chemistry classes...

[metr1s]

First and foremost we must remember the key word in this video "My" these chefs are by his opinion the best however I understand doggieGZ's comment but to clarify some other peoples opinions on "world's greatest chefs" I can think of 4 that haven't been mentioned - PIERRE KOFFMAN, RAYMAND BLANC, AlBERT AND MICHEL BLODDY ROUX! and of course one that has been mentioned FERRAN ADRÍA

[koreanwutard]

where the piss is ramsey and marco?

[rikicarneiro15]

Marco Pierre White, #1

[doggieGZ]

<3 Georges Perrier...

Le Bec Fin deserves three michelin stars, but it never will because his place is in Philadelphia.

[lawdogg1385]

It's true that Philly restaurants don't get the credit they deserve because New York, considered the USA's culinary capital, is so close. But it's up-and-coming. You've got Le Bec Fin, The Fountain Restaurant at the Four Seasons (formerly headed by Martin Hamann), and Vetri (by Marc Vetri), which Mario Batali called one of the best restaurants on the east coast.

[doggieGZ]

Everyone criticizing this list is completely stupid.

He only had room for 10 chefs, his top "10". Ten is a limited number. You can't fit all the best chefs in the world in the number ten.

Friggin youtube retards...

[cookieboy56]

maybe we are missing the point this was a tribute to bernard loiseau a great chef & sorely missed a tragedy & a victim of his own sucess

so to speak & this bird perched so high couldnt take being relegated to a lower perch

gault & millau you have this to live with

[ClassicalMMAChef]

What about Antoni Anduriz? Arzak? Santamaría? Heston Blumenthal? Obviously the rest of the comments mention Adriá who is this centrury's Escoffier.

[ianclarke104]

Putting Escoffier on a list of Top 10 chefs is like a Christian putting Jesus on his personal list of Top 10 deities. Escoffier is THE best. Its understood. You don't even need to list him. Without Escoffier, there is no list. The other nine, as brilliant as they are, are directly or indirectly following a system developed by the chef-god Escoffier.

This list has too much of a French lean. It completely ignores the culinary brilliance currently happening in Catalonia and the Far East.

[rstarr1972]

what about Pierre gagnaire,trotter,Adria,Achatz,­and one of the greatest French chefs on the fucking planet Jean Banchet! this clown needs to cut his fucking tounge off.

[Vamoo]

Not a single Spanish, Italian or Japanese chef in there; not to mention other nationalities. What a pansy list!!

[medqua]

@Vamoo It's just a personal list, go make yourself one and stop whining

[jacqu2]

@Vamoo Gato Dumas is from Argentina, thats one I guess :-/

[Burn1nghater]

what about Witzigman,.. he is cook of the century..

[honesty49]

And how about Robuchon? > Chef of the century!! Cooks and chefs are different dude...

[sengen52]

Marco pierre? Eivind hellstrøm? Anthony Bourdain?

[Burn1nghater]

.. andthony bourdain.. i really like him but he is not a cook like them.. he had no michelin star

[misturarestaurant]

And what about spanish chefs??? where´s ferran adria??

[pjbman15]

You really cannot possibly be leaving Ferran Adria out of this list.

[ninipooh23]

I agree!

[cockroach134]

no marco or ramsay or ferran adria

[peaceloveandkindness]

and? your point being? your trying to name the most famous 10 chefs not the best 10

i bet your list is mario batali, ferran adria, marco pieere white, gordan romsey and jamie oliver

turn off the tv and learn something for once

[thedonmarlo]

yknow .. for your username, ya attitude kinda contradicts it.

[jimvo]

yes im sure Gordon Ramsay is number 3 in the world for most michelin stars won just because hes on TV.

[Sharebyakuya]

as far as food is concerned, the french and the italian is where its at

[dusting03]

I agree, but i would add james peterson, and peter timmons

[stueyboi]

I agree with 5 of them but yeh there's no ramsay on there and what about prosper montagne!!

[dino1261]

France is the centre of the world ..as far as food is concerned...like it or loath it...

[dino1261]

I totally agree with you...well done

[hardgayramen4ever]

you listed a bunch of french frogs ignoring every other fucking country on the planet, this list is shit

[Beauvoir21]

Im a patissier (pastry chef) so i really have no say on what makes a chef good because i deal with pastry. however i did graduate from the CIA and live in paris so i know a lot about food. Other people keep bashing the French,I will agree that many chefs in other places such as Asia have many great chefs.But the truth is, the second anyone picks up a chefs knife, they are in debt to the French, because without us, modern cuisine would not be as good as it is today.

[JimmyChiffels]

Ignorance right there. Without anyone modern cuisine wouldn't have been good as today.

[Beauvoir21]

Jimmy, my friend, you do not know what ignorance is. The French have made some of the best dishes ever. While the French nobility were getting off filet mignon the peasants perfected less perfect cuisine and made it great. Sure modern cuisine might have been good without my stinky ancestors, but lets be honest, we would be far behind in creativity and pure taste if the French hadnt been so creative with what little they had.

[jonexJR472]

y no chef ramsey hu

[saint0304]

No Gordon Ramsay on this list?!

Give me a fuckin' break.

You must have something against Brits?

[kapute2]

yeah! why isn't Chef Ramsey on the list?!

[honesty49]

Why Ramsay?? He is a very good chef, no doubt about it but it is not because he's got 15 Michelin stars and has his own TV shows that he is the best. Surely he is the most popular right now but it doesn't mean he is the best or even on the top 10... Don't get confused!!

[loling842]

dude ramsay has only 3 michelin stars not 15 thats way too much

[honesty49]

I should not even respond to this but, please, check your sources when you say such stupidity... Ramsay has a total of 15 Michelin stars (addition of all the restaurants he owns that have been awarded). The maximum you can get per restaurant is obviously 3 stars.

[loling842]

ohh i deeply am sorry for what i said...

[honesty49]

You should be! ;-)

[igizzuy]

If I had the opportunity to work for anyone right now. Charlie Trotter

[dalila7433]

this is pretty true. but most pf time chefs break their ass (italian for 'work hard') for popular restaurants and make their owners get rich. so do u think that they deserve or not being paid more than well?

[peaceloveandkindness]

bwaahaha what a pack of whingers, if u want easy money 'standing around and doing nothing at a pharmacy' then no wonder you never made it as a chef..if u want everything easy from life then how do u expect to ever become one of the 10 great chefs...like in any field those who make it to the top do it coz they like doing it, not for fuking paychecks, wheres your passion in life fool, do something with your life instead of hoping just to stand around for money..lazy bastard

[golddragnet]

marco pierre white and heston blumenthal are worth a mention of top chefs

[sheevazzje15]

i can say ur a good chef if u produced good ones most of the chef u mention cook good for there own i dnt think they teach like how my chef teaches me and now where ever kitchen u take me i never get nervous chef shit there mouth we cook...a

[chronix65]

I'm sorry, but out of all of the food cultures in the world, out of all of the practitioners of gastronomy on the globe, every single one of your chefs is a white male?

Your definition of chef is obviously quite limited, and therefore FLAWED.

[RoadWarrior35]

That was my first impression, but then it seemed more appropriate to say that it's not so much that it's about white males as it is that it's so heavily biased in favor of French cuisine, just like Michelin.

There are phenomenal chefs in places like Tokyo, Singapore and Hong Kong who don't get the international recognition because they're Asian and doing Asian cuisine.

[peaceloveandkindness]

i suppose u think nigella lawson and the 2 fat ladies and that black celebrity chef from england are in the top 10..sure there could be some of the asian chefs but if youre hinting that a woman should be in there then id like to hear your suggestions..thats like saying a white woman should be classed as the fastest runner in the world which we all know will never be true

[reelrussell]

I actually think those were good choices...the French were creating great cuisine for centuries! As they have in the past many of the great French Chefs are Italian...why because after centuries the French now train the best in the world. So beg my pardon, but I think every great chef regardless of type of cooking should have some training in France.

[mettlerpatrik]

alain ducasse is my favourite chef... i was for a while in abu dhabi at the beach rotana's finz sea food restaurant... is still the best sea food restaurant in middle east (official).i love the french kitchen! so delicious and fine... i'm a chef.

[chessunderground]

Regardless of what you see on TV or read in books, cooking is hard ass work. After 2 years of school and 10 years of work it was time to leave. If you want money dont be a cook or chef.

I guess one thing I hated was.... in most peoples eyes your no better than the guy taking out the trash.

Dont get me wrong. Cooking is still in the heart. I'm a pharmacists now... pays good and I do very little. My point is...in the end your still someones bitch and that is the truth.

[BornCook]

The greatest cooks who make it as chefs and never lose their passion are like professional soldiers and athletes. Each service is like a game in the field. True culinarians will sacrifice everything for their profession. Inner strength earned from challenge and success is more rewarding than the initial paychecks. But it is not for everyone and I'd agree, a person who would ever want to get involved in this thing has to be a little crazy, haha. Good luck to you.

[seasoul1979]

I completely agree with you Chess, im in the same position, after two years of school and 7 years working in the culinary industry I have become recentful to the fact of the endless hours, low low pay, and very little recognition. cooking is still in my soul and I still question whether I made the right decision to leave the industry...I would suggest to anyone thinking about a career in cooking to understand that "so-called" celebrity chefs/lifestyle really is not a true description of reality.

[adibeh]

what about gordon ramzy and ming guys?

[reiffocse]

Hey!!! What the hell?!

Have you ever heard of Joel Robuchon??

He should be on here....trust me.

[seasoul1979]

YES...JOEL ROBOUCHON..aka CHEF OF THE CENTURY.

[doggieGZ]

Georges Perrier is one of those very underrated chefs whose name goes by anonymously amongst brainless Michelin worshippers.

Le Bec Fin, is on par with some of the best French restaurants in the world (i've eaten at Per Se, Le Cinq, Le Arpege, Guy Savoy) and i can honestly say, Perrier has one of the most masterfull senses of seasonality.

Take for instance, his fall 10 course tasting menu. Traditional twists on plates such as roasted partridge with sweet pumpkin pie, lobster with red curi...

[barzilla187]

georges blanc at no2 is a great choice,i worked for him in vonnas,he is really great and i learned a lot,first time i broke down a whole cow from life to its death

[cuisinier1nicolas]

goodnight pussy, workin at nine

[cuisinier1nicolas]

Loiseau owned...makes the michelin shit seem pretty stupid..i generally don't think too much of people who make their jobs rating restaurants while they themselves couldn't cook a damn thing if their life depended on it

[earmah1]

GOD. You are so pathetic. Stop pming me!

It doesn't take a writer to recognize a good book. It doesnt take a designer to appreciate a beautiful dress. And it doesnt take a chef to rate how good a restaurant is. Get over yourself.

[cuisinier1nicolas]

sorry but u don't cook at the highest level(perhaps not at all), and i do, every day..u try and sound smart, but u r a fad following loser...some of us have been here before it was cool in your country...sorry but u r a joke..u have no idea what u r talking about and u have shown it with your comments..and u speak 1 language like all english, and american...earmah, earmah, on t'encule!!! allez bitch i am done with your pathetic soul

[earmah1]

I dont have to try and sound smart, silly. You do. Its funny your talking about jokes because I showed all my friends all the pm's you sent me that i ignored and they laughed. Well, i laughed too. HAHHAHAH.

[dalila7433]

cuisinier nicolas. i think this chart was made by a french chap and u never contraddict uself. any italian for example, just french. i think u should turn the title in 'my top ten french chefs' would sound better and more agreable even to foreigner,

[cuisinier1nicolas]

true.

[denisefan]

Agree. How can you argue with that list of names? But also, Joel Robuchon, Pierre Troisgros, Michel Guérard, and Roger Vergé are above Boulud and Jean-Georges in French cooking in my opinion.

[doggieGZ]

if you are only capable of measuring cuisine based on michelin stars, you might as well replace all the world's culture with all things French.

[earmah1]

read one NYT article and now you think you're educated about all things michelin. (sigh)

[cuisinier1nicolas]

i'll assume u r not talking to me...

[Donfather07]

There are too many to just pick ten alone.

[Alesetic]

Chef Escoffier is my inspiration especially with his Brigade system

[mozzer64]

Charlie Trotter?

[denisefan]

uh... No! Certainly not in the top 10.

[denisefan]

uh... No! Certainly not in the top 10.

[earmah1]

Oh wait. You're from Orange County, land of no palettes. OC has all the money in the world for fine dining but cant even come up with one michelin star in all its land.

[earmah1]

Where is Gordon Ramsay?

[denisefan]

oh plz! who else you gonna say? Marco Pierre White and Jamie Oliver? Not in the same league as the top 10.

[earmah1]

oh denisefan, you obviously have the pallet of a donkey.

Did you just decide you wanted to name the other two british chefs you know of? Ramsey owns the top ten.

[denisefan]

earmah1, I'm only gonna waste my time with you once coz of your stupid comment on me... I've tasted all of the chefs that I MENTIONED here, where have you been??? Honestly...

[earmah1]

oh denisefan... everyone can talk a big game on the internet. lol. pathetic.

so you've been to el bulli? bullishit.

grew up abroad. went to nursury school in uk havent tried all of the chefs on this list. unlike you, am not a liar. har har!

[olinowetz]

...I didn't see Joel Robouchon

[earmah1]

yep. any list should include him.

[rodluc2001]

ferran adria ? freres troigros ? heinz beck ? anne sophie pic ? bernard point ? massimiliano alajmo ? and so many others.. where are ?

[earmah1]

dont recognize the rest of those names, but totally agree with Ferran Adria.

[elways77]

Jayson demarco should be included in here.

[elways77]

where is chef Jayson demarco in there?

[jborg31]

where is ferran adria

[doggieGZ]

Top 10 chefs in the WORLD all cook nothing but French food?