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Julia ChildMastered French cuisine
Anthony BourdainKitchen Confidential
Gordon RamsayHell's Kitchen
David ChangMomofuku founder
Jacques PepinFrench technique / PBS
Paul BocuseNouvelle cuisine pioneer- Ferran AdriaEl Bulli / molecular gastronomy
Thomas KellerThe French Laundry / Per Se
Alice WatersChez Panisse / farm-to-table
Wolfgang PuckSpago / California cuisine
Daniel BouludDaniel NYC- Eric RipertLe Bernardin
Jean-Georges VongerichtenJean-Georges NYC
Mario BataliItalian cuisine / Babbo
Bobby FlayIron Chef / grilling
Emeril LagasseBam! / New Orleans
Rene RedzepiNoma / New Nordic
Massimo BotturaOsteria Francescana
Heston BlumenthalThe Fat Duck
Joel RobuchonL'Atelier / Michelin record
Alain DucassePlaza Athenee / global empire- Pierre GagnairePierre Gagnaire Paris
Auguste EscoffierLe Guide Culinaire
Marie-Antoine CaremeKing of Chefs
Marco Pierre WhiteHarveys / youngest 3 stars
Jamie OliverThe Naked Chef
Nigella LawsonHow to Eat
Ina GartenBarefoot Contessa
Martha StewartMartha Stewart Living
Christina TosiMilk Bar founder
Dominique AnselCronut inventor
Grant AchatzAlinea / progressive cuisine- Daniel HummEleven Madison Park
Dan BarberBlue Hill / farm-to-table
Sean BrockHusk / Southern cuisine
Christopher KostowMeadowood
Curtis StoneMaude / Australian chef
Yotam OttolenghiPlenty / Middle Eastern- Edna LewisSouthern cooking matriarch
James BeardFather of American cooking- Fernand PointLa Pyramide / modern French
Gaston AcurioAstrid y Gaston / Peruvian- Enrique OlveraPujol / modern Mexican
Magnus NilssonFaviken / Nordic
Andoni AdurizMugaritz / avant-garde
Juan Mari ArzakArzak / Basque cuisine
Joan RocaEl Celler de Can Roca
Nobu MatsuhisaNobu / global Japanese
Masaharu MorimotoMorimoto / Iron Chef
Roy ChoiKogi BBQ / food truck