Chef’s choice: Michel Bras tops list of top 100 chefs for 2016 released by Le Chef

The magazine Le Chef has released the list of top 100 chefs for 2016. French Michel Bras of restaurant Le Suquet is the top choice this year. The top 10 includes no less than 6 French chefs including Pierre Gagnaire, Alain Ducassee, Pascal Barbot, Eirc Frechon, Emmanuel Renaut. Another, Benoit Violier is French/Swiss.

The magazine consulted 528 2 and 3 Michelin star chefs between October 2015 and January 2016 from around the world to come up with the list. The question they asked the chefs was “Which are the five chefs that you have to visit?”

The third placed chef in the list is Seiji Yamamoto from Japan. Two Spanish chefs, Martin Berasategui and Joan Roco also feature in the top 10.

However, no details of the chefs who voted in this selection was given or which was the nationality of the chefs that were voting. There is an evident French bias in the list.

Belgium is represented by Peter Goossens, Sergio Herman (for the Jane) and Gert de Mangeleer.

Only four women feature in the list. These are Nadia Santini (Dal Pescatore, Italy), Anne-Sophie Pic (Maison Pic, France), Carme Ruscalleda (Sant Pau, Spain) and Elena Arzak (Arzak, Spain).

The full list is the following:

1. Michel Bras, Le Suquet, France
2. Pierre Gagnaire, Pierre Gagnaire, France
3. Seiji Yamamoto, Nihonryori Ryugin, Japan
4. Alain Ducasse Louis XV Alain Ducasse, Monaco
5. Pascal Barbot, L’Astrance, France
6. Eric Frechon, Epicure, France
7. Emmanuel Renaut, Flocons de Sel, France
8. Martin Berasategui, Rest. Martin Berasategui, Spain
9. Benoit Violier, Hotel de Ville Crissier, Switzerland
10. Joan Roca, El Celler de Can Roca, Spain
11. Arnaud Donckele, Residence de la Pinede, France
12. Rene Redzepi, Noma, Denmark,
13. Thomas Keller, Per Se, USA
14. Alain Passard, L’Arperge, France
15. Yannick Alleno, Ledoyen, France
16. Enrico Crippa, Piazza Duomo, Italy
17. Joen Robuchon, L’Atelier de Joel Robuchon, France
18. Paul Bocuse, Restaurant Paul Bocuse, France
19. Daniel Humm, Eleven Madison Park, USA
20. Gilles Goujon Auberge du Vieux Puits, France
21. Quique Dacosta, Restaurant Quique Dacosta, Spain
22. Paul Pairet, Ultraviolet, China
23. Jonnie Boer, De Librije, Netherlands
24. Andoni Luis Aduriz, Mugaritz, Spain
25. Andreas Caminada, Schauenstein Schloss, Switzerland
26. Harald Wohlfahrt. Schwarzwaldstube, Germany,
27. Michel Troisgros, Restaurant Troisgros, France
28. Peter Goossens, Hof Van Cleve, Belgium
29. Massimo Bottura, Osteria Francescana, Italy
30. Daniel Boulud, Restaurant Daniel Boulud,
31. Regis Marcon, Restaurant Regis et Jacques Marcon, France
32. Yoshihiro Narisawa, Narisawa, Japan
33. Joachim Wissler, Vendome
34. Nadia Santini, Dal Pescatore Italy
35. Grant Achatz, Alinea, USA
36. Anne-Sophie Pic, Maison Pic, France
37. Andre Chiang, Restaurant Andre, Singapore,
38. Alexandre Gauthier, La Grenouillere, France
39. Heston Blumenthal, The Fat Duck, UK
40. Massimiliano Alajmo, Le Calandre, Italy
41. Bernard Pacaud, L’Ambroisie, France
42. Alexandre Bourdas, Saquana, France
43. Arnaud Lallement, L’Assiette Champenoise, France
44. Yoshihiro Murata, Kikuno, Japan
45. Sergio Herman, The Jane, Belgium
46. David Toutain, Restaurant David Toutain, France
47. Gert de Mangeleer, Hertog Jan, Belgium
48. Gerald Passedat, Le Petit Nice, France
49. Guy Savoy, Restaurant Guy Savoy, France
50. Sven Elverfeld, Aqua, Germany
51. Eric Pras, Maison Lameloise, France
52. Hans Haas, Tantris, Germany
53. Mauro Uliassi, Restaurant Uliassi, Italy
54. Alexandre Couillon, La Marine, France
55. Hideki Ishikawa, Restaurant Ishikawa, Japan
56. Carme Ruscalleda, Sant Pau, Spain
57. Heinz Reitbauer, Steiereck, Austria
58. Pedro Subijana, Axelarre, Spain
59. Jean-Georges Klein, Villa Rene Lalique, France
60. Shinichi Sato, Passage 53, France
61. Jean-Georges Vongerichten, Restaurant Jean-Georges Vongerichten, USA
62. Kei Kobayashi, Restaurant Kei, France
63. Christian Bau, Victor’s Gourmet, Germany
64. Christian Jurgens, Uberfahrt, Germany
65. Jean_Francois Piege, Le Grand Restaurant, France
66. Marc Haeberlin, Auberge de L’Ill
67. Georges Blanc, Restaurant Georges Blanc, France
68. Cesar Ramirez, Chef’s Table at Brooklyn Fare, USA
69. Davide Scabin, Combal.Zero, Italy
70. Philippe Mille, Les Crayeres, France
71. Heinz Beck, La Pergola, Italy
72. Magnus Nilsson, Faviken, Sweden
73. Rene and Maxime Meilleur, La Bouitte, France
74. Shinobu Namae, L’Effervescence, Japan
75. Thomas Buhner, La Vie, Germany
76. Koji Sawada, Sushi Sawada, Japan
77. Akrame Benallal, Akrame, France
78. Joshua Skenes, Saison, USA
79. Elena et Juan Mari Arzak, Arzak, Spain
80. Christophe Bacquie, Hotel du Castellet, France
81. Enrico Cerea, Da Vittorio, Italy
82. Peter Knogl, Cheval Blanc, Switzerland
83. Christian Le Squer, Le Cinq, France
84. Hisato Nakahigashi, Sijiki Nakahigashi, Japan,
85. Anand Gaggan, Gaggan, Thailand,
86. Alain Soliveres, Le Taillevent, France
87. Dan Barber, Blue Hill Farm, USA
88. Brett Graham, The Ledbury, UK
89. Victor Arguinzoniz, Asador Etxebarr, Spain
90. Takashi Saito, Sushi Saito, Japan
91. Michel Guerard, Les Pres d’Eugenie, France
92. Arnaud Bignon, The Greenhouse, UK
93. Hitoshi Ishihara, Mizai, Japan
94. Bertrand Gebaut, Septime, France
95. Jiro Ono, Jiro Honten, Japan
96. Tetsuya Wakuda, Tetsuya’s, Australia
97. Jacob Jan Boerma, De Leest, Netherlands
98. Corey Lee, Benu, USA
99. Rasmus Kofoed, Geranium, Denmark
100. Hajime Yoneda, Hajime, Japan.

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