Alain Passard is Chef’s choice for the list of top 100 chefs 2017

French chef Alain Passard was voted as the chef of the year by his peers in a list of 100 top chefs published by the magazine Le Chef.

The list, in its third edition, was compiled taking into account the opinion of 534 chefs that have 2 or 3 stars around the world who had to answer the following question. “Who are the five international chefs that represent the values of the profession, have a unique cuisine and is worth visiting?”

The first choices the previous year were Pierre Gagnaire and Michel Bras. This year, its the chef of L’Arpege, Alain Passard who is top of the list. There are only two women in the list, Anne Sofie Pic and Nadia Santini.

Among the main chefs missing from last year’s list are Joel Robuchon, Heston Blumenthal, Davide Scabin and Elena and Juan Mari Arzak, Guy Savoy and Corey Lee.

The full list is the following:

1. Alain Passard, L’Arpege, France
2. Martin Berasategui, Rest. Martin Berasategui, Spain
3. Pierre Gagnaire, Pierre Gagnaire, France
4. Michel Bras, Le Suquet, France
5. Seiji Yamamoto, Nihonryori Ryugin, Japan
6. Eric Frechon, Epicure, France
7. Jonnie Boer, De Librije, the Netherlands
8. Rene Redzepi, Noma, Denmark
9. Emmanuel Renaut, Flocons de Sel, France
10. Joan Roca, El Celler de Can Roca, Spain
11. Pascal Barbot, L’Astrance, France
12. Alain Ducasse Louis XV Alain Ducasse, Monaco
13. Yannick Alleno, Ledoyen, France
14. Daniel Humm, Eleven Madison Park, USA
15. Paul Bocuse, Restaurant Paul Bocuse, France
16. Gilles Goujon Auberge du Vieux Puits, France
17. Michel Troisgros, Restaurant Troisgros, France
18. Arnaud Donckele, Residence de la Pinede, France
19. Thomas Keller, Per Se, USA
20. Arnaud Lallement, L’Assiette Champenoise, France
21. Harald Wohlfahrt. Schwarzwaldstube, Germany
22. Eric Pras, Maison Lameloise, France
23. Regis Marcon, Restaurant Regis et Jacques Marcon, France
24. Yoshihiro Murata, Kikuno, Japan
25. Jean-Francois Piege, Le Grand Restaurant, France
26. Bernard Pacaud, L’Ambroisie, France
27. Jacob Jan Boerma, De Leest, the Netherlands
28. Andreas Caminada Schauenstein Schloss, Switzerland
29.  Anne-Sophie Pic, Maison Pic, France
30. Christophe Bacquié, Hotel du Castellet, France
31. Michel Guerard, Les Pres d’Eugenie, France
32. Grant Achatz, Alinea, United States
33. Christian Le Squer, Le Cinq, France
34. Quique Dacosta, Restaurant Quique Dacosta, Spain
35. Massimo Bottura, Osteria Francescana, Italy
36. Andoni Luis Aduriz, Mugaritz, Spain
37. Enrico Crippa, Piazza Duomo, Italy
38. Alexandre Couillon, La Marine, France
39. Peter Knogl, Cheval Blanc, Switzerland
40. Sven Elverfeld, Aqua, Germany
41. Massimiliano Alajmo, Le Calandre, Italy
42. Dan Barber, Blue Hill Farm, USA
43. Peter Goossens, Hof Van Cleve, Belgium
44. Mauro Colagreco, Le Mirazur, France
45. Rasmus Kofoed, Geranium, Denmark
46. Paul Pairet, Ultraviolet, China
47. Daniel Boulud, Restaurant Daniel Boulud, United States
48. Andre Chiang, Restaurant Andre, Singapore
49. Alexandre Gauthier, La Grenouillere, France
50. Jiro Ono, Jiro Honten, Japan
51. Joachim Wissler, Vendome
52. Eneko Atxa, Azurmendi, Spain
53. Sergio Herman, The Jane, Belgium
54. Hajime Yoneda, Hajime, Japan
55. David Kinch, Manresa, United States
56. Cesar Ramirez, Chef’s Table at Brooklyn Fare, USA
57. Gerald Passedat, Le Petit Nice, France
58. Nadia Santini, Dal Pescatore Italy
59. Tetsuya Fujiwara, Fujiya 1935, Japan
60. Marc Haeberlin, Auberge de l’Ill, France
61. Heinz Beck, La Pergola, Italy
62. Christian Bau, Victor’s Gourmet, Germany
63. Julien Royer, Odette, Singapore
64. Philippe Mille, Les Crayeres, France
65. Magnus Nilsson, Faviken, Sweden
66. Kevin Fehling, The Table of Kevin Fehling, Germany
67. Gert de Mangeleer, Hertog Jan, Belgium
68. Heinz Reitbauer, Steirereck, Austria
69. Franck Giovannini, Hotel de Ville De Crissier, Switzerland
70. Thierry Marx, Sur Mesure, France
71. Shinobu Namae, L’Effervescence, Japan
72. Richard Ekkebus, Amber, Hong Kong
73. Arnaud Bignon, the Greenhouse, United Kingdom
74. Toru Okuda, Ginza Koju, Japan
75. Stefano Baiocco, Villa Feltrinelli, Italy
76. Jean Sulpice, Restaurant Jean Sulpice, France
77. Gaston Acurio, Astrid & Gaston, Peru
78. Oriol Castro, Disfrutar, Spain
79. Olivier Nasti, Le Chambard, France
80. Mauro Uliassi, Restaurant Uliassi, Italy
81. David Toutain, Restaurant David Toutain, France
82. Christophe Saintagne, Papillon, France
83. Karl and Rudy Obauer, Restaurant Obauer, Austria
84. Jean-Georges Klein, Villa Rene Lalique, France
85.  Shuzo Kishida, Quintessence, Japan
86.  Kobe Desramaults, In De Wulf, Belgium
87. Hiroyasu Kawate, Florilege, Japan
88. Klaus Erfort, Gastehaus K. Erfort, Germany
89. Alain Roux, Waterside Inn, United Kingdom
90. Ciccio Sultano, Duomo di Ragusa Ibla, Italy
91. Eric Ripert, Le Bernardin, United States
92. Toshiro Ogata, Ogata, Japan
93. Kazuhiko Tei, Ryun Tan, Japan
94. Edouard Loubet, La Bastide de Capelongue, France
95. Olivier Bellin, Auberge Des Glazicks, France
96. Hitoshi Ishihara, Mizai, Japan
97. Virgilio Martinez, Central, Peru
98. Dieter Koschina, Villa Joya, Portugal
99. Takashi Tamura, Tsukiji Tamura, Japan
100. Antonis Drakoularakos, Sushimou, Greece

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