Arnaud Donckele from Le Vague d’Or places top in Le Chef’s 100 best chefs 2019 compilation

The awards season keeps on giving. Arnaud Donckele from the La Vague d’Or restaurant in Saint Tropez has been named the best chef in the world according to the Le Chef compilation of the 100 best chefs in the world for 2019.

The second on the list Michel Troisgros also came from France while Jonnie Boer from the Netherlands placed third.

The Le Chef list is compiled by asking two and three-starred chefs of Michelin restaurants to provide a list of five names they think best represent the cooking profession and the one name they would like to see at the top of the list.

Five of the top 10 on the worlds best chefs list were from France with Yannick Alleno, Alexandre Couillon and Emmanuel Renaut all placing in the first 10 positions.

The other chefs in the top 10 as can be seen from the list below are Seiji Yamamoto from Japan who has always been in the top 10 since the first edition of the list. The others are Paul Pairet, David Kinch and René Redzepi.

The list was released on 25 November at the Chefs World Summit in Monaco. Started by Le Chef in 2015, the list has 36 French chefs, 10 chefs Spain and 9 from the United States.

The top woman in the list is Nadia Santini from Italy placing in 38th position.

Three Belgian chefs made it to the list. Christophe Hardiquest from Brussels restaurant Bon Bon placed in 66th in Belgium followed by Peter Goossens in 79th place and Gert de Mangeleer in

The list is the following:

1. Arnaud Donckele – Residence De La Pinede (Saint Tropez, France)
2. Michel Troisgros  – Maison Troisgros Restaurant (Ouches, France)
3. Jonnie Boer – De Librije (Netherlands)
4. Yannick Alleno – Alleno Paris (Paris, France)
5. Seiji Yamamoto – Nihonryori Ryugin (Tokyo, Japan)
6. Paul Pairet – Ultraviolet (China)
7. Emmanuel Renaut – Flocons De Sel (Megève, France)
8. David Kinch  – Manresa (California, United States)
9. Alexandre Couillon – La Marine (France)
10. René Redzepi – Noma (Copenhagen, Denmark)
11. Alain Ducasse – France
12. Joan Roca – Spain
13. Pascal Barbot – France
14. Martin Bergasategui – Spain
15. Yoshihiro Narisawa – Japan
16. Dan Barber – USA
17. Grant Achatz – USA
18. Olivier Bellin – France
19. Gilles Goujon – France
20. Pierre Gagnaire – France
21. Virgilo Martinez – Peru
22. Alain Passard – France
23. Michel Bras – France
24. Arnaud Lallement – France
25. Rasmus Kofoed – Denmark
26. Enrico Crippa – Italy
27. Andoni Luis Aduriz – Spain
28. David Munoz – Spain
29. Christophe Bacquie – France
30. Tetsuya Fujiwara – Japan
31. Bernard Pacaud – France
32. Mauro Colagreco – France
33. Richard Ekkebus – Hong Kong
34. Regis Marcon – France
35. Eric Frechon – France
36. Daniel Humm – USA
37. Claude Bosi – England
38. Nadia Santini – Italy
39. Gerald Passedat – France
40. Massimiliano Alajmo – Italy
41. Heston Blumenthal – England
42. Anne-Sophie Pic – France
43. Yoshihiro Murata – Japan
44. Alex Atala – Brazil
45. Eric Pras – France
46. Ben Shewry – Australia
47. Jérôme Banctel – France
48. Julien Royer – Singapore
49. Victor Arguinzoniz – Spain
50. David Toutain – France
51. Paul Bocuse – France
52. Sven Elverfeld – Germany
53. Andre Chiang – Singapore
54. Clare Smyth – England
55. Magnus Nilsson – Sweden
56. Alexandre Gauthier – France
57. Massimo Bottura – Italy
58. Michel Guérard – France
59. Jiro Ono – Japan
60. Dominique Crenn – United States
61. Marc Veyrat – France
62. Franck Giovannini – Switzerland
63. Stefano Baiocco – Italy
64. Motokazu Nakamura – Japan
65. Kevin Felhing – Germany
66. Christophe Hardiquest – Belgium
67. Felipe Bronze – Brazil
68. Eneko Atxa – Spain
69. Matthieu Viannay – France
70. Cesar Ramirez – United States
71. Onno Kokmeijer – Netherlands
72. Alexandre Mazzia – France
73. Hans Haas – Germany
74. Dani Garcia – Spain
75. Tristan Brandt – Germany
76. Pedro Subijana – Spain
77. Heinz Reitbauer – Austria
78. Jean-Georges Klein – France
79. Peter Goossens – Belgium
80. Edouard Loubet – France
81. Bjorn Frantzen – Sweden
82. Paolo Casagrande – Spain
83. Yoann Conte – France
84. Thomas Keller – Usa
85. Rene et Maxime Meilleur – France
86. Andreas Caminada – Switzerland
87. Gert de Mangeleer – Belgium
88. Corey Lee – Usa
89. Eric Ripert – Usa
90. Frederic Anton – France
91. Harald Wohlfart – Germany
92. Carlo Cracco – Italy
93. Gaston Acurio – Peru
94. Jordi Cruz – Spain
95. Kei Kobayashi – France
96. Olivier Nasti – France
97. Gaggan Anand – Thailand
98. Andrea Camastra – Poland
99. Jacob Jan Boerma – Netherlands
100. Normand Laprise – Canada

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