What is a Michelin Star?

A Michelin Star is awarded to restaurants offering outstanding cooking. We take into account five universal criteria: the quality of the ingredients, the harmony of flavours, the mastery of techniques, the personality of the chef as expressed through their cuisine and, just as importantly, consistency both across the entire menu and over time.

What is the difference between 1, 2 and 3 Michelin Stars?

One MICHELIN Star is awarded to restaurants using top quality ingredients, where dishes with distinct flavours are prepared to a consistently high standard.

Two MICHELIN Stars are awarded when the personality and talent of the chef are evident in their expertly crafted dishes; their food is refined and inspired.

Three MICHELIN Stars is our highest award, given for the superlative cooking of chefs at the peak of their profession; their cooking is elevated to an art form and some of their dishes are destined to become classics.

Every profession has an award that individuals aspire to win. For chefs, it’s the Michelin Star.

While the Michelin Guide awards its stars to restaurants rather than individual chefs, credit for a restaurant’s stars often goes to the executive chef responsible for both designing and properly executing the menu, as well as their culinary team. As of 2022, these ten chefs have earned the most Michelin Stars throughout the course of their careers.
 

What Makes a Michelin Star Chef?
While Michelin star chefs come from diverse backgrounds and cook different cuisines, some common threads weave their successes together.

There’s no arguing that these chefs have a passion for cooking and are willing to make sacrifices for their food and restaurants to be the best they can be. And this passion likely started long before these chefs were associated with Michelin stars.

All of these chefs began their careers with education, whether that meant attending a formal culinary school, learning from family members, or obtaining an apprenticeship at a restaurant. They spent these early years honing their understanding of basic culinary skills and learning from culinary mentors. During these formative years, the chefs gained confidence as well as the desire to push their cooking skills to the next level.

Not only do each of these chefs have an undeniable understanding of flavor and a knack for creativity, but each one also could develop a strong vision for a restaurant and the leadership skills to see it through.

100 The Best Chef 2022

#1 Dabiz Muñoz
Spain
#2 Rene Redzepi
Denmark
#3 Joan Roca
Spain
#4 Massimo Bottura
Italy
#5 Andoni Luis Aduriz
Spain
#6 Bjorn Frantzén
Sweden
#7 Disfrutar
Spain
#8 Alain Passard
France
#9 Ana Roš
Slovenia
#10 Alex Atala
Brazil
#11 Rasmus Munk
Denmark
#12 Rasmus Kofoed
Denmark
#13 Ángel León
Spain
#14 Niko Romito
Italy
#15 Virgilio Martinez
Peru
#16 Grant Achatz
USA
#17 Riccardo Camanini
Italy
#18 Eneko Atxa
Spain
#19 Victor Arguinzoniz
Spain
#20 Anne-Sophie Pic
France
#21 Andreas Caminada
Swiss
#22 Mauro Colagreco
Argentina
#23 Yannick Alléno
France
#24 Dominique Crenn
France
#25 Dan Barber
USA
#26 Paolo Casagrande
Italy
#27 Rodolfo Guzman
Chile
#28 Julien Royer
France
#29 Yoshihiro Narasawa
Japan
#30 Mauro Uliassi
Italy
#31 César Ramirez
USA
#32 Enrico Crippa
Italy
#33 Quique Dacosta
Spain
#34 Christian Bau
Germany
#35 Clare Smyth
UK
#36 Paco Roncero
Spain
#37 Jonnie Boer
Netherlands
#38 Diego Guerrero
Spain
#39 Eric Vildgaard
Denmark
#40 Heston Blumenthal
UK
#41 Javier & Sergio Torres
Spain
#42 Martin Berasategui
Spain
#43 Paco Morales
Spain
#44 Corey Lee
USA
#45 Alexandre Mazzia
France
#46 Alberto Landgraf
Brasil
#47 Giuseppe Iannotti
Italy
#48 Manu Buffara
Brasil
#49 Daniel Humm
Switzerland
#50 Pía León
Peru
#51 Marco Müller
Germany
#52 Nick Bril
Netherlands
#53 Emmanuel Renaut
France
#54 Arnaud Donckele
France
#55 Mingoo Kang
South Korea
#56 Dani García
Spain
#57 Jorge Vallejo
Mexico
#58 Antonia Klugmann
Italy
#59 Floriano Pellegrino
Italy
#60 Bruno Verjus
France
#61 Agustin Balbi
Argentina
#62 Hans Neuner
Austria
#63 Joris Bijdendijk
Netherlands
#64 Sven Elverfeld
Germany
#65 Hélène Darroze
France
#66 Himanshu Saini
India
#67 Hiroyasu Kawate
Japan
#68 Felix Lo Basso
Italy
#69 Leonor Espinosa
Colombia
#70 Henrique Sá Pessoa
Portugal
#71 Tristin Farmer
UK
#72 Natsuko Shoji
Japan
#73 Elena Reygadas
Mexico
#74 Vicky Lau
China
#75 Diego Rossi
Italy
#76 Gert De Mangeleer
Belgium
#77 Gareth Ward
UK
#78 Josh Niland
Australia
#79 Moreno Cedroni
Italy
#80 José Avillez
Portugal
#81 Yusuke Takada
Japan
#82 Karime Lopez, Takahiko Kondo
Mexico / Japan
#83 Domenico Marotta
Italy
#84 Santiago Lastra
Mexico
#85 Paulo Airaudo
Argentina
#86 Alvaro Clavijo
Colombia
#87 Paco Pérez
Spain
#88 Dong Zhenxiang
China
#89 Norbert Niederkofler
Italy
#90 Peter Goossens
Belgium
#91 Jeremy Chan
UK
#92 Przemysław Klima
Poland
#93 Tala Bashmi
Bahrain
#94 Atsushi Tanaka
Japan
#95 Jaime Pesaque
Peru
#96 Martina Puigvert, Fina Puigdevall
Spain
#97 Vicky Cheng
China
#98 Debora Fadul
Guatemala
#99 Stefano Baiocco
Italy
#100 Helena Rizzo
Brasil