Top 5 Chefs in Order.

[vlad]

My favorite 5 are 5 The late great Keith Floyd 4 Nigella Lawson, 3 Jaime Oliver 2 Rick Stein and in my opinion Top dog Ramsey.

[BigHewer]

5 minutes ago, vlad said:

My favorite 5 are 5 The late great Keith Floyd 4 Nigella Lawson, 3 Jaime Oliver 2 Rick Stein and in my opinion Top dog Ramsey.

Ramsey is good. But the the best chef I know is my wife. Absolute genius

[KaptainRob]

Rick Stein because he's polite, unpretentious.   Mrs BigHewer and my wife tie for 2nd place 

Ramsey can fook off!

[vlad]

Ramsey is arrogant and difficult but he is a top chef you cant say he isnt.

[Pinetree]

I don't see my name on this list?  The people who complied it have obviously never tasted my World renowned pasta bake ; 8,000 calories per small serving.   

[Pinetree]

1 hour ago, BigHewer said:

Ramsey is good. But the the best chef I know is my wife. Absolute genius

on a promise tonight after that post eh? 

[ExpatPattaya]

18 hours ago, vlad said:

My favorite 5 are 5 The late great Keith Floyd 4 Nigella Lawson, 3 Jaime Oliver 2 Rick Stein and in my opinion Top dog Ramsey.

Have never eaten any meals prepared by these 5 people, so cannot say.  The Thai lady who makes food for 50 baht next to my condo makes several excellent dishes though 5555.  I can vouch for her 

[ExpatPattaya]

17 hours ago, BigHewer said:

Ramsey is good. But the the best chef I know is my wife. Absolute genius

A female chef!  Wow things are really changing in the 21st century, who would have thought! 

[bushav8r]

22 hours ago, Pinetree said:

I don't see my name on this list?  The people who complied it have obviously never tasted my World renowned pasta bake ; 8,000 calories per small serving.   

Perhaps the real reason that you only eat food prepared at home is that you can no longer fit through the door!

[Noble_Design]

Jamie Oliver? Have you seen his disastrous egg fried rice and green curry? LMFAO

Marco Pierre White (Gordon Ramsay's mentor) would be near the top of the list though.

[vlad]

I could carry on with James Martin, Paul Rankin, etc all good Chefs of course Raymond Blanc.

[Benroon]

3 hours ago, vlad said:

I could carry on with James Martin, Paul Rankin, etc all good Chefs of course Raymond Blanc.

Raymond Blanc fantastic, and also has trained dozens of michelin starred chefs - ate at his Oxford pile - I think we had the 7 course tasting menu and you signed a loan application form before starting !!

Albert Roux has to be on here - trainer of Ramsey, Pierre White, Peter Chandler and his son Michel and many others. The founding father of fine dining. I ate at Le Gavroche once and they had 'calf brain' as a special. Intrigued to know what the best chef in the world could do with that and ignoring all the other gems went for it. It was bloody amazing.

'Genius' is overused, but in their field they were the masters.

 

[vlad]

yep there pretty amazing people and creative geniuses

[DesperateOldHand]

On 7/2/2022 at 4:24 AM, vlad said:

Ramsey is arrogant and difficult but he is a top chef you cant say he isnt.

And then we might have to define what a chef is, let alone a knowledgeable chef.

[astro]

Not difficult to become a top chef in the Uk.... considering the accepted standard of food on offer.

[Wanderer]

On 7/31/2022 at 5:31 AM, astro said:

Not difficult to become a top chef in the Uk.... considering the accepted standard of food on offer.

Arrant nonsense astro, possibly a contributory factor in you going awol. 

At least I am assuming it is awol and not ill health or the reaper. 

[IsaanJeeperCreeper]

My Father

Anthony Bourdain

Jacque Pepin

Anyone who knows how to smoke Pork&Beef

Anyone who can bake a french bagutte

 

[Pinetree]

Anybody who charges £30 for fish, chips and mushy peas, which is all of these so called celebrity chefs (how can a 'cook' be a celebrity? )  has no right to call themselves a chef.  They are all pretentious A holes, charging stupid prices, for gullible idiots to pay. To answer the OPs question directly:

Me

My late Wife

Any 3 fish and chip shop owners in Whitby, UK.   

[Marc26]

22 hours ago, IsaanJeeperCreeper said:

My Father

Anthony Bourdain

Jacque Pepin

Anyone who knows how to smoke Pork&Beef

Anyone who can bake a french bagutte

Anthony Bourdai was not a great chef

 

He worked at a so-so French Bistro

 

He admits he wasn't a good chef 

 

 

But he was a great traveler.....

[SnapDragon]

Fanny Cradock

Keith Floyd

Delia Smith

James Wong (UK)

Johnny Doliicy's mum.

[IsaanJeeperCreeper]

1 hour ago, Marc26 said:

Anthony Bourdai was not a great chef

He worked at a so-so French Bistro

He admits he wasn't a good chef 

But he was a great traveler.....

He was a Great Chef to me, not because of his cooking, but because of his writing. If we're being pedantic my father wouldn't have been the Number 1 on MY list

[Mamachigawa]

 Jean-George Vongerictren, Feran Adria, Thomas Keller, Alice Waters,  Nobu Matsuhisa

Ramsey probably the biggest celebrity commercial success. Don't forget Wolfgang Puck who was really an  innovator, and leveraged it to now in be every airport and supermarket. Put his name anything,  even kitchen gadgets and knifes. 

 

Julia Child and Jacques Pepin on TV from long time ago inspired many people to cook better food

[Marc26]

On 9/8/2024 at 6:53 AM, Pinetree said:

Anybody who charges £30 for fish, chips and mushy peas, which is all of these so called celebrity chefs (how can a 'cook' be a celebrity? )  has no right to call themselves a chef.  They are all pretentious A holes, charging stupid prices, for gullible idiots to pay. To answer the OPs question directly:

Me

My late Wife

Any 3 fish and chip shop owners in Whitby, UK.   

Once a celebrity chef branches out from a couple mom and pop type restaurants, it just gets like a fancy chain restaurant

 

Give me a local chef who has one restaurant , maybe two small places, any day of the week 

[Marc26]

15 hours ago, Mamachigawa said:

 Jean-George Vongerictren, Feran Adria, Thomas Keller, Alice Waters,  Nobu Matsuhisa

Ramsey probably the biggest celebrity commercial success. Don't forget Wolfgang Puck who was really an  innovator, and leveraged it to now in be every airport and supermarket. Put his name anything,  even kitchen gadgets and knifes. 

Julia Child and Jacques Pepin on TV from long time ago inspired many people to cook better food

I remember watching Gordon Ramsey old Kitchen Nightmares not having a clue who he was

 

But enjoyed those shows

 

Then he went to America for the big bucks