Throughout August, Caterer Middle East's online F&B survey recorded votes from Middle East industry professionals regarding who they felt were the most influential celebrity chefs impacting the F&B industry today.
Earlier this week, we revealed the placings from numbers 20 to 10.
Here, in reverse order, is the top 10, as voted for by the industry...
10) Pierre Gagnaire
French chef Pierre Gagnaire began his career in St. Etienne where he won three Michelin stars, with his modern take on French cuisine.
Today, he is head chef and owner of the Pierre Gagnaire restaurant in Paris, and also runs outlets in London, Tokyo, Hong Kong and Seoul — along with Reflets par Pierre Gagnaire in Dubai.
Gagniare is scheduled to open his first restaurant in the USA at the end of this year, at the Mandarin Oriental in Las Vegas.
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Sep 7, 2009
Many thanks to James and Aj for their comments. I'd just like to emphasise that the Top 20 Most Influential Celeb Chefs listing was compiled on the basis of votes cast by F&B professionals who took part in the Caterer F&B Survey last month. The listed celebrity chefs needed to be not just intern...
Sep 7, 2009 , United Arab Emirates
We all know these people - would it not have been better and more appropriate to focus on the Talent that we have in The Middle East? There are many amazing Chefs in the hotel industry in the Middle East that deserve some recognition as well??