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Aiden Byrne |
Aiden was the head chef at Michelin-starred Tom Aikens before coming here to set up on his own. In 2007 I had one of my best London meals here, and Marcus Wareing felt it was his best dinner in London also. Michelin bizarrely overlooked the restaurant in the 2008 Guide, but Aiden's cooking is clearly at the 1 star level. |
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Aimo Moroni |
Aimo Moroni is chef/patron of the long established Il Luogo di Aimo e Nadia in Milan, which currently has two Michelin stars. |
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Antonin Bonnet |
Antonin Bonnet is head chef of the Greenhouse, whose Mayfair news premises have for many years retained a Michelin star. |
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Bruce Poole |
Bruce Poole is head chef of Chez Bruce, the best restaurant in south London and one which in 2007 was voted London's favourite restaurant in the annual Hardens Guide poll. |
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Christian Bau |
Gifted 3 star chef cooking in Germany near the Luxembourg border. I had dazzling food there in 2008, one of my best ever 3 star meals. |
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Claus-Peter Lumpp |
Claus-Peter Lumpp is head chef of the 3 Michelin star Bareiss, a lovely restaurant tucked away in a beautiful corner of the Black Forest. |
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Heinz Beck |
Heinz Beck is the chef at the 3 star restaurant in Rome: Pergola. |
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Jean-Christophe Ansanay-Alex |
Jean-Christophe has for some time been a highly respected two Michelin star chef in Lyon, and in 2008/2009 brought his talents to London with Ambassade de l'Ile. He has now returned to Lyon to concentrate on his original restaurant. |
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Joachim Wissler |
Joachim Wissler is the chef of the 3 star Michelin Vendome in Bergish Gladbach. I am very impressed with the 3 star places in Germany, which all reach a high standard. My favourite of all of these is Vendome. |
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Jun Tanaka |
Jun Tanaka is the talented chef at Pearl in Holborn. He has had a long career in some of the most prestigious kitchens in London, and is a regular on TV these days. |
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Lionel Rigolet |
Lionel Rigolet is the head chef at Comme Chez Soi, the iconic restaurant in Brussels with a history dating back to 1926. |
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Luisa Valazza |
Luisa Vallazza is that rarity, a female 3 star chef (not so rare in Italy in fact, where ther were three in 2007). Al Sorriso combines stunning ingredients with flawless technique, while the welcome there is very genuine. |
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Marc Haeberlin |
Marc Haeberlin is head chef of the Auberge de l'Ile, one of the prettiest three-star restaurants, on th ebank of a river in a village in Alsace. |
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Martin Burge |
Martin Burge is head chef of Whatley Manor, which in 2009 received its second Michelin star. Nestling in the Cotswold countryside, this thoroughly deserves its second star based on my experience. |
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Michael Caines |
Michael Caines is head chef of two-star Michelin restaurant Gidleigh Park, prettily set on the edge of Dartmoor in Devon. |
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Michel Guerard |
Michel Guerard is one of the most famous cooks in France, having three Michelin stars for decades and being the prime influence of nouvelle cuisine. His cooking has a simplicity that I admire greatly. |
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Michel Troisgros |
Michel Troisgros is chef/patron of Troisgros, a 3 star Michelin restaurant in France with a great history. Troisgros was founded in 1930, and three generations of the same family have cooked at the restaurant. It has held three Michelin stars since 1968. |
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Omno Kokmeijer |
Omno is head chef of the Ciel Bleu, which in 2009 was the only two star restaurant in Amsterdam. |
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Phil Howard |
Phil Howard is chef and owner of The Square, which has long been one of London's top restaurants, holding two Michelin stars in 2009. |
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Shane Osborn |
Shane is the Australian two star Michelin chef at Pied a Terre. He was sous chef there when Tom Aikens left but regained the two stars that the restaurant had originally earned by 2003, and has kept them ever since. |
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Stephen Harris |
Stephen Harris is chef/patron of The Sportsman in Kent, which has some of the most exciting food in the UK and has a well deserved Michelin star. |
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Stevey Williams |
Stevey Williams is head chef of the Harwood Arms, the gastropub in Fulham that is leading the way in London in this genre of serious food in a pub setting. |
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Sven Elverfeld |
Sven Elverfeld has been head chef at Aqua for nine years, which in 2009 was awarded its third Michelin star. Located in the unlikely setting of Wolfburg, the meal that I had at Aqua was very fine indeed. The restaurant also currently gets 19/20 in the Gault Millau. |
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Tom Aikens |
Tom Aikens shot to fame when he became the youngest chef to earn two Michelin stars at Pied a Terre. He now has his own Michelin-starred establishment Tom Aikens and a highly successful bistro Tom’s Kitchen. He has just launched Tom's Place, an upmarket take on fish and chips. |
