The Most Famous
CHEFS from United Kingdom
This page contains a list of the greatest British Chefs. The pantheon dataset contains 7 Chefs, 3 of which were born in United Kingdom. This makes United Kingdom the birth place of the 2nd most number of Chefs.
Top 3
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary British Chefs of all time. This list of famous British Chefs is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Gordon Ramsay (1966 - )
With an HPI of 56.00, Gordon Ramsay is the most famous British Chef. His biography has been translated into 49 different languages on wikipedia.
Gordon James Ramsay (; born (1966-11-08)8 November 1966) is a British celebrity chef, restaurateur, television presenter, and writer. His restaurant group, Gordon Ramsay Restaurants, was founded in 1997 and has been awarded 17 Michelin stars overall and currently holds eight. His signature restaurant, Restaurant Gordon Ramsay in Chelsea, London, has held three Michelin stars since 2001. After rising to fame on the British television miniseries Boiling Point in 1999, Ramsay became one of the best-known and most influential chefs in the world.Ramsay's TV persona is defined by his fiery temper, aggressive behaviour, strict demeanour, and frequent usage of profane language, while making blunt, critical, and controversial comments, including insults and sardonic wisecracks about contestants and their cooking abilities. He combines activities in the television, film, hospitality and food industries, and has promoted and hired various chefs who have apprenticed under his wing. He is known for presenting television programmes about competitive cookery and food, such as the British series Hell's Kitchen (2004), Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares (2004–2009, 2014), and The F Word (2005–2010), with Kitchen Nightmares winning the 2005 British Academy Television Award for Best Feature, and the American versions of Hell's Kitchen (2005–present), Kitchen Nightmares (2007–present), MasterChef (2010–present), and MasterChef Junior (2013–present), as well as Hotel Hell (2012–2016), Gordon Behind Bars (2012), Gordon Ramsay's 24 Hours to Hell and Back (2018–2020), and Next Level Chef (2022–present). Ramsay was appointed an OBE by Queen Elizabeth II in the 2006 New Year Honours list for services to the hospitality industry. He was named the top chef in the UK at the 2000 Catey Awards, and in July 2006 he won the Catey for Independent Restaurateur of the Year, becoming the third person to win three Catey Awards. Forbes listed his 2020 earnings at US $70 million and ranked him at No.19 on its list of the highest-earning celebrities.
2. Charles Joughin (1878 - 1956)
With an HPI of 53.71, Charles Joughin is the 2nd most famous British Chef. His biography has been translated into 15 different languages.
Charles John Joughin ( JOK-in; 3 August 1878 – 9 December 1956) was a British-American chef, known as being the chief baker aboard the RMS Titanic. He survived the ship's sinking, and became notable for having survived in the frigid water for an exceptionally long time before being pulled onto the overturned Collapsible B lifeboat with virtually no ill effects.
3. Jamie Oliver (1975 - )
With an HPI of 50.59, Jamie Oliver is the 3rd most famous British Chef. His biography has been translated into 49 different languages.
Jamie Trevor Oliver MBE OSI (born 27 May 1975) is an English celebrity chef, former restaurateur and cookbook author. He is known for his casual approach to cuisine, which has led him to front numerous television shows and open many restaurants. Oliver reached the public eye when his series The Naked Chef premiered in 1999. In 2005, he opened a campaign, Feed Me Better, to introduce schoolchildren to healthier foods, which was later backed by the government. He was the owner of a restaurant chain, Jamie Oliver Restaurant Group, which opened its first restaurant, Jamie's Italian, in Oxford in 2008. The chain went into administration in May 2019. His TED Talk won him the 2010 TED Prize. In June 2003, Oliver was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire for "services to the hospitality industry".
Pantheon has 3 people classified as chefs born between 1878 and 1975. Of these 3, 2 (66.67%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living chefs include Gordon Ramsay and Jamie Oliver. The most famous deceased chefs include Charles Joughin. As of April 2022, 1 new chefs have been added to Pantheon including Charles Joughin.
