This is a list of famous chefs:

Real chefs

• Ferran Adrià
• Mario Batali
• James Beard
• Raymond Blanc
• Heston Blumenthal
• Paul Bocuse
• Daniel Boulud
• Anthony Bourdain
• Alton Brown
• Antoine Carême
• Chen Kenichi
• Michael Chiarello
• Julia Child
• George Crum
• Clarissa Dickson-Wright
• Rocco DiSpirito
• Alain Ducasse
• Todd English
• Georges Auguste Escoffier
• Bobby Flay
• Ina Garten
• Ainsley Harriott
• Ken Hom
• Madhur Jaffrey
• Thomas Keller
• Masahiko Kobe
• Emeril Lagasse
• Nigella Lawson
• Bernard Loiseau
• Nickolas Manosis
• Nobu Matsuhisa
• Rokusaburo Michiba
• Masaharu Morimoto
• Sara Moulton
• Jamie Oliver
• Jacques Pepin
• Udo Prambs
• Paul Prudhomme
• Wolfgang Puck
• Gordon Ramsay
• Paul Rankin
• Rachael Ray
• Gary Rhodes
• Eric Ripert
• Joël Robuchon
• Michel Roux
• Hiroyuki Sakai
• Marcus Samuelsson
• Delia Smith
• Jeff Smith
• Rick Stein
• Antony Worrall Thompson
• Charlie Trotter
• Ming Tsai
• Marco Pierre White
• Clemens Wilmenrod
• Justin Wilson
• Kevin Woodford
• Pierre Wynants
• Martin Yan

Fictional chefs

• Adam, from the television series Northern Exposure
• Akira, from the television series The Simpsons
• Bacon, from the movie Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
• Monica Geller Bing, from the television series Friends
• Gareth Blackstock, from the television series Chef!
• Chef Brockett , from the television series Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
• Jerome 'Chef' McElroy, from the television series South Park
• Shughie McFee, from the television soap opera Crossroads
• Sookie St. James Melville, at the 'Dragonfly Inn' in the Gilmore Girls
• Mimi Tachikawa from the animated series Digimon grows up to be a chef with her own television show.
• The Soup Nazi, from the television series Seinfeld
• The Swedish Chef, from The Muppet Show
• Chef Tony , known from shopping channel (usually pitches Miracle Blade or Ultimate Chopper)
• Jack Tripper, from the television series Three's Company