JOAN ROCA IS THE BEST CHEF IN THE WORLD ON THE NEW RANKING TOP 300 BEST CHEF AWARDS, FOLLOWED BY THE FRENCH MICHEL BRAS AND THE SPANISH DAVID MUNOZ. CRIPPA IS THE FIRST OF THE 36 ITALIANS AT NUMBER 6, MASSIMO BOTTURA AT 9 AND DAVIDE SCABIN AT 16

The three-starred Joan Roca is the best chef in the world on the newest ranking created in 2016 The Top 300 World Selection - The Best Chef Awards (www.thebestchefawards.com), which rewards the best chefs in the world for their qualities in kitchen art and visual presentation. The Spanish chef of El Celler de Can Roca leads the standings, followed by the French Michel Bras, of the three - starred Le Sequet, and another three starred Spaniard, David Munoz of Diverxo. Italy is represented with 36 chefs – the first is Enrico Crippa of Piazza Duomo in Alba (at number 6), followed by Massimo Bottura of Osteria Francescana in Modena at number 9 and Davide Scabin of Combal.Zero in Rivoli (at number 16). Then, Massimiliano Alajmo of Calandre in Rubano (at 19) and Mauro Uliassi of the same named restaurant in Senigallia (at 20).
The Top 300 World Selection gave the awards in Warsaw to the best chefs in the world exclusively for their personal qualities without taking into account the restaurant they work in, and based on the opinions of 300 judges among cooks, food writers and gourmet food specialists the world, in addition to the preferences of over 1.5 million followers of the competition’s official social profile, explained Elenora Cozzella on Repubblica.it.
Italy counts 36 chefs on the list and is second only to France, which has 69 chefs; Denmark did very well with 19 chefs and the first Danish chef is Rasmus Kofoed of Geranium in Copenhagen, then Spain, the United States and the Netherlands each have 15 representatives, and Japan, 10.

Focus: Italian chefs of The Best Chef Awards - Top 300 World Selection
6. Enrico Crippa
9. Massimo Bottura
16. Davide Scabin
19. Massimiliano Alajmo
20. Mauro Uliassi
31. Antonino Cannavacciuolo
42. Nino Di Costanzo
51. Vincenzo Guarino
55. Niko Romito
59. Pino Lavarra
66. Salvatore Bianco
69. Christiano Puglisi
71. Simone Cantafio
73. Stefano Baiocco
81. Carlo Cracco
98. Paolo Casagrande
118. Terry Giacomello
124. Andrea Camastra
133. Giuseppe D’Aquino
149. Paolo Cappuccio
153. Michelino Gioia
155. Enrico Bartolini
158. Fabio Nompleggio
169. Felix Lo Basso
190. Giuseppe Molaro
199. Gaetano Trovato
216. Marco Martini
219. Alfonso Crisci
222. Carlo Crisci
229. Diego Rigotti
230. Giorgio Diana
238. Simone Zanoni
252. Marcello Trentini
258. Loretta Fanella
269. Davide Del Duca
271. Giuseppe Iannotti