Alain Ducasse

Alain Ducasse’s 21 Michelin stars held simultaneously in 2005 remain the highest concurrent total ever achieved by any chef. He became the first chef to command stars in three cities—Paris, Monte Carlo, and New York—a feat that outpaces #6 Marco Pierre White’s three-star peak. His Paris cooking school has trained over 5,000 chefs, and his culinary books have sold 2 million copies globally.