(STACKER) – Feeling hungry? Learn about the signature dishes famous chefs have become known for—ones that made our mouths water, built travel itineraries around for a taste, and even dared to make at home to impress our loved ones.
Stacker compiled a list of 20 celebrated chefs from around the world—Michelin star recipients, James Beard Award winners, bestselling cookbook authors, and hosts of your favorite hit TV shows—and the dishes that helped put them on the culinary map. Among these iconic dishes are classic cultural fare like latkes and pork buns to reimagined desserts and artful museum-worthy entrees, plus treasured family recipes passed down through generations, ready to whet your appetite.
Many of these chefs started with humble roots but big dreams, turning a single restaurant or a life-changing performance in a food competition into food empires. Think fine dining or casual restaurants on different continents, even product lines such as cookware, kitchen utensils, and ready-made meals available at local groceries. Others on this list are considered legends in the industry, inspiring the food adventures of today’s rising star chefs.
Gordon Ramsay – Beef Wellington
Kristen Kish – Mafaldine
Jamie Oliver – Best roast potatoes
Carla Hall – Homemade cookie butter
Giada De Laurentiis – Lemon spaghetti
Marcus Samuelsson – Helga’s meatballs
Wolfgang Puck – Smoked salmon pizza
Vikas Khanna – Stuffed spinach and paneer roll
Nigella Lawson – My mother’s praised chicken
David Chang – Pork buns
Dominique Crenn – Kir Breton
Enrique Olvera – Mole madre, mole nuevo
Amaury Guichon – Guilty pleasure
Jiro Ono – Sushi
Helena Rizzo – Gnocch
Rachael Ray – Super sloppy Joes
Sunny Anderson – Braised ribs with barbecue sauce
Duff Goldman – Slightly adapted Mamo’s potato pancakes
Cristeta Comerford – Arroz caldo
Joachim Splichal -Lobster salad
