Popularity ranking · Ireland

The 100 most popular Chefs in Ireland

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest chefs in Ireland, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 122 chefs tracked in Ireland, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Gordon Ramsay, Marco Pierre White and Jamie Oliver lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 397k people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 12k, and the largest, Gordon Ramsay, reaches around 164k people in Ireland. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in Ireland who actively engage with each chef, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across Ireland and are refreshed weekly.

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How to read this list

Rank

Position in the Top 100, sorted by audience size from largest to smallest. Updated weekly.

Audience size

Estimated number of unique people in Ireland who actively engage with this audience, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals.

Country share

Share of the global audience that is active in Ireland. A higher value means the audience is more locally concentrated here.

Avg age

Average age in years across the people who engage with this audience in Ireland, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals. A dash means demographic data is not yet available.

Female share

Share of women among the people who engage with this audience in Ireland. 50% is gender-balanced; values above mean female-skewed, below mean male-skewed.

Ranking

Rank Audience Audience size Avg age Female share Subtype
1 Gordon Ramsay 164k 40.0 59.3% Chef
2 Marco Pierre White 131k 50.1 61.9% Chef
3 Jamie Oliver 102k 43.1 70.7% Chef
4 Nigella Lawson 80k 43.2 72.1% Chef
5 Gordon Ramsey 75k 30.7 72.8% Chef
6 Anthony Bourdain 74k 40.0 62.7% Chef
7 Kevin Dundon 70k 49.7 85.2% Chef
8 Gino D'Acampo 46k 46.9 75.0% Chef
9 Rachel Allen 42k 47.4 100.0% Chef
10 Rick Stein 40k 50.3 62.8% Chef
11 Heston Blumenthal 37k 48.5 57.9% Chef
12 Paul Hollywood 32k 41.2 91.7% Chef
13 Anne Burrell 32k 52.1 71.9% Chef
14 Hairy Bikers 22k 47.8 63.9% Chef
15 Ottolenghi 19k 44.2 74.6% Chef
16 Shane McMahon 17k 50.2 81.3% Chef
17 Delia Smith 14k 47.0 76.7% Chef
18 Tom Kerridge 13k 41.3 100.0% Chef
19 Nigel Slater 12k 49.7 70.1% Chef
20 Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall 8.8k 50.4 100.0% Chef
21 James Martin (chef) 6.3k 49.1 58.2% Chef
22 Alice Waters 6.3k 50.9 67.0% Chef
23 Bobby Flay 6.3k 47.8 68.6% Chef
24 Yotam Ottolenghi 5.9k 48.1 68.2% Chef
25 Paula Deen 5.2k 52.7 73.1% Chef

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular chefs compiled?

Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across Ireland and ranks each chef by its estimated audience size. Only entries with at least 5 measured entities are listed.

How often is the list updated?

The ranking is refreshed weekly from the latest search-behavior data and re-published as a static page.

What is the largest chef in Ireland?

Gordon Ramsay currently leads with an estimated audience of 164k people in Ireland.

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