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Top 100 Chefs in South Korea

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest chefs in South Korea, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 152 chefs tracked in South Korea, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Gordon Ramsay, Jamie Oliver and Gordon Ramsey lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 83k people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 1.7k, and the largest, Gordon Ramsay, reaches around 40k people in South Korea. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in South Korea who actively engage with each chef, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across South Korea 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 South Korea who actively engage with this audience, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals.

Country share

Share of the global audience that is active in South Korea. 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 South Korea, 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 South Korea. 50% is gender-balanced; values above mean female-skewed, below mean male-skewed.

Ranking

Rank Audience Audience size Avg age Female share Subtype
26 Joe Bastianich 1k 38.4 71.4% Chef
27 Alice Waters 903 50.9 67.0% Chef
28 Paul Hollywood 812 27.6 94.0% Chef
29 Shane McMahon 811 28.8 76.6% Chef
30 Yannick Alléno 788 34.2 65.4% Chef
31 Sanjeev Kapoor 770 41.7 67.6% Chef
32 Mario Batali 764 45.1 70.6% Chef
33 Grant Achatz 734 26.1 41.9% Chef
34 Steffen Henssler 648 36.4 51.1% Chef
35 Tim Mälzer 627 37.6 61.1% Chef
36 Philippe Etchebest 599 44.6 59.2% Chef
37 Seonkyoung Longest 596 32.3 69.6% Chef
38 Auguste Escoffier 588 45.0 66.2% Chef
39 Andrew Zimmern 585 46.6 55.6% Chef
40 Michel Bras 573 48.2 58.9% Chef
41 Christine Ha 543 41.9 60.0% Chef
42 Hélène Darroze 521 39.4 57.5% Chef
43 Massimo Bottura 502 28.9 76.4% Chef
44 Emeril Lagasse 496 50.7 66.9% Chef
45 Donna Hay 483 29.4 96.7% Chef
46 Anne-Sophie Pic 475 39.0 59.0% Chef
47 Gualtiero Marchesi 438 47.7 54.8% Chef
48 Nigel Slater 414 49.7 70.1% Chef
49 Ainsley Harriott 404 34.7 39.2% Chef
50 Antonio Carluccio 353 42.3 74.1% Chef

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Frequently asked questions

How is this Top 100 list compiled?

Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across South Korea 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 South Korea?

Gordon Ramsay currently leads with an estimated audience of 40k people in South Korea.

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