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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
51 Paula Deen 351 23.1 100.0% Chef
52 Alain Passard 342 37.6 58.1% Chef
53 Yotam Ottolenghi 341 48.1 68.2% Chef
54 Curtis Stone 327 49.8 61.2% Chef
55 Chef Robert Irvine 315 26.9 63.8% Chef
56 Daniel Boulud 291 27.2 88.2% Chef
57 Daniel Humm 286 35.9 48.8% Chef
58 Rachel Khoo 284 42.2 64.5% Chef
59 Raymond Blanc 281 37.4 59.5% Chef
60 Sandra Lee (chef) 279 25.5 82.9% Chef
61 Rick Stein 270 33.8 100.0% Chef
62 José Andrés 251 48.8 62.3% Chef
63 Vikas Khanna 250 33.2 77.7% Chef
64 Annabel Langbein 223 52.1 82.1% Chef
65 Mr. Food 222 53.1 90.4% Chef
66 Nobu Matsuhisa 220 26.5 100.0% Chef
67 Alex Guarnaschelli 217 50.7 76.4% Chef
68 Marcus Samuelsson 215 48.5 65.0% Chef
69 Anna Olson 211 50.0 91.9% Chef
70 Hairy Bikers 207 51.0 72.2% Chef
71 Adam Liaw 206 49.5 78.4% Chef
72 Buddy Valastro 206 43.5 82.8% Chef
73 Marc Veyrat 204 49.3 60.1% Chef
74 Michel Roux 198 48.3 71.7% Chef
75 Carlo Cracco 195 29.0 84.8% 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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