Popularity ranking · South Africa

The 100 most popular Chefs in South Africa

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest chefs in South Africa, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 151 chefs tracked in South Africa, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Gordon Ramsay, Gordon Ramsey and Jamie Oliver lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 455k people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 9.2k, and the largest, Gordon Ramsay, reaches around 177k people in South Africa. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in South Africa who actively engage with each chef, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across South Africa 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 Africa who actively engage with this audience, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals.

Country share

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

Ranking

Rank Audience Audience size Avg age Female share Subtype
51 Rick Stein 1.9k 25.0 48.9% Chef
52 Sunny Anderson 1.8k 40.0 69.0% Chef
53 Massimo Bottura 1.8k 46.5 48.0% Chef
54 Nadia Hussain 1.8k 44.8 68.3% Chef
55 Hairy Bikers 1.7k 51.0 72.2% Chef
56 Alain Ducasse 1.7k 32.9 33.2% Chef
57 Adam Liaw 1.7k 49.5 78.4% Chef
58 Matt Moran 1.7k 45.5 69.3% Chef
59 Tom Kerridge 1.6k 33.8 100.0% Chef
60 Ranveer Brar 1.3k 36.2 67.7% Chef
61 Delia Smith 1.3k 41.5 74.7% Chef
62 René Redzepi 1.2k 39.7 50.3% Chef
63 Auguste Escoffier 1.1k 33.8 51.6% Chef
64 Michel Roux, Jr. 1.1k 42.2 81.2% Chef
65 Raymond Blanc 1.1k 50.1 63.7% Chef
66 Roy Choi 1.1k 29.0 100.0% Chef
67 Christine Ha 1k 29.0 84.7% Chef
68 Nobu Matsuhisa 903 31.8 61.6% Chef
69 Rachel Allen 854 46.5 66.2% Chef
70 Francis Mallmann 652 28.5 44.6% Chef
71 Cat Cora 559 43.9 62.2% Chef
72 Jason Atherton 554 46.6 54.3% Chef
73 Tom Colicchio 537 49.8 66.7% Chef
74 Rocco DiSpirito 523 44.7 72.6% Chef
75 Pierre Hermé 516 40.9 60.9% 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 South Africa 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 Africa?

Gordon Ramsay currently leads with an estimated audience of 177k people in South Africa.

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