Culinary Dynasty Scoreboard

Every dynasty begins in a single kitchen. Le Louis XV leads them all — 9 of its alumni have gone on to run Michelin-starred restaurants of their own. Here is every dynasty we trace, ranked by the chefs it raised and the stars they've gathered since.

#	Kitchen	Head Chef	Location	Alumni	Total ★
1	Le Louis XV	Alain Ducasse	Monaco	9	23
2	elBulli	Ferran Adrià	Roses, Spain	6	15
3	Les Prés d'Eugénie	Michel Guérard	Eugénie-les-Bains, France	4	10
4	Joël Robuchon	Joël Robuchon	Paris, France	4	8
5	Le Manoir aux Quat'Saisons	Raymond Blanc	Oxfordshire, United Kingdom	4	7
6	Eleven Madison Park	Daniel Humm	New York, USA	4	6
7	Noma	René Redzepi	Copenhagen, Denmark	4	6
8	The Square	Phil Howard	London, United Kingdom	4	6
9	Moulin de Mougins	Roger Vergé	Mougins, France	3	7
10	Restaurant Gordon Ramsay	Gordon Ramsay	London, United Kingdom	3	6
11	The Fat Duck	Heston Blumenthal	Bray, United Kingdom	2	5
12	The French Laundry	Thomas Keller	Yountville, USA	2	5
13	Arpège	Alain Passard	Paris, France	2	4
14	Guy Savoy	Guy Savoy	Paris, France	2	4
15	Maison Troisgros	Troisgros family	Roanne, France	2	4
16	Girardet	Frédy Girardet	Crissier, Switzerland	2	3
17	La Tante Claire	Pierre Koffmann	London, United Kingdom	2	2
18	Le Cinq	Le Cinq	Paris, France	1	3
19	Le Gavroche	Albert & Michel Roux	London, United Kingdom	1	3
20	Charlie Trotter's	Charlie Trotter	Chicago, USA	1	2
21	Jean-Georges	Jean-Georges Vongerichten	New York, USA	1	1
22	Pujol	Enrique Olvera	Mexico City, Mexico	1	1

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