In a survey of 24 countries, pizza and pasta take the top spot – closely followed by Chinese and Japanese cuisine. An international YouGov study of more than 25,000 people in 24 countries finds that pizza and pasta are among the most popular foods in the world, as Italian cuisine beats all comers.

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Michelin stars are awarded for high quality food and service. Jamie Oliver may well be a household name because of his television shows, but he is far below the standards of Michelin star chefs. The general public is unable to see the difference, as your question here shows.

Batali is now far removed from his former kitchens and the impressive women who work in them. He was said to be maintaining a low profile at a family home in northern Michigan in 2019 (via Showbiz Cheat Sheet).

Marco Pierre White Michelin Stars. Despite being one of the world’s most celebrated chefs, Marco Pierre White currently holds zero Michelin stars – because he handed them all back in 1999. His first restaurant, Harvey’s received one Michelin star in 1988, the year after opening, and a second in 1990.

White once made Gordon Ramsay cry when Ramsay worked for him in Harveys early in Ramsay’s career. “I don’t recall what he’d done wrong but I yelled at him and he lost it. Gordon crouched down in the corner of the kitchen, buried his head in his hands and started sobbing.”

Gordon Ramsay ranks highly among Michelin star chefs. In 2001, he became the first Scottish chef to be awarded three Michelin stars with his signature restaurant, Restaurant Gordon Ramsay. Having seen nine of those restaurants close, however, he currently holds seven stars across four restaurants.