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Culinary map

57 chefs and gastronomes across the French, Italian, Spanish, Japanese, Nordic, American and other culinary traditions, placed by birth year (horizontal) and influence (vertical), linked by 58 known lines of teaching and reaction. Companion to the artistic, philosophical, mathematical and MPB maps.

405060708090100600 BCE400 BCE200 BCE1200400600800100012001400160018002000Birth year →Influence →Apicius (25 BCE)ApiciusTaillevent (1310 CE)TailleventMaestro Martino (1430 CE)Maestro MartinoBartolomeo Scappi (1500 CE)Bartolomeo ScappiFrançois La Varenne (1615 CE)François La VarenneYuan Mei (1716 CE)Yuan MeiBrillat-Savarin (1755 CE)Brillat-SavarinGrimod de La Reynière (1758 CE)Marie-Antoine Carême (1784 CE)Alexis Soyer (1810 CE)Alexis SoyerPellegrino Artusi (1820 CE)Auguste Escoffier (1846 CE)Prosper Montagné (1865 CE)Curnonsky (1872 CE)CurnonskyFernand Point (1897 CE)James Beard (1903 CE)Julia Child (1912 CE)Elizabeth David (1913 CE)Jiro Ono (1925 CE)Paul Bocuse (1926 CE)Gualtiero Marchesi (1930 CE)Michel Guérard (1933 CE)Alain Chapel (1937 CE)Juan Mari Arzak (1942 CE)Georges Blanc (1943 CE)Alice Waters (1944 CE)Joël Robuchon (1945 CE)Michel Bras (1946 CE)Wolfgang Puck (1949 CE)Nobu Matsuhisa (1949 CE)Pierre Gagnaire (1950 CE)Yoshihiro Murata (1951 CE)Guy Savoy (1953 CE)Thomas Keller (1955 CE)Alain Passard (1956 CE)Alain Ducasse (1956 CE)Anthony Bourdain (1956 CE)Emeril Lagasse (1959 CE)Marco Pierre White (1961 CE)Ferran Adrià (1962 CE)Massimo Bottura (1962 CE)Fergus Henderson (1963 CE)Joan Roca (1964 CE)Dominique Crenn (1965 CE)Heston Blumenthal (1966 CE)Gordon Ramsay (1966 CE)Gastón Acurio (1967 CE)Yotam Ottolenghi (1968 CE)Anne-Sophie Pic (1969 CE)Dan Barber (1969 CE)Andoni Luis Aduriz (1971 CE)Grant Achatz (1974 CE)René Redzepi (1977 CE)David Chang (1977 CE)Virgilio Martínez (1977 CE)Clare Smyth (1978 CE)Magnus Nilsson (1983 CE)

Each point is a chef (x = birth year, y = approximate influence, a prominence proxy). Hover a name to trace its connections — arrows point from a thinker to those they shaped; red dashed lines mark critical reactions, grey lines positive influence. Click a point for Wikipedia, and use the legend to filter traditions.