The recent article in our sister publication Larder raised an interesting question about the number of female chefs who make it to the top as determined by Michelin rankings.
It’s a well-established fact that there are many brilliant female chefs around. It’s often a woman, in the form of a mother or grandmother who inspired a famous chef to take his career path, because of the passion and skill they had witnessed at an early age.
But the recent Michelin Star awards in France threw up an interesting statistic – women only make up about ten percent of the Michelin starred chefs in the whole of France (France understandingly containing the most Michelin starred chefs out of any country.)
Larder asked, is this ratio at the home of culinary excellence reflected here in Scotland. The article in full can be read here. The answer to the question is summarised in the table below:
| Restaurant | Location | Chef | Michelin Stars |
| Restaurant Andrew Fairlie | Gleneagles | Stephen McLaughlin | 2 |
| Lalique at Glenturret | Crieff | Mark Donald | 2 |
| Condita | Edinburgh | Connor Toomey | 1 |
| Cail Bruich | Glasgow | Lorna McNee | 1 |
| The Kitchin | Edinburgh | Tom Kitchin | 1 |
| Martin Wishart | Edinburgh | Martin Wishart | 1 |
| Loch Bay | Isle of Skye | Michael Smith | 1 |
| Peat Inn | Cupar | Geoffrey Smeddle | 1 |
| Timberyard | Edinburgh | Jimmy Murray | 1 |
| Unalome | Glasgow | Graeme Cheevers | 1 |
| Heron | Edinburgh | Sam Yorke | 1 |
