--- title: World's 50 Best Restaurants Lists Features 3 Women Chefs description: Discover the three female chefs featured in the World's 50 Best Restaurants list, all of whom co-run their restaurants with men. canonical: https://time.com/4727188/worlds-50-best-restaurants-women-chefs/ author: Lucy Feldman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-04-05T17:06:00.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T09:05:22.641Z og:title: Only 3 Female Chefs Made the World’s Best 50 Restaurants List og:description: That’s one more than last year og:url: https://time.com/4727188/worlds-50-best-restaurants-women-chefs/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt07b005471051d102/6988c189dcd4a1c98f07526f/worlds-50-best-restaurants-women-chefs.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3762 og:image:height: 2116 og:image:alt: Food Network & Cooking Channel New York City Wine & Food Festival Presented By Coca-Cola - A Dinner with Rick Bayless and Daniela Soto-Innespart of the Bank of America Dinner series curated by Chefs Club og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Only 3 Female Chefs Made the World’s Best 50 Restaurants List twitter:description: That’s one more than last year twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt07b005471051d102/6988c189dcd4a1c98f07526f/worlds-50-best-restaurants-women-chefs.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Only 3 Female Chefs Made the World’s Best 50 Restaurants List > Sponsored content. 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(Photo by Dave Kotinsky/Getty Images for NYCWFF) NEW YORK, NY - OCTOBER 14: Chef Daniela Soto- Innespart prepares food for A Dinner with Rick Bayless and Daniela Soto-Innes part of the Bank of America Dinner series curated by Chefs Club at Hôtel Plaza Athénée on October 14, 2016 in New York City. (Photo by Dave Kotinsky/Getty Images for NYCWFF)Dave Kotinsky—Getty Images for NYCWFF  by [Lucy Feldman](https://time.com/author/lucy-feldman/)  ## Lucy Feldman Editorial Director Apr 5, 2017 5:06 PM UTC Not a single independent female chef saw her restaurant recognized in this year’s [World’s 50 Best Restaurants](http://www.theworlds50best.com/list/1-50-winners) list, released today. Only [three female chefs](https://www.tastingtable.com/dine/national/worlds-50-best-eleven-madison-park), each of whom co-runs a restaurant with a man, made the list. The highest-ranked woman is [Pía León](http://www.four-magazine.com/articles/1154/pia-leon), who runs Lima, Peru’s [Central](http://www.theworlds50best.com/The-List-2017/1-10/Central.html) with Virgilio Martinez, and came in 5th. Next is Elena Arzak, who runs [Arzak](http://www.theworlds50best.com/The-List-2017/21-30/Arzak.html) in San Sebastian, Spain, with father [Juan Mari Arzak](https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424127887323469804578525203339567478). Their restaurant, known for “modern Basque” cuisine, came in 30th. New York City Mexican restaurant [Cosme](http://www.theworlds50best.com/The-List-2017/31-40/Cosme.html), by Daniela Soto-Innes and Enrique Olvera, ranked 40th. Arzak and León were the only two women to appear on the [2016 list](https://medium.com/serious-eats/women-who-should-be-on-the-worlds-50-best-restaurants-list-4441b2ad32ee). New York City’s [Eleven Madison Park](http://www.theworlds50best.com/The-List-2017/1-10/Eleven-Madison-Park.html), by chef and owner Daniel Humm, took the top spot. Meanwhile,[_Food & Wine_](http://time.com/4721985/best-new-chefs-america-2017/)magazine released its [Best New Chefs](http://www.foodandwine.com/chefs/best-new-chefs-2017#peter-cho-han-oak-portland-oregon) list for 2017, featuring four women across 10 restaurants, on Monday. 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