Recently, the Best Chef Awards 2025 took place and chefs from around the world were honoured for their contributions in the culinary world. One of the key highlights of this year happens to be Chef Himanshu Saini. This Indian chef based in Dubai has been ranked as the third-best chef worldwide. Yes, he is known for his acclaimed restaurant, Tresind Studio in Dubai, and here’s all you need to know.
Chef Himanshu Saini Honoured As World’s 3rd Best Chef
It was only recently that Tresind Studio won three Michelin stars, and it became the first Indian restaurant in the world to win three of them. And now Chef Himanshu Saini has also been recognised as the third-best chef worldwide. It should be noted that the world’s best shift was awarded to Chef Rasmus Munk of Alchemist, which is in Denmark, and Chef Ana Roš of Hiša Franko, which is in Slovenia, was ranked at number two.
Other Dubai Chefs Also Honoured
At this point, it should be noted that 13 Dubai chefs were honoured on the global stage.
- Torsten Vildgaard, FZN by Björn Frantzén
- Vladimir Mukhin, Krasota
- Hisao Ueda & Takashi Namekata, TakaHisa
- Jason Atherton & Daniel Birk, Row on 45
- Salam Daqqaq, Sufret Maryam
- Mohammad Orfali, Orfali Bros
- Abhiraj Khatwani, Manāo
- Brando Moros, 11Woodfire
- Gabriela Chamorro, Girl & the Goose
- Kelvin Cheung, Jun’s
- Rahul Rana, avatāra
- Solemann Haddad, moonrise
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Best Chef Awards A Knife Recognition System
It’s worth noting that the awarded chefs have been assigned three knives, which is for the best, two knives, which is for world-class, or one knife, which means excellent. Yes, they follow a knife recognition system at the awards instead of ranking. And Chef Himanshu Saini won three knives
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Cover Image Courtesy: The Best Chef Awards 2024/Website
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