There is no appropriate answer other than Ferran Adria.

I'd vote for him. Dude knows his stuff. Super smart.

Padma ftw

She has a head?

You know how we all know you are gay?

No one on that list is truly innovative. They all do what they do very well, and are easy to look at and easy to listen to, but "innovative", not so much.

Probably the most innovative guy--who rarely even cooks any more--is Anthony Bourdain, who has gone everywhere and tried everything and seems to appreciate it all, from the easiest cheapest meal to the most gourmet bizarre concoction. He seems to have the best background that, if he chose to re-open a restaurant, would come up with some innovative stuff.

They wonder why I am not serious......

Ramsey.
Posted via Mobile Device

Gordon Ramsey isn't an option?

fail

Ramsey.

Because he reminds me of what Todd Haley would be like as a chef.

Ferran Adria is the only one I'd call an innovator. He revolutionized the food scene with El Bulli. The rest of the people on that list don't even compare. There are other chefs out there currently doing similar pushing of the boundaries to what was done at El Bulli in the past but none are on this list.

I see that Red Brooklyn already posted and was the reason Adria got added. Anyway, if you want to mix innovative with pop, I'd say David Chang might go on the list.

One of my former students (pretty much a friend now) sells truffles to Thomas Keller. He went to the Per Se thanksgiving staff meal this year. Lucky bastard.

The guy who invented spam