The World's Most Influential Chefs

After developing his trademark French-minimalist style (intensely flavored vegetable and fruit essences in place of heavy sauces) at New York's JoJo and creating French–Asian fusion at Vong,Vongerichtenupped the refinement factor with a sleek outpost across town in New York's Trump International Hotel and Tower. Restaurant Jean Georges earned a four-star review fromThe New York Timesand became the center of Vongerichten's globe-spanning culinary empire.