America's Most Successful Chefs Slideshow

This potty-mouthed Scot is better known in America for his restaurant-based reality shows — among them, FOX Network’s Hell’s Kitchen and Kitchen Nightmares — than for the reality of his restaurants, but he can be an excellent chef and has garnered a total of 12 Michelin stars. It is unclear how much involvement he still has with his Los Angeles and New York eateries, but his 11 London establishments surely keep him busy. However, he hasn’t made the Sunday Times list of Richest Britons since 2008, when his fortune was valued at £50 million ($81 million), and his recent financial and legal woes have been much publicized — most recently, a labor lawsuit being brought against him by his mother-in-law. 

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