ABOUT CHEFID
The verified record of the world's kitchens
ChefID is a beautiful, photo-first database of chefs and restaurants — and the lineage that connects them. Every record is verifiable, sourced, and built to last.
THE VERIFIED CULINARY RECORD
What ChefID is
ChefID is the professional record for kitchen talent: who cooked where, who trained whom, and what each kitchen produced. It pairs a gorgeous, image-rich database of restaurants and chefs — with photos, nationalities, categories, and accolades — with a verification system that keeps the record honest.
Anyone can discover a chef. The chef can claim their ChefID. An employer or source can verify it. The result is a credential the industry can trust — and a living map of culinary talent across the world.
THE KITCHEN TREE
Every chef has a lineage
Kitchens pass technique down like a family passes down recipes. The Kitchen Tree maps those connections — mentors, mentees, and the kitchens where careers were forged — into an explorable graph of culinary lineage.
Asserted links are shown honestly alongside inferred ones, so the lineage is never dressed up as more certain than it is. Click any node to recenter the tree and follow a kitchen's family line.
Explore a Kitchen TreeTHE VERIFIED CHEFID
Discover. Claim. Verify.
Trust is earned in three tiers — encoded in the badge so it reads at a glance, in any language, even in grayscale.
Discover
The community builds a profile from where a chef cooked and who they trained.
Claim
The chef claims their ChefID and becomes editor of their own record.
Verify
An employer or source confirms the record — the gold record is born.
Help build the record
ChefID grows with its community. Add a chef, add a kitchen, or correct what's there — every contribution is sourced and reviewed.