Hello Chef Nosko,
You ask a great question that I think deserves allot of thought. I may not be able to respond to this question until 2060 because of the International Agreement of Unesco. Then it will be considered history
With your permission I will continue my thoughts on France.
Not only does French cuisine have it's heroes (the innovative chef) and it's great men ( the gastronomes who encourage and criticize the chefs.) but it's martyrs as well. The best known is Vatel, who preferred death in 1671 to the shame of serving a flawed meal ( he promptly committed suicide when he learned that the fish he had ordered for a banquet had not arrived.) Vatel's gesture is symptomatic of the physical and mental distress chefs endure. Today the pressures stem from their annual re- evaluation by the authers of a reputedly neutral, and anonymous, authority:The
Michelin Guide. In order to maintain their coveted Michelin "Stars", chefs have been known to go into debt and toil gruelling hours at the expense of their health, these days, however, they generally prefer early retirement to the self- sacrificing gesture of Vatel.