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San Diego’s William Bradley named to prestigious global Best Chef list

The chef-director of Michelin three star Addison is one of just six U.S. chefs to earn the peer-voted top-tier Three Knives award

San Diego’s William Bradley named to prestigious global Best Chef list + ' Main Photo'

William Bradley, chef-director of San Diegos Michelin three-star restaurant Addison, has added another culinary feather to his cap.

Bradley is one of just 97 chefs from around the world to receive Three Knives, the top-level honor for the Best Chef 2024 Awards. Founded in 2017 in Warsaw, Poland, the winners are chosen by 348 chefs and 220 industry professionals from 63 countries around the world. The awards were announced last week.

Bradley is one of just six U.S. chefs to receive Three Knives this year. All six have either two or three Michelin stars. They others are Corey Lee (Benu, San Francisco); Daniel Humm (Eleven Madison Park, New York); Dominique Crenn (Atelier Crenn, San Francisco); Grant Achatz (Alinea, Chicago);and Junghyun Park (Atomix, New York).

Addison is Southern Californias only Michelin three star restaurant and one of just 13 three-star restaurants in the U.S.

While chefs earn Michelin stars for their restaurants, the Best Chef honors the achievements of the chefs themselves. Voting criteria include the chefs creativity, intelligence, passion, innovation and sustainability, as well as the chefs leadership abilities and their ability to make a social impact through their work in the kitchen.

In a phone interview Tuesday, Bradley said hes grateful for the latest honor, which follows Addisons 2024 ranking of 97 points on La Liste, which ranks the worlds top 1,000 restaurants. Addison rose 1.5 points this year from 95.5 points in 2023. Addison is the eighth-highest ranked U.S. restaurant on La Liste.

Bradley said these awards and the Michelin stars have helped put Addison on the world map, which has not only helped the restaurants business and employees, but also has helped raise the profile of San Diego as a culinary destination.

What has been so great is to see the impact it has on the city, said Bradley, a San Diego native. Its reassuring that the foundation is there and the city will continue to climb. Were moving in the right direction. Every chance can get to help put this city on the world map were very grateful for.