Observer Food Monthly: 10 magazine covers for 10 chefs of the decade - in pictures

Gordon Ramsay: a British chef as a global brand
Photograph: Gary Salter

Alain Ducasse: exported modern French cooking to the world and chef as CEO of a company worth €20m and employing 1,400 people
Photograph: Murdo MacLeod

David Chang: the man behind Momofuku in New York - high end cooking in a low key environment Photograph: Steve Schofield

Ferran Adria: Picasso of the el Bulli kitchen
Photograph: Murdo MacLeod

Fergus Henderson: the man behind the restaurant St John and eating 'nose to tail' - using all parts of the animal Photograph: Murdo MacLeod

Nigella Lawson: put us all in touch with our inner domestic goddess Photograph: Barry J Holmes

Jamie Oliver: campaigner, empire builder, friend of dinner ladies, enemy of politicians Photograph: Murdo MacLeod

Joan Roca: elder statesman of el Celler de Can Roca and the current number one chef in the world Photograph: Murdo MacLeod

Rene Redzepi: his restaurant Noma, in Copenhagan, put Scandinavian food on the map and has been voted best in the world three times in a row Photograph: John Reardon

Heston Blumenthal: proved British cooking could be the best in the world Photograph: John Reardon