General managers and chefs at the hotels and restaurants on the major award lists, each with a career record and sources. The full lists are in who runs the world's best hotels and who leads the world's best restaurants.
- Albert Adrià, Enigma
- Bittor Arguinzoniz, Asador Etxebarri
- Marc von Arnim, Capella Sydney
- Lubosh Barta, Four Seasons Hotel Bangkok at Chao Phraya River
- Kym Barter, Atlantis, The Royal
- Daniel Berlin, VYN
- Marie-Berengere Chapoton, Rosewood Sao Paulo
- Enrico Crippa, Piazza Duomo
- Sebastien Dental, Las Ventanas Al Paraiso, A Rosewood Resort
- Arnaud Donckele, Plénitude
- Jules Dubois, One&Only Mandarina
- Silvia Gambuli, Casa Maria Luigia
- Andy Guan, Mandarin Oriental Qianmen
- Rodolfo Guzmán, Boragó
- Jan Hartwig, JAN - Jan Hartwig
- Paul Jones, Mandarin Oriental, Bangkok
- Supaksorn "Ice" Jongsiri, Sorn
- Jann Kaiser, Four Seasons Astir Palace
- Mingoo Kang, Mingles
- Thomas Kochs, Claridge's, London
- Pía León, Kjolle
- Juan Luis Martínez, Mérito
- Simon McHendry, Upper House Hong Kong
- Fabrice Moizan, Le Bristol Paris, Oetker Hotels
- Hugo Montanari, Rosewood Hong Kong
- Leonardo Morado, Chablé Yucatan
- Wilfried Morandini, Cheval Blanc Paris
- Rasmus Munk, Alchemist
- Massimiliano Musto, Four Seasons Hotel Firenze
- David Muñoz, DiverXO
- Junghyun "JP" Park, Atomix
- Ivan Ralston, Tuju
- Niko Romito, Reale
- Jessica Rosval, Al Gatto Verde
- Julien Royer, Odette
- Himanshu Saini, Trèsind Studio
- Azar Saliba, Jumeirah Marsa Al Arab Resort & Residences
- Antonio Saponara, Capella Bangkok
- Rafa Costa e Silva, Lasai
- Thomas and Mathias Sühring, Sühring
- Yuji Tanaka, Bvlgari Hotel Tokyo
- Varun Totlani, Masque
- Jorge Vallejo, Quintonil
- Christian Westbeld, Raffles Hotel, Singapore
- Ian Williams, San Ysidro Ranch
- Tomoko Yagi, Aman Tokyo