Canada.com asks the question, why do men get all the glory in the kitchen?

I'm not thinking of around the home; I'm not thinking of the Food Channel; I'm thinking of the superstars of gastronomy who pack in the crowds and rake in the millions simply by cooking food and putting it on the table.

I have some figures for you. Searching through my list of the 50 World's Best Restaurants 2009, I found just one restaurant run by a woman in South Africa: Le Quartier Français, Margo Jansen in charge. Adjusting my search terms, I found two pairs of equal partners -- Nadia Santini, who works with her husband at Dal Pescatore, in Italy; and Elena Arzak, who works with her father at Arzak, in Spain.

That's it. The people responsible for the success of the other 47 best restaurants are all guys.

Here's another number. In the U.S., of chefs working at the executive level -- the leaders, the creative elite -- 10 per cent are women. Under-represented, I would say. Sharing my view, New York magazine brought together a group of women who run top city kitchens, and peppered them with questions about this out-of-balance situation.