His chef rarely leaves his stove and hardly ever travels.

Elimination Challenge: Using the same teams from the Quickfire, the chefs traveled to the Space Needle to make a dish using regional ingredients.

Chanterelle's chef and co-owner, David Waltuck, traveled to Japan recently with his sommelier, Roger Dagorn.

No longer fresh out of school, these American chefs have traveled widely.

WHEN young American chefs travel abroad, they often backpack between apprenticeships in Michelin-starred kitchens.

- hosted by Taiyo Sugiura; chefs travel around Japan on Kitchen Car to meet farmers, fishermen and cook signature dishes with local ingredients to entertain the producers.

Leading chefs like Paul Bocuse and Michel Guerard traveled extensively and were influenced by what they saw, particularly in the Orient.

Despite the jet-set nature of their employers, the chefs seldom travel.

Last July, the chefs traveled to the Ritz in Naples, Fla., to develop and test more than 300 recipes.

But a chef traveling so far afield risks veering off course, and Mr. Adrià admits he is learning as he goes.