Table for 13 at Leonardo's last supper (but only if you've got Michelin stars)

To their many followers the cuisine created by this group of 13 award-winning chefs working in Britain is no less than a masterpiece. It is fitting then that they were chosen to pose as Christ and his disciples in a culinary-themed recreation of Leonardo Da Vinci's The Last Supper, painted in 1498.

Gordon Ramsay, the acknowledged king of the London restaurant scene, is pictured basking in bright light with a round of brie hovering like a halo above his head. Ramsay and the other chefs were picked by a food magazine for their outstanding cooking as reflected in the number of Michelin stars their restaurants hold. Of the 106 stars awarded to restaurants in Britain the chefs in the picture hold 13.

They are photographed with a feast of suckling pig, lobster and Poilane bread and 1997 Barbera d'Asti Superiore but also chose the meal they would serve as their last supper. Mr Ramsay selected roasted sea bass and crushed new potatoes, while Raymond Blanc of Le Manoir aux Quat' Saisons preferred floating islands (meringues floated on custard).

From the left, the chefs are Eric Chavot, John Burton Race, Tom Aitkens, Raymond Blanc, Michael Caines, Angela Hartnett, Gordon Ramsay, Gary Rhodes, Michel Roux Jnr (seated), Giorgio Locatelli, Shane Osborn, Atul Kochnar and Marcus Wareing.