Klout, the social-media analytics firm, has ranked the top 10 most influential chefs using social media, with television chefs getting the highest scores.

Andrew Zimmern, the host of television’s “Bizarre Foods” on the Travel Channel, was named the most influential in the Klout Top 10 chef rankings, which were released this week. Klout first began tracking chefs in March, when the ranking firm debuted its first top 10 list.

Zimmern was followed by chefs Gordon Ramsay, Jamie Oliver, Anthony Bourdain and television personality Giada De Laurentiis. Klout ranks social-media users on a scale of 1 to 100, measuring influence across Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Google+ and YouTube.

“As tastemakers within the food industry, these chefs influence everyone from expert restaurateurs to the casual cook at home,” San Francisco-based Klout said on its blog.

Three newcomers arrived on Klout’s Top 10 list: Mark Bittman (@Bittman) at No. 7, “who often tweets his favorite recipes”; Jay Terauchi (@Chef_Jay) at No. 8, “who blogs about his food adventures”; and chef Mario Batali (@MarioBatali) at No. 9 for his prowess at responding “directly to his fans’ questions on how to pair ingredients or what restaurant to try.”

Falling out of the Top 10 since the March listing were: Bethenny Frankel (@Bethenny) of Skinny cocktails fame and notoriety on “The Real Housewives of New York City” reality television show; Cleveland-based “Iron Chef” Michael Symon (@ChefSymon); and Nadia “Nadia G.” Giosia (@BitchinKitchen), the host of the “Bitchin’ Kitchen” Canadian TV cooking show, chef and comedienne.

See the top 10 on the following page and click through for a closer look at the top 5.