José Andrés – a Spanish-American chef and owner of a chain of restaurants in the United States – established WCK 10 years ago, assembling chefs from around the world and mobilising them to provide a global and cooperative response to a variety of emergency situations. He has already used his influence to support political and… Read more »
Using creativity and innovation to reconceive the way diners approach a meal, he has forever transformed the history of cooking. The name Ferran Adrià is synonymous with that of his iconic restaurant, El Bulli, located in Catalonia, where the chef has wielded deconstruction to blaze new culinary trails. While preserving the essence of classic dishes,… Read more »
An icon of modern Basque cuisine, Eneko Atxa (Amorebieta, Basque Country, 1977) has made a name for himself in the upper echelons of gastronomy by combining creativity with a sensibility for tradition and the environment. Azurmendi, his flagship restaurant with three Michelin stars, has twice won the Sustainable Restaurant Award from The World’s 50 Best… Read more »
Trine Hahnemann is a Danish chef and food writer. As an activist chef, she devotes her cooking to organic and sustainable food, and has been promoting for many years a different way of living gastronomy based on diversity and social justice. Hahnemann has written 10 cookbooks in her native Danish and 7 in English, including… Read more »
Colagreco grew up and studied cooking in Buenos Aires and headed to France in 2001 as a newly qualified chef, working with Bernard Loiseau until 2003. He then worked with other prestigious chefs such as Alain Passard, Alain Ducasse and Guy Martin. In 2006 he established Mirazur in the seaside town of Menton, in French… Read more »
Manu Buffara is one of the most promising chefs in Latin America. As an award-winning chef, she has created Manu (Curitiba, Paraná), to showcase her culture and identity. Her passion for cooking is deeply rooted in her upbringing. As a farmers’ daughter she learnt to appreciate the land and its produce, and harnessed this knowledge… Read more »
Doctor in Sociology and professor of this subject at the University of the Basque Country (EHU-UPV), Iñaki Martínez de Albéniz has long been involved with gastronomy. He was originally attracted by the social and cultural dimensions of this field. Martínez de Albéniz regularly collaborates with the restaurant Mugaritz, developing initiatives such as The Candy Project…. Read more »
At the helm of De Luz and seven other restaurants in Spain, Carlos Zamora has been promoting a sustainable and responsible model of restaurant and team management for over a decade. The work of this enterprising chef is especially remarkable because of his personal relationships with local organic producers and farmers (for whom Zamora’s business… Read more »
Admired for his creativity and boldness, Andoni Luis Aduriz (born in San Sebastián in 1971) is undoubtedly one of the most influential chefs in the world. Throughout his career he has intentionally disregarded the conventional boundaries of cooking in his search for intersections with other disciplines, such as music, philosophy, anthropology and natural sciences. At… Read more »
An innovator and restaurateur for over twenty years, Bottura has consolidated his reputation as one of the most creative culinary forces. At Osteria Francescana, his 3-Michelin-star restaurant in Modena, dining becomes an emotional act driven by Bottura’s focus on culture, art, music and storytelling. Bottura has been questioning Italian traditions from the very begining and… Read more »
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