Lucio Usobiaga

Mexico’s Lucio Usobiaga has been named winner of the 2026 Basque Culinary World Prize (BCWP) for his work with Arca Tierra, a farming and collaboration network helping preserve Xochimilco’s chinampa agricultural system – ancient, pre-Aztec agricultural canal islands – by connecting small-scale farmers with the culinary community and building more sustainable and resilient food systems.