09/17/2021 10:40 AM
Clarín.com
Gourmet
Updated 9/17/2021 9:22 PM
With the Spanish chef Dabid Muñoz, from the Madrid restaurant DiverXo with three Michelin stars, as N ° 1, the awards were given to the
best chefs of the year
in the fifth edition of the
Best Chef Awards 2021
, held in person in Amsterdam, Countries Low, after its digital edition last year.
In a press conference after the awards ceremony, Muñoz stressed that the current moment "is hard due to the pandemic" for chefs around the world, and stressed that
this type of awards "help restaurants, but also to the people of the country ”of the chefs
who are on the list of the 100 best chefs of the year.
The chef Björn Frantzén, from Sweden, was ranked as the second best chef in the list of the 100 selected, but also won the award "Voted by all chefs", while the third place went to another Spaniard, Adonis Luiz Aduriz, and
only one woman entered the top 10
, the Slovenian Ana Ros.
The Spanish chef Dabid Muñoz with his award for the best chef 2021.
Among the two South American chefs recognized among the top 10 were the Brazilian Alex Atala, in position 8, and
the Argentine
Mauro Colagreco, in position 10.
The Best Chef Awards were created in 2015 by Polish neuroscientist Joanna Slusarczyk and Italian gourmet Cristian Gadau
to recognize the individual work of chefs beyond the restaurant they represent.
The selection process of the candidates for the contest includes a selection of 200 nominated chefs from which
the final list of 100 winners
will then remain
, voted on by a professional committee of
experts from the international gastronomic industry.
The Top 10 of the best chefs 2021 in the Best Chef Awards
1. Dabid Muñoz (Spain)
A benchmark in avant-garde cuisine worldwide, he is in charge of the DiverXo restaurant in Madrid, which holds the prestigious three Michelin stars.
2. Björn Frantzen (Sweden)
The best chefs in the world 2021. Björn Frantzen.
This 42-year-old ex-footballer (he had to abandon his career due to a heart problem) runs the only restaurant in his country with three Michelin stars.
The place bears its own surname and is located in Stockholm, the Swedish capital.
3. Adonis Luiz Aduriz (Spain)
The best chefs in the world 2021. Adonis Luiz Aduriz.
This Basque chef is one of the greatest exponents of Spanish gastronomy in recent years.
His work from the Mugaritz restaurant (San Sebastián), has left illustrious and curious dishes that demonstrate his irreverent and transgressive spirit in the kitchen.
4. Joan Roca (Spain)
The best chefs in the world 2021. Joan Roca.
Together with his brothers Jordi Roca and Josep Roca he runs the restaurant with three Michelin stars, El Celler de Can Roca in Girona.
The restaurant has been awarded in 2013 and 2015 with the first prize for the best restaurant in the world in The World's 50 Best Restaurants list.
It is a benchmark in molecular cuisine.
5. Rene Redzepi (Denmark)
The best chefs in the world 2021. Rene Redzepi.
He is considered the "father" of the new Nordic cuisine.
He is the head chef and co-owner of the Noma restaurant in Copenhagen.
It has two Michelin stars and in 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2014 it was considered by the jury of Restaurant magazine the best restaurant in the world.
6. Enjoy (Spain)
The best chefs in the world 2021. Enjoy.
This trio of chefs is made up of Oriol Castro, Eduard Xatruch and Mateu Casañas.
They are in front of the Barcelona restaurant Enjoy, where they characterize the Mediterranean flavors served in an avant-garde way and to share.
7. Ana Ros (Slovenia)
The best chefs in the world 2021. Ana Ros.
Ros's place, Hisa Franko (Kobarid, Slovenia), is a destination where foodies from all over the world make pilgrimages.
Ros was voted the best cook in the world at the 2017 Best Chef Awards. She is a champion of sustainability cuisine, and aspires to make her kitchen plastic-free.
A rule of thumb applies to your kitchen: rely on products that are less than a kilometer away.
8. Alex Atala (Brazil)
The best chefs in the world 2021. Alex Atala.
Chef and owner of the DOM restaurant in São Paulo, one of the 50 best in the world for more than a decade and which has earned him two Michelin stars.
He is internationally known for bringing the flavors of the Amazon to the table.
9. Vladimir Mukhin (Russia)
The best chefs in the world 2021. Vladimir Mukhin.
He turned his passion towards the gastronomy of his country in order to give visibility to the most typical Russian flavors.
In 2011, Vladimir Mukhin opened the doors of his successful establishment in the city of Moscow.
The name is inspired by the popular character in the children's story Alice in Wonderland, the White Rabbit.
There he evokes the fantastic through the culinary arts.
10. Mauro Colagreco (Argentina)
Chef Mauro Colagreco, Argentine resident in France.
Owner of Mirazur -the best restaurant in the world according to The World's 50 Best Restaurants 2019 ranking- and winner of three Michelin stars.
In 2016, Carne opened in the city of La Plata, where he is from, a premium hamburger restaurant where pasture meats, organic vegetables, seasonal fruits, farm eggs, cheeses, sauces and artisanal pickles are used.
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