Spanish chefs triumph at The Best Chef Awards 2021

15 Spanish chefs are listed in the Top 100 of The Best Chef Awards. Among them, 7 of the top 10 in the world regularly collaborate with EUHT StPOL through masterclasses or as a internship destination for EUHT StPOL students. Do you want to know who are they? Keep reading!

15 Spanish chefs in the Top 100

A total of 13 positions in the Top 100 of The Best Chef Awards are occupied by Spanish chefs. In total there are 15 chefs, because the restaurant Disfrutar in Barcelona is led by three chefs. For another consecutive year, Spanish gastronomy triumphs at The Best Chefs Awards, which celebrated its gala in Amsterdam with the slogan “Back to LIVE. Back to reality ”, after the virtual edition of the last year.

This list includes chefs from 29 different countries and, among them, Spain is the country with most representatives: a total of 15 chefs.

The best chef in the world is from Spain

Madrid chef Dabiz Muñoz, owner of the restaurant with three Michelin stars DiverXO, leads the Top 100 of the best chefs in the world on the list ‘The Best Chef Awards’.

Dabiz Muñoz is followed in third position by the Spanish chef Andoni Luis Aduriz from the Mugaritz restaurant, which rises from position 45 to number 3, and the fourth position is for the chef Joan Roca from the restaurante with three Michelin stars El Celler de Can Roca. Chef Roca has also received the ‘The Best Chef Science Award’.

Among the Top 100 on the list, there are more Spanish chefs. In the 6th place are the three chefs of the restaurant Disfrutar in Barcelona, Oriol Castro, Eduard Xatruch and Mateu Casañas.

Chef Martín Berasategui, who among his 7 restaurants has 12 Michelin stars, occupies the 28th place in the ranking. He is closely followed by the also Basque chef Eneko Atxa from the three Michelin star restaurant Azurmendi in position 31; while Paco Roncero ranks 45th.

Ángel León, known as ‘El Chef del Mar’ is ranked 48, Paco Morales is ranked 54 and Quique Dacosta, 57.

The Catalan Jordi Cruz, with six Michelin stars among his restaurants, appears in position 59 on The Best Chef Awards list, Toni Romero from the Barcelona restaurant Suculent occupies position 87 in the ranking and finally, Diego Guerrero, ranked 89, closes the representation of Spanish chefs in the Top 100 of the list.

The best chefs in the world at EUHT StPOL

Surely, EUHT STPOL former students will remember having shared a masterclass with chefs who today are considered the best in the world.

The chefs of the restaurant Disfrutar are not the only ones who maintain a connection with EUHT StPOL. Dabiz Muñoz, Joan Roca, Andoni Luis Aduriz, Mauro Colagreco, Massimo Bottura, Quique Dacosta or Martin Berasategui have presided over previous editions of the Youth Cooking Contest and/or have participated in events held at the EUHT StPOL facilities.

In addition, their restaurants are the internships destination for students of the different academic programs.

The complete list of the best chefs in the world

These are the 100 best chefs in the world according to The Best Chefs Awards 2021:

1. Dabiz Muñoz, Spain
2. Björn Frantzen. Sweden
3. Andoni Luiz Aduriz. Spain
4. Joan Roca. Spain
5. Rene Redzepi. Denmark
6. Disfrutar. Spain
7. Ana Ros. Slovenia
8. Alex Atala. Brazil
9. Vladimir Mukhin. Russia
10. Mauro Colagreco. Argentina
11. Virgilio Martinez. Peru
12. Rasmus Kofoed. Denmark
13. Jonnie Boer. The Netherlands
14. Grant Achatz. USA
15. Anne-Sophie Pic. France
16. Massimo Bottura. Italy
17. Julien Royer. France
18. Daniel Humm. Swiss
19. Andreas Caminada. Swiss
20. Mauro Uliassi. Italy
21. Manu Buffara. Brazil
22. Dan Barber. USA
23. Dominique Crenn. France
24. Alain Passard. France
25. Pía León. Peru
26. Enrico Crippa. Italy
27. Clare Smyth. UK
28. Martin Berasategui. Spain
29. Rasmus Munk. Denmark
30. Christian Bau. Germany
31. Eneko Atxa. Spain
32. Sven Elverfeld. Germany
33. Gaggan Anand. Thailand
34. Yannick Alleno. France
35. Niko Romito. Italy
36. Heston Blumenthal. UK
37. Paolo Casagrande. Italy
38. Henrique Sá Pessoa. Portugal
39. Antonia Klugmann. Italy
40. Nick Bril. The Netherlands
41. Yoshihiro Narisawa. Japan
42. Rodolfo Guzman. Chile
43. Peter Goossens. Belgium
44. José Avillez. Portugal
45. Paco Roncero. Spain
46. Joris Bijdendijk. The Netherlands
47. Jorge Vallejo. Mexico
48. Ángel León. Spain
49. Vicky Lau. Hong Kong
50. Hans Neuner. Austria
51. Corey Lee. South Korea
52. Norbert Niederkofler. Italy
53. Eric Vildgaard. Denmark
54. Paco Morales. Spain
55. Agustin Balbi. Argentina
56. Arnaud Donckele. France
57. Quique Dacosta. Spain
58. Soenil Bahadoer. The Netherlands
59. Jordi Cruz. Spain
60. Vicky Cheng. Hong Kong
61. Massimiliano Alajmo. Italy
62. Ivan & Sergey Berezutskiy. Russia
63. Hiroyasu Kawate. Japan
64. Dennis Huwaë. The Netherlands
65. Tristin Farmer. UK
66. Syrco Bakker. The Netherlands
67. Jacob Jan Boerma. Austria
68. Nino Di Costanzo. Italy
69. Floriano Pellegrino. Italy
70. Jaime Pesaque. Peru
71. Emma Bengtsson. Sweden
72. Marco Müller. Germany
73. Thomas and Mathias Suhring. Germany
74. Michelangelo Mammoliti. Italy
75. Himanshu Saini. India
76. Alexandre Couillon. France
77. Gregoire Berger. France
78.  Arnaud Lallement. France
79. Daniel Calvert. UK
80. Sidney Schutte. The Netherlands
81. Adam Dahlberg & Albin Wessman. Sweden
82. Yusuke Takada. Japan
83. Helena Rizzo. Brazil
84. Mory Sacko. France
85. Karime Lopez. Mexico
86. Dave Pynt. Australia
87. Antonio Romero. Spain
88. Przemysław Klima. Poland
89. Diego Guerrero. Spain
90. Anatoly Kazakov. Russia
91. Guillaume Galliot. France
92. Jefferson Rueda. Brazil
93. Selassie Atadika. Ghana
94. Dieuveil Malonga. Congo
95. Jonathan Zandbergen. The Netherlands
96. Rafa Costa e Silva. Brazil
97. Gert De Mangeleer. Belgium
98. Leonor Espinosa. Colombia
99. Jan Sobecki. The Netherlands
100. Elena Reygadas. Mexico