Kyle and Katina Connaughton are the couple behind SingleThread, a source-focused, farm-driven restaurant and inn concept that offers time-honored preparations of seasonally inspired cuisine and a uniquely curated taste of Sonoma Wine Country. Husband and wife are co-owners of this restaurant in Healdsburg (California), awarded with three Michelin stars in 2018, where Kyle is in… 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 »
Winner of the Basque Culinary World Prize 2018, this Scottish chef is undertaking the task of preserving the memory of native peoples of Australia through their food. He has dedicated the last 17 years to discovering and defending this aborigine culture, excluded from the national culinary identity. During this time, he has visited hundreds of… 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 »
Bee Wilson (born in Oxford, United Kingdom, 1974) is a food critic, writer and historian. Her latest book, titled First Bite: How We Learn to Eat, received the Special Commendation Award at the Andre Simon Food and Drink Awards, among other recognitions. Wilson’s writing has been published in prestigious British media outlets such as The… Read more »
Ilse Crawford is a designer, academic and creative director with a simple mission to put human needs and desires at the centre. As founder of Studioilse, together with her multi-disciplinary, London-based team, she brings her philosophy to life. This means creating environments where humans feel comfortable; public spaces that make people feel at home and homes that are habitable and make sense for the people… Read more »
The culinary documentaries of film director David Gelb (born in New York, 1983) have been widely acclaimed by critics and audiences alike in recent years. A graduate of the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, Gelb has created fiction and non-fiction projects. In 2011 he directed the documentary Jiro dreams of sushi, based on… 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 »
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