• Interview.Dabiz Muñoz: "What I want is for DiverXo to become a global icon"

Madrid-born Dabid Muñoz has been chosen as the "best chef in the world" by having achieved first place in the World Top 100 of the

'The Best Chef Awards 2021',

at a gala that was held this Wednesday in the Dutch city of Amsterdam

"Obtaining number one in the Best Chef Awards is the greatest joy. An incredible pride and responsibility

. The fucking greatest!",

Said the chef, who also assured that the award is "a dream come true" that recognizes all the years of "creativity, dedication, passion and hard work".

Thus, Muñoz stressed that for him and his team "this is just the beginning and the best is yet to come."

"There are no limits in sight," celebrated the

DiverXo

chef

.

In a press conference after the awards ceremony, Muñoz stressed that the current moment

"is tough due to the pandemic"

for chefs around the world, and stressed that this type of award "helps 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, among which there are 13 Spaniards.

"The same goes for me,

Madrid, which seems to me to be one of the most exciting cities in the world

today for gastronomy," said Muñoz, who believes that this award will also help the Spanish capital to "continue to grow."

Last March, Muñoz reviewed in San Sebastián the accumulation of incidents that he has managed to overcome in a "disruptive" way since the coronavirus pandemic was declared and that have led him to

"renew his votes"

with his Madrid restaurant.

Chef

Björn Frantzén,

from Sweden, was the second best chef in the list of the 100 selected, but he also won the award "Voted by all chefs", while the Basque chef

Andoni Luis Aduriz,

from the Mugaritz restaurant, was second on the same list.

The Spanish

Joan Roca

received the Science Award and, when collecting the award, highlighted that his team "is strongly committed to science and sustainability".

Roca also stressed that this type of award "benefits the country more than the chef" because the cooks represent "a structure, some products, some producers, and that ends up

benefiting the territory more than the chef himself",

and recalled that chefs They also end up reinforcing tourism and the work of local producers.

Every year the 'The Best Chefs Awards' draw up the list in which the chefs and professionals of the sector themselves recognize the 100 best chefs in the world.

According to the criteria of The Trust Project

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