ELENA REYGADAS OF MEXICO HAS JUST BEEN NAMED WORLD’S BEST FEMALE CHEF IN THE WORLD’S 50 BEST RESTAURANTS 2023 AWARDS.
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Chef Elena Reygadas 6 by Ana Hop
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Savoy cabbage taco, with pistacho pipian and romeritos by Maureen Evans
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Rosetta interior by Maureen Evans (1)
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Elena Reygadas named World’s Best Female Chef in The World’s 50 Best Restaurants 2023 awards
She is one of the most important figures in Mexican gastronomy. Elena Reygadas, already named Latin America’s Best Female Chef in 2014 and owner of Rosetta in Mexico City, has just been crowned World’s Best Female Chef 2023 by The World’s 50 Best Restaurants. This is the first of this year’s pre-announced awards, ahead of the official World’s 50 Best Restaurants 2023 ceremony in Valencia, which will take place at the Opera Les Arts in the City of Arts and Sciences complex on the evening of Tuesday the 20th of June.
“It’s an honour to bestow The World’s Best Female Chef award this year on Elena Reygadas, a chef who is paving the way for future generations of female leaders in Mexico and beyond,” said William Drew, Director of Content for The World’s 50 Best Restaurants. “With her advocacy of traditional dishes and indigenous biodiversity, Reygadas is promoting the future of Mexican gastronomy and we’re proud to support her mission with this prestigious award.” Elena Reygadas is “very grateful and honoured to have been awarded by people [she] admires so much,” and went on to say that “cooking is a communal practice. And so, for me, this award belongs to my entire team, as well as to all the women in the kitchen who have preserved our culinary legacy for generations.”
Rosetta
- adresse : Colima 166, Roma Nte., Cuauhtémoc
- ville : Mexico City
- pays : Mexico
- aeroport plus proche : Mexico City International Airport
Women indeed. The organisation released a statement highlighting Reygadas’ involvement in promoting greater gender parity in kitchens as a strong advocate for Mexican biodiversity and sustainable culture. She has recently launched the ‘Beca Elena Reygadas’ scholarship program for women which aims to promote equal opportunities and strengthen Mexican women’s leadershipin the world of gastronomy. The scholarship is open to Mexican students who have been accepted into culinary school.
Rosetta, ranked 60th on The World’s 50 Best Restaurants list and 37th on The Latin America’s 50 Best Restaurants list in 2022
After studying English literature at the National Autonomous University of Mexico, the chef, who learned to cook at a very young age with her large family, worked in restaurants and continued cooking at home until she became a chef at the end of her university career. She went to New York and then London, where she spent four years under the leadership of Italian chef Giorgio Locatelli. She returned to Mexico City in 2010 to open a mansion house in the city’s Roma district. She named her restaurant Rosetta and serves traditional Mexican dishes revamped. It is now renowned for being one of the best establishments in the city. Some of her culinary delights include hand-made pasta, such as hoja santa tortelinni, the speciality that helped her make a name for herself, and inspired dishes that highlight and celebrate local ingredients such as pistachio pipián and taco romeritos, and corn tamal served with warm smoked cream.
In addition to the restaurant, which ranked 60th on The World’s 50 Best Restaurants list and 37th on The Latin America’s 50 Best Restaurants list in 2022, Reygadas runs a bakery adjacent to the restaurant, a casual Mexican restaurant called Lardo and the Café Nin bistro, also located in Mexico’s capital city.
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She is one of the most important figures in Mexican gastronomy. Elena Reygadas, already named Latin America's Best Female Chef in 2014 and owner of Rosetta in Mexico City, has just been crowned World's Best Female Chef 2023 by The World's 50 Best Restaurants.
What is Elena Reygadas known for? ›
Since opening Rosetta in 2010, Reygadas's notoriety as one of the most important chefs in Mexican gastronomy has only expanded—along with her portfolio, which now includes Lardo in Condesa, Café Nin in Colonia Juárez, and Bella Aurora in Roma Norte, among others.
Who is the world's best female chef 2024? ›
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Where does Elena Reygadas live? ›
Stepping into the global spotlight, Reygadas wants to take as much of Mexico as she can with her. She emphasises that what makes her country unique is the co-existence of several cuisines, cultures and even eras. “My home, Mexico City, is a place where many Mexicos coexist.
Who is the chef at Rosetta Mexico City? ›
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Who is the best Mexican female chef in the world? ›
She is one of the most important figures in Mexican gastronomy. Elena Reygadas, already named Latin America's Best Female Chef in 2014 and owner of Rosetta in Mexico City, has just been crowned World's Best Female Chef 2023 by The World's 50 Best Restaurants.
Who is the number one female chef in the world? ›
Chef Janaína Torres, the winner of Best Female Chef in the World for 2024, leads the kitchen at the famed A Casa do Porco in her home city of São Paulo. She also oversees a range of other hospitality venues and is an advocate for food education, dining accessibility, and social inclusivity.
Who is the highest paying female chef? ›
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Does Elena Reygadas have a restaurant? ›
Rosetta. Rosetta is Elena Reygadas' flagship restaurant. Her cuisine is based on respect for Mexican ingredients from small producers. Its à la carte menu changes constantly according to the seasonality of the products and has a strong emphasis on the vegetable world.
Did Elena Reygadas go to culinary school? ›
Reygadas graduated from the French Culinary Institute in New York City and studied English literature at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.
Born in 1976 in Mexico City, Elena Reygadas studied English literature at the National Autonomous University of Mexico, but after graduation, she moved to Europe to pursue her true passion, culinary art. She gained experience in various restaurants, including the Michelin-starred "Locanda Locatelli."
Who is the most popular chef from Mexico? ›
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Where did Elena Reygadas work? ›
Despite her university degree in English literature, the Mexican-born Reygadas gravitated to cooking, studying at the French Culinary Institute in New York and then working for four years at one of London's top restaurants, the Michelin-rated Locanda Locatelli.
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In 2001, Elena Arzak received the International Academy of Gastronomy's "Chef de l'Avenir" (Chef of the Future) award. In 2001, she was awarded Spain's National Gastronomy Award, and in 2012 she won the Veuve Clicquot Award for the World's Best Female Chef.
