The Best Chef Awards 2024, a list that brings together the best chefs in the world, brought two Brazilian representatives in its highest category, The Best.
Alex Atala and Manu Buffara are on The Best list, symbolized by three knives, made up only of chefs who achieve 80% or more of the maximum possible score, “indicating high-level culinary mastery”, as the award page explains.
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Alex Atala, 56 years old, runs the DOM restaurant, located in São Paulo, while Manu Buffara, 41 years old, is responsible for Manu, located in the capital of Paraná, Curitiba.
The best chefs in the world, according to The Best category, are:
- Rasmus Munk – Danish, owner of the Alchemist restaurant (Copenhagen)
2. Albert Adrià – Spanish, owner of the Enigma restaurant (Barcelona)
3. Eric Vildgaard – Danish, owner of the Jordnær restaurant (Gentofte)
Three and two knives
Brazil had more representatives in the World Class category, with two knives, which means world class status, granted to those who achieve 40% or more of the maximum score; and in the Excellent category, for a knife, for chefs who obtain 20% or more of the maximum score, representing excellent culinary skills.
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The list of Brazilian chefs in the World Class (two knives) category, organized in alphabetical order, is as follows:
- Alberto Landgraf: Oteque restaurant, in Rio de Janeiro;
- Fabrício Lemos and Lisiane Arouca: restaurant Origem, in Salvador;
- Ivan Ralston: Tuju restaurant, in São Paulo;
- Janaina Torres: restaurant bar at Dona Onça, in São Paulo;
- Jefferson Rueda: restaurant A Casa do Porco, in São Paulo;
- Rafa Costa and Silva: Lasai restaurant, Rio de Janeiro.
The list of Brazilian chefs in the Excellent (one knife) category, organized in alphabetical order, is as follows:
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- Dante and Kafe Bassi: Manga restaurant, in Salvador;
- Felipe Bronze: Oro restaurant, in Rio de Janeiro;
- Geronimo Athuel: restaurant OCYÁ Leblon, in Rio de Janeiro;
- Helena Rizzo: restaurant Maní Manioca, in São Paulo;
- Kazuo Harada: Kazuo restaurant, in São Paulo;
- Luiz Filipe Souza: Evvai restaurant, in São Paulo;
- Tássia Magalhães: Nelita restaurant, in São Paulo.
