Reygadas, who was beforehand recognised as Latin America’s Greatest Feminine Chef by the 50 Greatest group in 2014, is recognised as probably the most necessary figures inside Mexican gastronomy and is a passionate advocate of Mexican biodiversity and sustainable manufacturing.
“I’m very grateful and honored to have been awarded by individuals I love a lot,” says Reygadas.
“Cooking is a communal observe. And so, for me, this award belongs to my total crew, in addition to to all the ladies within the kitchen who’ve preserved our culinary legacy for generations.”
Reygadas launched Rosetta in 2010, having beforehand spent 4 years working in London below the tutelage of Italian chef Giorgio Locatelli.
The restaurant, which serves a each day altering menu that focuses on revamping conventional Mexican dishes, is at the moment ranked at quantity 60 on The World’s 50 Greatest Eating places longlist and at quantity 37 on Latin America’s 50 Greatest Eating places checklist.
In addition to working Rosetta and an adjoining bakery, which offers bread to a lot of Mexico Metropolis’s main eating places, Reygadas additionally runs informal Mexican restaurant Lardo and bistro Café Nin, each within the capital.
Addionally, she additionally just lately launched a female-focused scholarship program in Mexico with the purpose to advertise larger gender parity in kitchens.
With the purpose of championing equal alternatives and strengthening the management of Mexican girls within the gastronomic world, the ‘Beca Elena Reygadas’ scholarship is open to Mexican college students who’ve been accepted right into a culinary college.
“It’s an honour to bestow The World’s Greatest Feminine Chef award this yr on Elena Reygadas, a chef who’s paving the best way for future generations of feminine leaders in Mexico and past,” says William Drew, director of content material for The World’s 50 Greatest Eating places.
“Together with her advocacy of conventional dishes and indigenous biodiversity, Reygadas is selling the way forward for Mexican gastronomy and we’re proud to assist her mission with this prestigious award.”
The World’s Greatest Feminine Chef 2023 award is the primary of a number of awards to be revealed forward of The World’s 50 Greatest Eating places 2023 awards ceremony in Valencia, Spain, which will probably be held at Les Arts opera home, a part of town’s modernist Metropolis of Arts and Sciences complicated, on 20 June.
This yr’s programme will embody a collection of key occasions together with thought-leadership discussion board #50BestTalks; the 50 Greatest Signature Periods collection of collaborative eating occasions open to the general public; and a Cooks’ Feast showcasing the best produce and cooking from the Spanish area.
The World’s 50 Greatest Eating places is organized and organised by William Reed, Restaurant’s mother or father firm.