Ranked 42nd on The World's 50 Best Restaurants list and boasting three Michelin stars, the Quique Dacosta Restaurant (Dénia, Alicante) is an international benchmark, with highly creative and avant-garde offerings. Awarded the Gold Medal for Merit in the Fine Arts, he is renowned worldwide for his artistic expression in cooking. He embraces his culture and his territory with the values of quality, innovation and excellence.
The World's 50 Best Restaurants in Valencia
Welcome to Valencia: the land of flowers, light and love.
Love for many things, but especially for food, which has earned it the honor of hosting the award ceremony of The World's 50 Best Restaurants, on June 20, 2023.
And get ready, because in addition to finding out what the planet's number one restaurant is, you will have countless opportunities to enjoy quality cuisine in Valencia.
Come and see.
MUCH MORE THAN A GALA
The events below are private, accessible by invitation only
Press conference
Zeus - Base One - Marina de València
09:30 am
#50BestTalks - Food Talks
Zeus - Base One - Marina de València
11:00 am
Meet the chefs
Palacio de la Exposición
10:00 am
Educational event with the best chefs in the world
La Petxina - Fundación deportiva
11:00 am
Gala The World’s 50 Best Restaurants 2023
Palau de les Arts
06:00 pm
Press conference with number 1
Espacio los Toros - Palau de les Arts
10:30 pm
VALENCIA'S ESSENTIAL CHEFS
QUIQUE DACOSTA
RICARD CAMARENA
Ricard Camarena, who turns everything he cooks into an ineffable experience and reaches the status of a true alchemist of vegetables thanks to his deep ecological commitment, offers the best of the best in his magnificent establishment in the former Bombas Gens factory, with two Michelin stars and three Repsol suns. He cooks vegetables like a master, with products grown in his own garden.
LUIS VALLS
El Poblet, one of Quique Dacosta's restaurants in Valencia, where the young chef Luis Valls “cooks Valencia” with an haute cuisine approach. With two Michelin stars and two Repsol suns, it's right by the Plaza del Ayuntamiento. The Albufera and the local land supply Valls' pantry. Known for his work with artisanal sausages, he practices creative, zero-waste cooking with local ingredients.
BEGOÑA RODRIGO
La Salita, located in a beautiful mansion in the heart of the Russafa district, with one Michelin star and two Repsol suns, is the project that Begoña Rodrigo dreamed of one day while experimenting with cuisine from all over the world, and which she managed to merge with the aromas and flavors of the land. Rodrigo puts the vegetables of the land in their rightful place, with very personal dishes that will surprise you.
BERND KNOLLER
Bernd Knöller is the most Valencian of the German chefs, and the veritable heart and soul of Riff, with one Michelin star and two Repsol suns, a well-established restaurant nestled in the heart of the Eixample district with a special proclivity for seafood. It also showcases his passion for rice as part of a way of cooking that masterfully reinterprets the concept of the Mediterranean diet.
MARIA JOSE MARTÍNEZ
Maria José, with one Michelin star in her restaurant Lienzo, uses organic and local products, including honey from recovered urban hives in Valencia. Her cuisine is pure daring, flavors and contrasts. Through her cuisine, she expresses the true value of Valencian products as a source of health, the path towards sustainability and a haven for memory and history.
CARITO LOURENÇO Y GERMÁN CARRIZO
Germán and Carito are two food buffs who, with their continuous desire to improve and grow, take their guests on a trip full of joy. Their work method focuses on excellence, product, innovation, creativity and a spirit of constant improvement. All of which makes their Fierro restaurant in Ruzafa a unique place.
VICKY SEVILLA
At the age of 25, she founded her own restaurant, Arrels, located in Sagunto. There, she offers traditional, seasonal, local cuisine rooted in memory. When she was just 29, she became the youngest woman in Spain to receive a Michelin star. Through her cuisine, she has turned memory into a fundamental part of her dishes as she invites her guests to 'eat' their memories.
KIKO MOYA
With two Michelin stars and three Repsol suns, Kiko Moya offers a gastronomic experience that delights the senses in his restaurant L’Escaleta, in Cocentaina. Based on regional products, he seeks to contribute something new by working with the flavors he grew up with to create thoughtful, calm and intimate cuisine.
ALBERTO FERRUZ
Guests at the BonAmb restaurant in Jávea, with two Michelin stars and three Repsol suns, can get to know the Marina Alta area through their palate. With Chef Alberto Ferruz at the helm, this advocate for avant-garde cuisine relies on Mediterranean products, while also recovering old and obsolete methods.
Valencia is delicious
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Where and what to have for lunch and dinner
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