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Quique Dacosta (3 Michelin stars chef)

Quique Dacosta is a spanish chef. He began his professional career as a chef in 1986. In 1988, he began working at what is today his restaurant (now Quique Dacosta Restaurante).


The chef, who has been recently awarded the Gold Medal for Merit in the Fine Arts and has been also appointed Best Spanish Restaurateur by the Royal Gastronomic Academy, has turned the Quique Dacosta Restaurant into an internationally renowned mecca for haute cuisine.


The ambiance that embraces and seduces Quique Dacosta marks the future of many of the creations made year after year in Denia. The Mediterranean Sea and the Montgó Natural Park were essential locations in his cuisine, thanks to the bountiful wealth of their seabeds and particular geographic location.

Today, he is known around the world for his artistic culinary expression. He has become a chef who uses his culture and territory like a banner, personifying quality, excellence, innovation and tradition. This season, Quique Dacosta Restaurante is honored to present Cooking Beauty 2022, a menu that results from the journey of fantasy, avant-garde and excitement in which he embarked in order to stimulate his diners’ feelings and emotions with a harmonious and sensitive approach. This offer goes far beyond his usual aesthetic, technical and technological quest based on local produce, which continues to underpin his entire culinary craft. In fact, this new-found language stimulates all the senses to create actual beauty in our palates. 


He is the director and culinary creator of the Hotel Mandarin Oriental Ritz, Madrid. One of the most iconic hotels in Spain aims to become a world renowned gastronomic destination as well. Deessa, his most creativity restaurant in the hotel, has received its firs Michelin star just serven months after its opening.


He has created ArrosQD, an innovative concept in the heart of London with its sights set on international expansion. He is owner of the restaurants El Poblet  (2*), Llisa negra, Vuelve Carolina and Mercatbar in Valencia.


In his work to spread knowledge the chef, ambassador for Acción contra el Hambre (Action Against Hunger) and Doctor Honoris Causa in Fine Arts published “De Tapas con Quique Dacosta (Tapas with Quique Dacosta)," a book with 80 recipes taken from the kitchens at four of his restaurants, each one representing twenty dishes or tapas.


Over the last two years, Quique Dacosta Restaurant located in Dénia has been appointed Best Restaurant in Europe by the prestigious Opinionated About Dining List. In addition, over the last five years, the restaurant has consistently ranked among the ten best restaurants in the continent and among the best restaurants in the world according to the most influential international lists.


This is why highly reputable brands such as Mercedes Benz, Breitling, Porcelanosa, Nespresso, Arcos, or Lay's believe Quique Dacosta to embody the values of excellence, quality, sustainability, and avant-garde vision necessary to become the protagonist of their marketing campaigns.

Restaurants

Chef and Owner of:

  • "Quique Dacosta Restaurant" in Denia (3* Michelin Stars and 3 Repsol Suns[citation needed])
  • "El Poblet" (2* Michelin Stars and 2 Repsol Suns[citation needed])
  • Deessa (1* Michelin star). Mandarin Oriental Ritz, Madrid
  • "Vuelve Carolina" (1 Repsol Sun[citation needed])
  • "Mercat Bar" in Valencia
  • "Llisa Negra" in Valencia
  • "Arrosqd" in London
  • Palm Court. Mandarin Oriental Ritz, Madrid
  • El Jardín del Ritz. Mandarin Oriental Ritz, Madrid
  • Champagne Bar. Mandarin Oriental Ritz, Madrid
  • Pictura. Mandarin Oriental Ritz, Madrid
  • "Quique Dacosta Delivery" in Spain, distribute foods

Awards

  • Gold Medal for Merit in the Fine Arts 2020
  • Best Spanish Restaurateur by the Royal Gastronomic Academy, 2019[1]
  • Doctor Honoris Causa by the faculty of Fine Arts of the Miguel Hernández University of Elche.[2]
  • (Ranks 39) in The World's 50 Best Restaurants, 2015 by prestigious magazine The Restaurant.[3]
  • Best Restaurant in Europe according to Opinionated About Dining 2012 and 2013.[4]
  • National Prize for Gastronomy, awarded by The Spanish Royal Academy of Gastronomy, 2005 and 2009.[5]
  • Millesime Chef Award 2013.[6]
  • 3 Michelin stars since 2012.[7]

See also

References

  1. ^ News, Restauración (2019-10-18). "Quique Dacosta, mejor empresario de la restauración española". Restauración News (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-01-21. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  2. ^ "Spanish Chefs. Quique Dacosta: biography, recipes, restaurants, books, awards... | Foods from Spain". www.foodswinesfromspain.com. Retrieved 2021-01-21.
  3. ^ "Quique Dacosta-Dénia-Restaurant-50Best Discovery". Discovery. Retrieved 2021-01-21.
  4. ^ "Quique Dacosta: Harnessing the Flavour of Cuisine". www.essentialmagazine.com. 10 September 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. ^ "Quique Dacosta: Chef with three Michelin Stars. Expert in innovation. Owner of elPoblet". www.thinkingheads.com.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. ^ "Quique Dacosta will be named Doctor Honoris Causa by the Miguel Hernández University of Elche". Dénia.com. 2013-05-21. Retrieved 2021-01-21.
  7. ^ "Quique Dacosta – Dénia - a MICHELIN Guide Restaurant". MICHELIN Guide. Retrieved 2021-01-21.
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