Gastronomic professionals and institutions have until May 4th to nominate chefs for the €100,000 prize– awarded to a chef who has had a transformative impact "beyond the kitchen".
Now in its fifth year, the prize celebrates the impact gastronomy can have when chefs use their creativity, knowledge, leadership and entrepreneurialism to generate change within society.
An interdisciplinary jury, made up of some of the most influential chefs in the world, selects the winner together with academics and international experts. Every year they choose a chef whose work embodies the ethos of the prize: to transform society through gastronomy. The winner will receive 100,000 euros, which they will devote to an initiative of their choice that expresses the transformative power of gastronomy.
Nominations Open:
Gastronomic professionals and institutions have until May 4th – less than 90 days– to nominate chefs that demonstrate how gastronomy can become an engine of change. Nominations must be made through the Basque Culinary World Prize website:
www.basqueculinaryworldprize.com
The Basque Culinary World Prize appeals to the collective knowledge of the gastronomic community to discover culinary professionals throughout the world who are transforming society. The award is open to anyone with a professional background in cooking– regardless of their culinary culture, nationality, fame or notoriety.
Nomination Process
At the closing of the nominations period, the candidates will be evaluated and ten finalists will be chosen by a technical committee, made up of leading academic and culinary experts.
The Basque Culinary World Prize winner will be selected from the ten finalists by the Prize Jury at the tenth annual meeting of the Basque Culinary Center International Council. Two-Michelin star chef and Prize Jury member, Yoshihiro Narisawa, will host this year’s winner announcement in Tokyo, Japan in September. This year’s jury will be chaired by Joan Roca and will include celebrated chefs such as Andoni Luis Aduriz (Basque Country), Eneko Atxa (Basque Country), Massimo Bottura (Italy), Manu Buffara (Brazil), Dominique Crenn (USA), Trine Hahnemann (Denmark), Yoshihiro Narisawa (Japan), and Enrique Olvera (Mexico).
