The Madrid Fusión Revelation Chef Award homes in on the daring and capacity of young talent at recently opened restaurants, as a window looking out on the future of the profession. 

Many of today's great names in Spanish gastronomy won this award, such as Dabiz Muñoz, Ricard Camarena, Rodrigo de la Calle and Óscar Calleja. The restaurants of most of these prizewinners now have Michelin stars. This shows the intuitive nature of the award, with a jury panel of more than 80 national gastronomy critics headed up by journalist and president of Madrid Fusión, José Carlos Capel.

The following are the candidates for ‘Revelation Chef’ at Madrid Fusión 2023:

Juan Carlos García. Restaurante Vandelvira (Baeza)

Javier Rivero and Gorka Rico. Restaurante Ama Tolosa (Guipúzcoa) 

Sergio de la Orden. Restaurante El Mosqui (Cabo de Palos, Region of Murcia) 

Juanjo Mesa León. Restaurante Radis (Jaén)

Abraham Ortega and Áser Martin. Tabaiba (Las Palmas)

Pablo Fuente. Taberna Bacus (Agua Dulce, Almería) 

Juan Monteagudo. Restaurante Ababol (Albacete)

Alba Esteve Ruiz. Restaurante Alba (Alicante)