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Pujol is a Mexican restaurant named by ''
Official website
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Pujol is a Mexican restaurant named by ''Wall Street Journal
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'' as the best in Mexico City
Mexico City ( es, link=no, Ciudad de México, ; abbr.: CDMX; Nahuatl: ''Altepetl Mexico'') is the capital city, capital and primate city, largest city of Mexico, and the List of North American cities by population, most populous city in North Amer ...
.
The restaurant is run by chef Enrique Olvera
Enrique Olvera (born 1976) is a Mexican chef. He is the owner and head chef of Pujol, a Mexican haute cuisine restaurant in Mexico City, which is currently ranked 9th in the world according to the 2021 annual The World's 50 Best Restaurants li ...
, who trained at the Culinary Institute of America
Culinary arts are the cuisine arts of food preparation, cooking and presentation of food, usually in the form of meals. People working in this field – especially in establishments such as restaurants – are commonly called chefs or ...
and who oversees the onboard menu in business class of airline Aeromexico.
Pujol serves Mexican cuisine as refined and elegant plates built from indigenous ingredients that pay tribute to Mexico’s rich culinary history.Awards
World's 50 Best Restaurants
Pujol was named the 17thbest restaurant in the world
The World's Best 50 Restaurants is a list produced by UK media company William Reed, which originally appeared in the British magazine '' Restaurant'' in 2002. The list and awards however are no longer directly related to ''Restaurant'' magazin ...
by ''Restaurant magazine
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History and profile
''Restaurant'' was founded in 2001. T ...
'' in 2013.
In 2014, Pujol was ranked 20th among the World’s 50 Best Restaurants.
In 2015, Pujol was ranked 16th among the World’s 50 Best Restaurants.
In 2016, Pujol was ranked 25th among the World’s 50 Best Restaurants, and was listed as the 5th best restaurant in Latin America
Latin America or
* french: Amérique Latine, link=no
* ht, Amerik Latin, link=no
* pt, América Latina, link=no, name=a, sometimes referred to as LatAm is a large cultural region in the Americas where Romance languages — languages derived f ...
.
In 2017, Pujol was ranked 20th among the World’s 50 Best Restaurants.
In 2018, Pujol was ranked 13th among the World’s 50 Best Restaurants.
In 2019, Pujol was ranked 12th among the World’s 50 Best Restaurants. Two Peruvian restaurants, Maido and Central, occupied the first two positions on the list, respectively.
See also
*List of Mexican restaurants
This is a list of notable Mexican restaurants. Mexican cuisine is primarily a fusion of indigenous Mesoamerican cooking with European, especially Spanish, elements added after the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire in the 16th century. The basic ...
* Local food
Local food is food that is produced within a short distance of where it is consumed, often accompanied by a social structure and supply chain different from the large-scale supermarket system.
Local food (or "locavore") movements aim to con ...
References
External links
Official website
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