Ángel León (born 1977), known across Spain as "el Chef del Mar",
is a Spanish
chef
A chef is a professional Cook (profession), cook and tradesperson who is proficient in all aspects of outline of food preparation, food preparation, often focusing on a particular cuisine. The word "chef" is derived from the term (), the di ...
noted for his experimental
seafood
Seafood is any form of Marine life, sea life regarded as food by humans, prominently including Fish as food, fish and shellfish. Shellfish include various species of Mollusca, molluscs (e.g., bivalve molluscs such as clams, oysters, and mussel ...
dishes.
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His restaurant Aponiente, located in
El Puerto de Santa María
El Puerto de Santa María (), locally known as El Puerto and historically in English as Port Saint Mary, is a Municipalities in Spain, municipality of Spain located on the banks of the Guadalete River in the province of Cádiz, Andalusia. , the c ...
, has been awarded three
Michelin stars
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for the quality of its food, the first such recognition in
Andalucia
Andalusia ( , ; , ) is the southernmost autonomous community in Peninsular Spain, located in the south of the Iberian Peninsula, in southwestern Europe. It is the most populous and the second-largest autonomous community in the country. It i ...
.
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In its award notice, the Michelin guide described León as "a true visionary".
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He is currently engaged with a project to explore the culinary uses of Eelgrass, ''
Zostera marina
''Zostera marina'' is a flowering vascular plant species as one of many kinds of seagrass, with this species known primarily by the English name of eelgrass with seawrack much less used, and refers to the plant after breaking loose from the subme ...
''.
References
External links
Restaurant website
Living people
Spanish chefs
1977 births
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