Andoni Luis Aduriz

In the 1990s, Andoni Luis Aduriz worked in the restaurants of the big names in New Basque Cuisine and at elBulli. In 1998 he opened Mugaritz, 6 miles from San Sebastian, set among hundred-year-old oaks. There, he and his team come up with daring creations to astound their guests. To do this, they challenge "the logic of the culinary world, rethinking social norms and preconceptions." The aim is to create "a context in which to exercise sensory freedom in order to overcome the imposition of tradition; to discover the flavor of histories, the importance of textures; to defy taboos, to reengage with the most basic habits."