David Muñoz

This Madrid-born chef has revolutionized contemporary Spanish cuisine with his sensational, rule-breaking creations which are served at DiverXO not on plates, but on canvases.

David Muñoz—or "Dabiz," as he prefers to spell it—fell in love with cooking at Viridiana, Abraham García's restaurant in Madrid, where he used to go with his parents as a child and later did work experience as a teenager. It was while working in London that he discovered international cuisine, the influence of which—in particular the food of Southeast Asia—is a running theme in his dishes. In 2007 he opened DiverXO in Madrid, and since then he has continued to amaze with dishes that are sheer explosions of color, flavor, and textures which pull the guest into a unique, dazzling gastronomic game that's both dreamlike and theatrical.