Italian chef Massimo Bottura won first place in the World’s 50 Best Restaurants awards.
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NoMad Hotel chef Daniel Humm, left, and executive chef Chris Fint.
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Chef Virgilio Martinez
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Virgilio Martinez’s potatoes baked in clay from the Tehachapi Outstanding in the Field dinner during the Los Angeles Times Food Bowl.
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Chimichurri with blue potatoes and sautéed new potatoes with Maras salt by Virgilio Martinez.
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Dominique Crenn at her restaurant Atelier Crenn in San Francisco.
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Chef Ben Shewry of Attica restaurant in Australia.
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Ben Shewry’s potato dish from the Curtis Stone dinner during Food Bowl 2018.
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Italian chef Massimo Bottura, left, and Spanish chef Joan Roca are seen during the World’s 50 Best Restaurants 2018 gala held in Bilbao, Spain on June 19.
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French pastry chef Cedrid Grolet, seen here in Bilbao, Spain, was elected the World’s Best Pastry Chef 2018.
