Laura Price

Newly crowned Asia’s Best Female Chef 2024, chef Pichaya ‘Pam’ Soontornyanakij will receive her award at the Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants ceremony on Tuesday 26th March in Seoul. Here, she takes us inside Potong for a taste of her family’s culinary heritage and to find out why she’s championing female cooks from underprivileged backgrounds

As a winner of the Champions of Change Award as part of The World’s 50 Best Restaurants 2024, the Brazilian tells 50 Best about cooking with undervalued cuts of meat and turning down an offer from Alain Ducasse

Chefs Felipe Salas, Ana Lobato and Ángel De Sousa are the international trio behind Quito-based restaurant Clara, named winner of the American Express One To Watch Award in the 2024 edition of Latin America’s 50 Best Restaurants. 50 Best discovers their winning dynamic

Located close to the coastal city of Ensenada in Mexico, Lunario is the winner of the Sustainable Restaurant Award at Latin America’s 50 Best Restaurants 2024. Chef Sheyla Alvarado reveals the motivations and challenges of running a fine dining spot that is kind to the planet

Chilean confectioner Camila Fiol is known for her delicious yet surprising sweets and desserts, all made without artificial flavours or colourings. The recently crowned winner of the Latin America’s Best Pastry Chef Award, sponsored by República del Cacao, talks cheese, chocolate and the serendipitous accident that changed her life

From a humble fish sandwich to a mushroom dessert, these are the creations that helped Maido in Lima take the No.1 spot in The World's 50 Best Restaurants 2025.

Inés Páez Nin is her country's premier culinary ambassador. Now the pioneering cook, known as Chef Tita, has been recognised with the Champions of Change Award as part of Latin America's 50 Best Restaurants 2025.

When Pía León left world-leading restaurant Central to open Kjolle in 2018, she shared a unique vision with her head of hospitality and beverages, Diego Vásquez Luque. Seven years on, the Lima restaurant has won the Art of Hospitality Award, sponsored by Buchanan's 18, as part of Latin America's 50 Best Restaurants 2025. León and Vásquez take us on a journey through Kjolle – and reveal what makes it so special.

As executive director at Zero Foodprint Asia, chef and activist Peggy Chan tackles one of the biggest problems in the food system by helping farmers to repair their soil. 50 Best meets the winner of the first Champions of Change Award for Asia's 50 Best Restaurants 2026.

Show up, stay in your lane and leave your ego at the door – here’s what the world’s most successful female chefs want you to know