Ángel León (chef) explained

Ángel León
Birth Place:	Jerez de la Frontera, Spain
Ratings:	(Michelin Guide)
Restaurants:	Aponiente Alevante

Ángel León (born 1977), known across Spain as "el Chef del Mar",^[1] is a Spanish chef noted for his experimental seafood dishes.^[2]

His restaurant Aponiente, located in El Puerto de Santa María, has been awarded three Michelin stars for the quality of its food, the first such recognition in Andalucia.^[3] In its award notice, the Michelin guide described León as "a true visionary".^[4]

He is currently engaged with a project to explore the culinary uses of Eelgrass, Zostera marina.

External links

• Restaurant website

Notes and References

1. Web site: Ashifa Kassam . The rice of the sea: how a tiny grain could change the way humanity eats. The Guardian . 9 April 2021 . 9 April 2021.
2. Web site: Matt Goulding . Seeding the Ocean: Inside a Michelin-Starred Chef's Revolutionary Quest to Harvest Rice From the Sea . Time.com . Time Magazine . 9 April 2021 . 5 Jan 2021.
3. Web site: Aponiente . Andalusia.com . December 2017 . 9 April 2021.
4. Web site: Restaurants AbaC and Aponiente receive three stars in the 2018 MICHELIN Guide Spain and Portugal . Press release . Michelin . 22 Nov 2017 . 9 April 2021.