{"id":37818,"date":"2017-03-20T08:24:31","date_gmt":"2017-03-20T08:24:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/?p=37818"},"modified":"2017-03-20T08:24:31","modified_gmt":"2017-03-20T08:24:31","slug":"37818-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/37818-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Disfrutar Wins the Miele ‘One to Watch’ Award"},"content":{"rendered":"

Disfrutar in Barcelona has been named this year\u2019s Miele<\/a> <\/strong>One To Watch<\/em> by The World\u2019s 50 Best Restaurants. Opened in December 2014, Disfrutar is a collaboration between chefs Mateu Casa\u00f1as, Oriol Castro and Eduard Xatruch. The three met while cooking at former number one restaurant El Bulli, where they worked alongside legendary Spanish chef Ferran Adri\u00e0.Disfrutar\u2019s founders will be presented with the coveted award at The World\u2019s 50 Best Restaurants awards in Melbourne on 5 April. The Miele One To Watch Award celebrates emerging global talent and recognises a restaurant that is outside the 50 Best itself but has the potential to rise up the list in the near future.<\/p>\n

Disfrutar\u2019s founders will be presented with the coveted award at The World\u2019s 50 Best Restaurants awards in Melbourne on 5 April. The Miele One To Watch Award<\/em> celebrates emerging global talent and recognises a restaurant that is outside the 50 Best itself but has the potential to rise up the list in the near future.<\/p>\n

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William Drew, Group Editor of The World\u2019s 50 Best Restaurants, said \u201cDisfrutar showcases the individual talents of these three chefs and broadens their influence on Spain\u2019s culinary scene. Their commitment to pushing the creative boundaries of gastronomy makes them worthy winners of the Miele One To Watch Award.\u201d<\/h4>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Following El Bulli\u2019s 2011 closure, Casa\u00f1as, Castro and Xatruch opened Compartir (meaning \u201cshare\u201d) in the nearby coastal town of Cadaqu\u00e9s. Building on the success of their initial venture, the trio launched Disfrutar (meaning \u201cto enjoy\u201d) to widespread acclaim, earning their first Michelin star in 2016.
\nCentrally located in Barcelona\u2019s Eixample district, Disfrutar evokes a Mediterranean spirit with its d\u00e9cor and laid-back ambience. Beyond the entrance, guests walk past two open kitchens and are led into the spacious, whitewashed dining room that extends to an open terrace. Bright and earthen-coloured ceramics in various forms dominate the space, a symbolic nod to Barcelona\u2019s cultural heritage and the restaurant\u2019s focus on artistry.<\/p>\n

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\nWhile Disfrutar\u2019s multi-course tasting menus uphold modernist culinary principles, they also reveal the chefs\u2019 quirky personalities. Avant-garde, theatrical and inventive, each course aims to delight and excite\u00a0the senses. Signature dishes include macaroni made from gelatin, tossed in truffle foam and smothered in Parmesan at the table. A deconstructed whisky tart invites guests to wash their hands in whisky and inhale the scent as they eat.<\/p>\n

Eduard Xatruch of Disfrutar, said \u201cbeing named this year\u2019s winners of the Miele One To Watch Award is a huge recognition of our collective work. In addition, this award helps Disfrutar, which is a very young project, to become established and obviously encourages us to continue working and challenging ourselves.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe at Miele congratulate the Disfrutar team on winning the Miele One To Watch Award,\u201d said Sjaak Brouwer, Managing Director, Miele Australia and New Zealand. \u201cJust as innovation is at the heart of Miele\u2019s \u2018Forever Better\u2019 credo, this award recognises these three chefs for their ability to give focus to the extraordinary in culinary creativity. Miele understands the passion, talent and dedication that is required to win at these most prestigious global awards, for which Miele is honoured to be a partner.\u201d<\/h4>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Disfrutar joins a stellar line-up of recent One To Watch award winners including Den in Tokyo (2016), Sepia in Sydney (2015), Saison in San Francisco (2014) and The Test Kitchen<\/strong><\/a> in Cape Town (2013).<\/p>\n

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Disfrutar in Barcelona has been named this year\u2019s Miele One To Watch by The World\u2019s 50 Best Restaurants. Opened in December 2014, Disfrutar is a collaboration between chefs Mateu Casa\u00f1as, Oriol Castro and Eduard Xatruch. The three met while cooking at former number one restaurant El Bulli, where they worked alongside legendary Spanish chef Ferran Adri\u00e0.Disfrutar\u2019s founders will be presented with the coveted award at The World\u2019s 50 Best Restaurants awards in Melbourne on 5 April. The Miele One To […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"wprm-recipe-roundup-name":"","wprm-recipe-roundup-description":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4098],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37818","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"acf":[],"brand_slug":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37818","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37818"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37818\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37818"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37818"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37818"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}