New Destination Champion Award

A restaurant and chef raising awareness of their region and actively working to position this location on the gastronomy map

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AfricaSelassie Atadika · Midunu · Accra, GhanaAtadika grew up in the United States and was a U.N. employee before becoming a chef. "Every culture has great food, just because you don't know the flavor profiles doesn't mean they're not delicious,” she says. Her dishes are an invitation to travel to Ghana, rooted in Ghanaian tradition, and put sorghum, baobab, plantain, goat meat, lemongrass, coriander and chillies front and center. Atadika has become a true voice for culinary Africa and also opened the Midunu Institute, a non-profit organization that educates consumers about African products.

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French FlandersFlorent Ladeyn · Auberge du Vert-Mont · Boeschepe, FranceHe organizes local produce markets at cost price, bakes his own bread, and (sometimes) cooks over an open fire. Florent Ladeyn has created the ideal inn in the north of France, a place which honors local products and serves eclectic dishes – modern, rugged, unusual. It’s a place where prices remain modest, and the atmosphere friendly. Without question it’s Florent Ladeyn, the man who’s put French Flanders back on the gourmet destination map!

Innovation Award

An innovative chef or restaurateur who has pivoted to new and creative business ideas to adapt to the pandemic

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Dabiz MuñozGoxo · DiverXo, StreetXo · Madrid, SpainWe knew Muñoz, his creativity and his perfectionism from his restaurant DiverXo in Madrid. The pandemic has allowed his new GoXo delivery concept to take off. His “Mumbai lasagne”, home delivered or served from a food truck parked in front of Madrid’s El Corte Inglès, caused a frenzy, as did his “Hong Kong-Madriz” chicken dumplings, black garlic aïoli, crispy chickpeas and violet potatoes. It’s great-tasting affordable fusion, perfectly thought out and executed to eat at home...and now also in Barcelona!

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Olivier NastiLa Table D'Olivier Nasti · Le Chambard · Kaysersberg, FranceFrance has never seen a “Drive-In” as celebratory and as gluttonous as Kaysersberg at the Hotel Le Chambard. There’s vitello tonnato with pike, Riesling sauce and wild rice, walnut tart and whipped cream, pâté en croûte, pickled ceps, crayfish quenelles, fish stew and lemon meringue pie…Olivier Nasti is standing up to the pandemic with a huge number of innovations: a drive-through, a food truck, deliveries, menus prepared by several well-known chefs, and a gourmet market in front of his hotel-restaurant.

Game Changer Award – Inclusivity

An exceptional chef or restaurateur who has campaigned to change kitchen and industry culture

Mashama BaileyThe Grey Savannah · Savannah, Georgia, USABorn in the Bronx and raised in Queens, Bailey learned to cook with her family, at the Château du Feÿ in Burgundy, France, then at The Oak Room at the Plaza in New York before becoming sous chef to Gabrielle Hamilton at Prune. Her dishes, inspired by America’s southern states and the African diaspora, include Chicken Country Captain, a traditional stewed chicken, and cabbage smoked on pecan wood. The restaurant is an art deco Greyhound bus terminal from 1938. With a James Beard Award for Best Chef in the Southeast and an episode of "Chef's Table", Bailey can now count herself one of the great chefs of the United States. She is vice chair of the board of directors of the Edna Lewis Foundation, whose mission is to preserve and celebrate the legacy of the chef known for "Southern food", the cuisine of the southern United States.

Community Spirit Award

A chef or restaurateur showing an outstanding commtment to supporting frontline staff or fighting the financial and humanitarian crisis within hospitality

Ethical & Sustainability Award

A chef or restaurateur demonstrating exemplary dedication to ethical practices, sustainability and social responsability within the workplace, industry and wider community

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