Virgilio Martínez

In profile: Chef Pia León

Pía Léon´s plate is full. Running a relatively new restaurant that barely survived a three-month closure, as well as managing…

Central takes top prize at one-off Latin America’s 50 Best Celebrations

For one year only, the team behind Latin America’s 50 Best Restaurants took a different approach this time, diverting from…

Pia León named the World’s Best Female Chef 2021

The chef-owner of Lima restaurant Kjolle, León also co-owns Central with her husband fellow chef Virgilio Martínez. More recently they…

Eleven Madison Park tops list of world’s 50 best

Seven years after first appearing on the list in 50th place, Eleven Madison Park took the number one spot at…

Promoting Peru: a shared taste

In the past few years, Peruvian food has been dominating the food scene as the hot new trend. From London,…