International Taste Institute

President of the International Taste Institute Chef Jury

British Ambassador for Food/Drink, Culinary consultant, Author, TV Chef/Presenter

Maîtrise Escoffier & Palmes Culinaires awards

Royal Academy of Culinary Arts, Disciple of Escoffier, British Guild of Food Writers

President of the International Taste Institute Sommelier Jury

Head Sommelier at El Bulli Foundation (Best Restaurant of the World)

Winner of the Trophee Ruinart, Best Sommelier of Spain 2006

National Gastronomy Award, 2011, Spain

Executive Chef

Hostellerie Saint Nicolas

Award-winning restaurant

Winner of the joung Disciples of Escoffier International 2017

Sommelier

3rd Best Sommelier of the World, 2016

Best Sommelier of Ireland, 2018

Executive Chef

Fusion 19

Award-winning restaurant

Chef de cuisine

Dalloyau International

Meilleur Ouvrier de France (M.O.F.)

Académie Culinaire de France

Sommelier

Best Sommelier of Spain, 2021

Winner of Trophée Ruinart Spain, 2019

Chef de Cuisine

Former Chef for the President of France

Sommelier

Sommelier of the year, 2024

Former Head Sommelier

Bon Bon

Award-winning restaurant

Best sommelier of Belgium, 2014

Chef de Cuisine

Award-winning restaurant

Honorary President, MCF

MCF, Académie Culinaire

Head Sommelier

El Celler de Can Roca

Award-winning restaurant

Best sommelier Spain 2009

Former Chef of Hôtel de Matignon (official residence of the Prime Minister of France)

MCF, Académie Culinaire, Disciples Escoffier, Prosper Montagné

Sommelier

Best sommelier of Luxembourg, 2014

President of the Luxembourg Sommelier Association

Executive Chef

El Xato (La Nucia)

Award-winning restaurant

Best Chef of Alicante, 2015

Head Sommelier & Director of La Villa Lorraine by Yves Mattagne, Brussels

Award-winning restaurant

Best host of the year, 2019

Executive Chef

La Truffe Noire

Award-winning restaurant

French Chef of the Year Gault & Millau, 2001

Chef

Winner Master Chef Spain, 2022

3X Best sommelier of Portugal

Head Sommelier, Restaurant Gambrinus

Winner of the Trophee Ruinart, Portugal, 1996

Winner of Grand Prix Sopexa du Sommelier Portugal, 1994

Cordon Bleu Chef

Co-founder of Begoístas

Health Coach for the Institute for Integrative Nutrition

Former Sous-chef

Hof van Cleve

Award-winning restaurant

Sommelier

Best sommelier of Ireland 2009 & 2010

President, Hellenic Chefs Federation

Chef of the year 2002, Greece

Best Chef in 2004 Olympic Games

Worldchefs, Chefs Club of Greece, Mediterranean Culinary Federation

Head Sommelier

Tosca Geneva

Award-winning restaurant

Best sommelier of Italy, 2014

Executive Chef

Al Messila (The Luxury Collection)

Award-winning restaurant

Best Sommelier of Hungary, 2004, 2005, 2006

Head Sommelier at Wine & Gastronomy

Executive Chef

Former chef, Da Mimmo

Award-winning restaurant

Head Sommelier and Maître d'Hôtel

Michel

Award-winning restaurant

Best Maître d'Hôtel of Belgium, 2020

Chef de Cuisine

Da Mimmo (Da Mimmo, BE & Carlton, CH), de Dolder Grand Hotel (CH)

Award-winning restaurants

Meilleur Ouvrier Swiss, Best Chef Greece, Master Chefs of Belgium

Head Sommelier

Palazzo Parigi, Milan, Italy

Best sommelier of Italy, 2016

ASPI

Corporate Culinary Director, CEO, Jolly Good Hospitality Limited UK

Chef Judge for Master Chef-India, TV Chef Anchor

Global Marriott Hotels & Resorts ‘Chef of the Year Award for Culinary Excellence’

Executive member of the Culinary Guild of Chefs UK

Sommelier

Best sommelier of The Netherlands, 2005

Gault & Millau Best sommelier of The Netherlands, 2012

Chef de Cuisine

Vice President Académie Culinaire de France

Former Chef of the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Sommelier

Best sommelier of Spain, 2017

Sommelier of La Caca de Pyrene - Winesocial

Executive Chef

Award-winning restaurants

Author

Head Sommelier

Hotel de Paris Monte-Carlo, Monaco

Award-winning restaurant

Master Sommelier UDSF

Executive Chef

Vice President & Spain Ambassador, Euro-Toques

Award-winning restaurant

Sommelier

Best sommelier of Italy, 2012

Technical director ASPI competitions

Former Chef de Cuisine

Château de Noirieux

Award-winning restaurant

Maître Cuisinier de France, Académie Culinaire de France

Sommelier

Best sommelier of Switzerland, 1996

Sommelier & director at Valsangiacomo Vini

Former Sous-Chef at Restaurant Noma

4 X Best restaurant in the World

Best sommelier of Spain, 2016

Best sommelier of Catalonia, 2014, 2015

Sommelier and teacher in the Joviat Institute

Vice President MCF

Former Executive Chef

Award-winning restaurants

1er Chef de Rang

Hotel Amigo Brussels

Award-winning restaurant

Chef

Chef of the Italian Embassy in Belgium

Sommelier

Vice President Irish Guild of sommeliers

WSET Diploma

Chef

Team Coach Bocuse d'Or Italy Academy

Sommelier

Founder & CEO Wine Style Travel magazine

Chef

Italian National Chefs Team

FIC, Federazione Italiana Cuochi

Best sommelier of Monaco & Côte d'Azur, 2012

Head Sommelier of the Meridien Beach Plaza, Monte Carlo

President of the Association Monégasque des Sommeliers

Member of Le Grand Cordon d'Or de la Cuisine Française

Chef de Cuisine

Chef of the year, 2017

Best Greek restaurant in Europe 2016, 2017, 2019

Sommelier

President of the Associació Catalana de Sommeliers

Head Sommelier Wine Palace

President Gilde van Meesterkoks

Chef for the Dutch Royal House

Winner Gouden Koksmuts

Sommelier

President, UK Sommelier Association

Chairman, Club AIS London

Officer of the Order of the British Empire - OBE

President of the Culinary Association of Wales

World Chefs Feed the Planet Committee

President's Medal, Worldchefs (WACS), 2019

Best host of Austria, 1998

President of the Sommelier Union Austria

Owner of Angerer Alm Hotel

ASI

Chairman, World Chefs culinary competition Committee

Gastronomic Advisor to Nobel Prize Committee

Sweden Chef of the Year, 1986

2 X Winner of the Culinary Olympics

Head Sommelier

La dogana del buon Gusto

ASPI

Former Executive Chef

Award-winning restaurant

Membre Emérite Académie Culinaire, Chevalier Legion d'Honneur et Mérite National, Officier Mérite Agricole

Water Sommelier

President of the Asociacion Espanol Aguas Minerales

Président Académie Culinaire de France, Délégation Benelux

La maison du Bœuf (Strasbourg), La crémaillère (Orléans)

Award-winning restaurants

Académie Culinaire de France, Maîtres Cuisiniers de France

Head Sommelier

Heden Brunn Restaurant, Sweden

President of the Swedish Sommelier Association

Executive Chef

Vice President of the Hellenic Chef's Association

President of the Chef's Club of Athens

Greek National Team pastry coach

Head Sommelier

Le Boury

Award-winning restaurant

Chef de cuisine

Ristorante Bocconi - Rocco Forte Hotel Amigo 5*****

Sommelier

TV presenter & Director of WINE-MAN TV show

Winner of the Spanish Red Wine Trophy

Sous-Chef

Hotel Amigo Brussels, 5*****

Best young sommelier of Greece 2009

Sommelier at Oenophorum

Chef

Former Executive Head Chef of the Buddha Bar Group

Founder of 3 Flavours

Sommelier

Member of the Irish Guild of Sommeliers & Council & Public relations officer

WSET Diploma

President, Unione Regionale Cuochi Marche

FIC, Federazione Italiana Cuochi

Sommelier

Best Junior Sommelier of Italy, 1998

Director at the Birra Moretti Foundation

Executive Chef

Verband der Köche Deutschlands

Sommelier

Winner of the Trophee Ruinart, Best sommelier of the Netherlands, 1990

Jornalist at www.sommeliers.nl

Resident, Latvian Chefs Club

Latvian National Team coach

Gold Medal, Baltic Chefs Team of the year, 2003

Latvian Chefs Club, Worldchefs

Sommelier & Wine journalist

IWC ambassador

Chef

MCF, Dutch Meesterkok

Sommelier

Member of the Irish Guild of Sommeliers

WSET Diploma

Vice President, ASCAIB

Executive Chef, H10 Hotel Ponte Negra

Gastronomic Advisor H10 Hotels

Sommelier

2nd best sommelier of Spain, 2001

President of Euro-Toques

Maître Cuisinier de Belgique

Best Sommelier of Venezie, 2017

Winner of the 2014 Montrachet prize

Sommelier

Member of the board of ASPI, Coordinator for the Verona province

Executive Chef

President Director of Chef's club Epirus

Hellenic Chef's Association

Master Sommelier

Master Sommelier of the UDSF

Executive Chef

Disciples of Escoffier

Best sommelier Esquire Award, 2011

Sommelier at Celler de Gelida, Spain

TV Journalist

Executive Chef

Belive Hotels

Sommelier

Chef

Prévôt d'honneur Club Prosper Montagné

Sommelier

Vice President Hellenic Chef's Association & Federation

Coach of Greek National Culinary Team, WACS jury member

Pastry & Bakery book author

World Associations of Chefs Societies (WACS)

Sommelier

Professor in international wine trade

Association des Sommeliers d'Europe

Chef d'Hotel

Winner Talents Gourmands, 2014

Maître Cuisinier de France, Académie Culinaire de France, Toques Françaises

Semi finalist MOF, 2015

Sommelier

President of the General assembly of the AEP, Portugal

Maître Cuisinier de France (MCF)

Member of the Executive Committee, MCF

Head Sommelier

Cellar Lagravera, Spain

Grand Gold meddal for the Raimat 100 at the Concours de Bruxelles

Chef

Golden Medal, Silver Koksmuts

Meesterkoks

Euro-Toques, Gilde van Nederlands Meesterkoks, Ere lid Gastronomische Gilde

Sommelier

ASI

Board Member, Serbian Master Chef Association

Fellow Member, World Master Chef Society

Eurotoque Serbia

British Columbia Chefs Association

Sommelier

First female sommelier of Catalonia

Winner of the 2018 Premio Vinari

Chef

President Cooks & Gastronomy Association, Turkey

Chapter Chairman of World Master Chefs

World Master Chefs Society, Cooks and Gastronomy Association

Head Sommelier

L'Enclume

Award-winning restaurant

Advanced Sommelier by the court of Master Sommeliers

Chef and Hospitality Consultant

Former Executive Chef

The Royal Lancaster London Hotel, The Royal Horseguards Hotel, Hyatt Regency London - The Churchill, Goldman Sachs

Chaine des Rotisseurs, Craft Guild of Chefs, Royal Academy of Culinary Arts, Disciple of Escoffier

Sommelier at The Vine

Founder of Trusted Sommeliers

Chef

Hampshire Food Award winner, UK

Disciples Escoffier

Sommelier

Advanced diploma, London Court of Master Sommeliers

WSET Diploma

Master Baker

Liveryman of the worshipful company of Bakers

Fellow of the Royal Society of Public Health (FRSPH)

Sommelier

Trentino Alto Adige Coordinator

Chef & Owner, Maria Salinas Restaurant

Delegate, Seleccion Cocina Profesional de España

Restaurant Revelation, 2017 Baleares

Sommelier

Best professionista Italian Sommelier 2016

General manager of the Restaurant Club Horses Misinto

Delegate, Euro-Toques Aragon

Asociacion de Cocineros de Aragon, Spain

Sommelier

Member of the Irish Guild of sommeliers

Executive Chef

Euro Toques Spain

Master Sommelier

Vice President of the Association of European Sommeliers

Executive Chef

5***** hotel

Youngest 2008 Executive Chef in 5 star hotel

Euro-Toques

Master Sommelier, 1994

Member of the Comité de la guilde des sommeliers Belges

President of CBPOS

Pasteleria Bomboneria Ramos

Euro-Toques

Water Sommelier

President of the Asociacion Espanol Aguas Minerales

Executive Chef

Maître Cuisinier de Belgique

Euro-Toques Belgium

Head Sommelier of the Athenaeum Intercontinental

PHD in Oenology at University of West Attica, Greece

Chef

Académie Culinaire de France, Délégation Benelux

Sommelier

National Gastronomy Award, 2011, Spain

Best taster of Spain, Golden nose contest, 2016

Vice President, Maîtres Cuisiniers de France (MCF)

Head Sommelier

La truffiere Restaurant, Paris

Gold Label A.S.I.

Executive Chef

Restaurant Hau

Best Asian Restaurant, 2005

Sommelier

Vice President of the A.E.P.

Chef de Cuisine

Restaurant Le Pressoir de Bacchus

Ambassadrice de l'oenotourisme, Alsace

Maître Cuisiner de France, Toques Françaises, Escoffier

Chief Nose Officer / Master Blender at Mackmyra Whisky

Winner of the Whisky Legends at World Whiskies Awards (WWA)

World Whisky Ambassador 2013

Chef des Travaux de Ferrandi, Paris

Prix Prosper Montagné 1991

MCF, Academie Culinaire de France

Sommelier

President of the Dutch Guild

Vice President, International Club Les Toques Blanches

Vice President, Les Cuisiners de France

Officier du Mérite Agricole, Médaille Vermeil Ville de Paris, Médaille d'Or Mutuelles des Cuisiniers de France

Maître Cuisinier de France

Sommelier

ASPI

Executive Chef

Hotel Westin Paris Vendôme

Académie Culinaire de France, Société des Cuisiniers de France, Union Campagnonique

Sommelier

Hilton group

Chef de Cuisine

Le Belisaire, Paris

Director of competitions, MCF

MCF, Euro-Toques, Cuisiner de France, Académie Culinaire

Sommelier

Chef

Founder Ecole Bellouet, Paris

Meilleur Ouvrier de France (M.O.F.), Membre Emerite ACF, Académie Française Chocolat Confiserie

Cuisiniers de la République

Sommelier

ASPI

Chef de Cuisine

Formateur des Métiers de Bouche

Académie Culinaire de France

International Club Les Toques blanches, Toques du Ciel

Sommelier

Sommelier Professor

Amassador for Dassai Sakés

Chef

Recipient of two medals in the Culinary World Cup for Deaf Chefs

Contestant on Netflix's Five Star Chef

Former Chef de Cuisine

Hotel Bristol, Paris

Mérite National, Palme Académique, Officer du Mérite Agricole

Membre Emerite Académie Culinaire de France, Disciple Escoffier

Sommelier

Gundel restaurant, Budapest

Founder of the Hungarian Sommelier Association

Chef

Department President, FIC

FIC, Federazione Italiana Cuochi

Owner & Sommelier

Restaurant Fragma

Award-winning restaurant

Corporate Chef

Académie Culinaire de France (ACF), Académie Nationale de Cuisine, Disciple Escoffier

Head Sommelier

President of the Portugese Sommelier Association

Executive Chef

Restaurant Rebelle

Award-winning restaurant

Dessert Chef of the year by Gault & Milau 2019

Sommelier

Lily Bollinger Award project leader

Former Chef de Cuisine for the French Ministry of Defence

Académie Culinaire de France

Sommelier

ASPI

Chef de Cuisine, Air France

Académie Culinaire de France

Head Sommelier

Serenissima Restaurant

Mark Davis Award, 2019

Chef de Cuisine

Directeur Hotelier

Conseiller Technique Rectorat (Education Nationale)

Académie Culinaire de France, Cuisinier de France

Sommelier

Member of the Irish Guild of Sommeliers

WSET Diploma

Chef de Cuisine

Maître Cuisinier de France

Head Sommelier

Chez Marie

Award-winning restaurant

Finalist of the Best sommelier of Belgium, 1993

Chef & Owner Restaurant Le Clos des Gourmets, Paris

Finalist Prosper Montagné competition

MCF

Sommelier

Oenology teacher at Ceria School, Brussels

Honorary President Eurotoque France & Eurotoque International

Board member MCF, France

Chef Patron, Au Relais du Gué de Selle

Head Sommelier

Restaurant Rebelle

Award-winning restaurant

Chef di Cucina

Titolare Hotel

FIC, Federazione Italiana Cuochi

Sommelier

Member of the WTO of Aleila

Académie Culinaire de France

Secrétaire Général de Village de Chefs

Euro-Toques Belgique

Sommelier

Best "nose" of sweden, 2011

Executive Chef

President, FIC delegation Belgium

Sommelier

Owner & Chef at B-Taste

Sommelier

Recipient of the 2023 San Pellegrino Acqua Panna Award

3rd best Sommelier of Italy for ASPI, 2023

Executive Chef

Restaurant L'envie

Former sous-chef of Seagrill restaurant

Second best chef of Belgium, 2019 by Club prosper Montagné

Sommelier

Best sommelier of Belgium, 1990

FIC, Federazione Italiana Cuochi

Teacher at Ministry of Education

Chef of the year 2015, Solidus

Sommelier

Vice President Area Nord, FIC

"Il Cuoco" magazine editor

Best sommelier of Ireland, 1995-2005

Council member of the Irish Guild of sommeliers

Advanced diploma, London Court of master Sommeliers

WSET Diploma

President Cuochi Bergamo

Titolare unico presso sassella

FIC, Eurotoque

Sommelier

ASPI

Chef Corporate Academia Barilla

FIC, Federazione Italiana Cuochi

Head Sommelier

Restaurant Del Cambio

Award-winning restaurant

Chef

Advisor Unione Cuochi Regione Lombardia

FIC, Federazione Italiana Cuochi

3 X winner of National Sommelier Competition

2 X winner of Trophée Ruinart Portugal

Chef di Cucina

Presidente Regione Lombardia, FIC

FIC, Federazione Italiana Cuochi

Sommelier

Teacher Scuala Alberghiera

Chef de Cuisine

President of ACF Belgium & Luxembourg Delegation

Médaille du Mérite du Gouvernement Luxembourgeois

Académie Culinaire de France, Euro-Toques, Chaîne des Rôtisseurs

Head Sommelier

Excelsior Hotel Gallia

Award-winning restaurant

Best Sommelier under 30 Gambero Rosso 2020

Chef de Cucina, NH Hotels - Gruppo Minor

FIC, Federazione Italiana Cuochi

Sommelier

ASPI

Académie Culinaire de France

Echansons de France

Conseil Culinaire, Prisma Presse

Head Sommelier

Best Sommelier of Vietnam 2009

President, FIC region Lazio

Consultant & teacher LUISS University

Chef national Italian TV RAI, Nutrition book author

FIC, Federazione Italiana Cuochi

Head Sommelier

Restaurant Mammà

Award-winning restaurant

Executive Chef

President Portuguese Chefs Association (ACPP)

ACPP, WACS

Sommelier

Chef di Cucina

Vice President Area Centro, FIC

Responsible for cooking school Academia del Cybo

Head Sommelier

ASPI

Chef

Lauréat Trophée National de Cuisine et Patisserie, 1993

Membre Emerite ACF, Société des Cuisines de France, Union Compagnonnique

Executive Chef

Restaurant Le Val d'heure

Award-winning restaurant

2nd Best chef of Belgium, by Club prosper Montagné, Finalist at Bocuse d'Or

Teacher, Enogastronomia - Cucina

Chef Banqueting Calabria

FIC, Federazione Italiana Cuochi

Advisor for Japan Sushi Association, Japan

5th place in World Sushi Cup 2016, Tokyo

Euro-Toques

Former Chef de Cuisine

Restaurant Laurent, Paris

Award-winning restaurant

Académie Culinaire de France

Chef de Partie

Best Communicator Social Chef, 2015

FIC, Federazione Italiana Cuochi, Disciple d'Escoffier

Food content creator

Southern Europe Director, Worldchefs

Judge cat "A", Worldchefs

Captain of the Italy National CookTeam, FIC 1997-2000, Gold & Silver Medals at Worldchefs competitions

FIC, Federazione Italiana Cuochi

Chef

Federazione Italiana Cuochi (FIC), delegation Belgium

Chef

Académie Culinaire de France, Belgium and Luxembourg delegation

Executive Chef

Brighton restaurant, Stanhope Hotel 5*****

Académie Culinaire de France (ACF)

Pastry chef & chocolatier

Acorn award - The Caterer magazine recognising 30 chefs under 30

Pastry Chef of the Year, 2019 - Craft Guild of Chefs

Academy of Culinary Arts Awards of Excellence in Pastry in 2008

Chef de Cuisine

Chef de Cuisine

Award-winning restaurant

Enseignant de Cuisine Supérieure

Académie Culinaire de France, Société des Cuisiniers de Paris, International Club Les Toques Blanches

Executive Chef

Royal Palace, Morocco & Chef to Qatar Emir

Golden Medal, Académie Culinaire de France (ACF)

ACF, Toque Blanche International, Société des Cuisiners de France

Chef

Chef

President Disciples of Escoffier Croatia

Executive Chef

10 Best Young Chefs in Europe (IX Biennale, Gastronomy Rome, 1999)

Chef

FIC, Federazione Italiana Cuochi

Master Chef

Chef

Chef

Presidente Vicario FIC, Federazione Italiana Cuochi

President, Region Sardinia

FIC, Federazione Italiana Cuochi

Executive Chef

Academie Culinaire de France

Chef

Chef

Master Chef Norway

Certified national judge, Norway

Corporate Executive Chef

Team Manager Junior National Culinary Team Portugal

Chef

Restaurante El Foralin (Repsol Guide)

Chef

Executive Chef

Gault & Millau Sommelier of the Year, 2021

11th Best Sommelier of the World, 2023

Restaurant and Wine Director - Colette De Vijvers

Winner of the best Sommelier of Belgium competition, 2018, 2019

Master Chef

Disciple of Escoffier UK

Author Culinary books

British Culinary Association

Chef

Former Head Chef to HRH The Prince of Wales

Executive Chef, Blue Jasmine Food, Southampton, UK

Special Gold Award, 2013 World Chinese Chef Competition

Former Executive Head Chef Cantonese restaurant Duddell's

Award-winning restaurant

President of the Federazione Italiana Cuochi Promotion

Disciple Le Cordon d’Or de la principauté de Monaco

Chef

Nazionale Italiana Cuochi

"Grand Cordon d'Or" de la Principauté de Monaco

Federazione Italiana Cuochi (FIC)

Chef

Multi-award-winning Chef

Former President Disciples d'Escoffier - Sud-Ouest France

Academie Culinaire de France (ACF)

Gastronomic author

Expert in Botanical ingredients

Chef - 1 Star

Award-winning restaurant

Disciple d'Escoffier, Toques d'Or

Grandes Tables Suisse

Chef

Multi-award winner

Coach Bocuse d'Or Spain 2011

Euro-Toques Spain

Chef de cuisine

Award-winning restaurant

Meilleur Ouvrier de France (MOF)

MCF, Euro-Toques, Académie Culinaire de France

Chef

Multi medal winner at culinary Olympics and World Cups

Judge at Scottish Culinary championship 2019

Master Chefs of Great Britain

Sous-chef

Restaurant Boury

Award-winning restaurant

Best Fish Chef of Belgium 2013

Best Sommelier of Spain, 2002, 2005

Winner of the Trophee Ruinart, Best sommelier of Spain 2001, 2004

Head of wine selection at Wines-social

President ASCAIB

Mesa Dieta Mediterranea

Maestro Artesano Islas Baleares

Vice President Selecion Espanola de cocina

Best sommelier of Switzerland, 2001

Head Sommelier of the Grand hotel Villa Castagnola, Lugano, CH

ASSP

Executive Chef

Restaurant Michel

Award-winning restaurant

Best chef of Belgium, 2003

Best sommelier of the Netherlands, 2000

Head Sommelier of the Restaurant de Bokkedoorns

Gault & Millau Best sommelier of The Netherlands 2011

Winner of the Trophee Ruinart, Best sommelier of the Netherlands, 1998

Former Sous-chef

Hof ter Eycken

Award-winning restaurant

Best sommelier of Luxembourg, 2016

Vice President, Académie Culinaire de France

Former Chef de Cuisine of Ritz, Paris

Award-winning restaurant

Meilleur Ouvrier de France (M.O.F.), 1st Prize Pierre Taittinger, 1st prize Prosper Montagné, 1st prize Trophée National de cuisine

Head Sommelier

Le Chateau du Mylord restaurant

Award-winning restaurant

Winner of the Prosper Montagné Prize, 2018, 2nd Best Maître d'hotel of Belgium, 2020

Chef de Partie

Hof van Cleve

Award-winning restaurant

Bocuse d'Or 2013 with Robrecht Wissel

Sommelier

Champion of Spain Sommeliers, 2018

Premio Gourmet, 2019

Executive Chef

Award-winning restaurant

FIC, Federazione Italiana Cuochi

Sommelier

Best sommelier of Italy, 2010

3rd best sommelier of Europe, 2010

Executive Chef

Award-winning restaurant

2 Repsol Suns

Board member Euro-Toques Spain

Sommelier

Best Sommelier of Spain, 2024

La Terraza del Casino

Award-winning restaurant

Executive Chef

Award-winning restaurant

Disciple d'Escoffier, Toques d'Or

Mérite Culinaire Suisse, Grandes Tables Suisse

Sommelier

Best sommelier of Belgium, 1982

Master sommelier french wines, Sopexa

Member of the international Jury A-mundus vini

Executive Pastry Chef

Award-winning restaurant

Swedish Pastry Chef of the Year, 2018

Head Sommelier

Mandarin Oriental Ritz Hotel, 5 *****

Premio Nacional de Gastronomia 2013 - Best sommelier

Executive Chef

Aroma Rome

Award-winning restaurant

Head Sommelier

Restaurant Castor

Award-winning restaurant

Sommelier Conseil at Université du Vin de Suze la Rousse

Sous-chef Ancestral, Toledo

Award-winning restaurant

Former Fish Chef, A'barra, Madrid

Award-winning restaurant

Sommelier

Sommelier of the Year 2022, Mexico

Most influential person in the wine world, Mexico 2023

Chef

Restaurant Seino's

Award-winning restaurant

ACF

Sommelier

Chef

Senior Global Food and Beverage Development Chef at Virgin Atlantic Airways

Cookbook author

Multi-awarded Sommelier

3rd Best Sommelier of Belgium, 2017

Former Head Sommelier (L'Air du Temps, Bon Bon, Trèfle à 4)

Chef

Hotel Hiertz, Diekirch

Award-winning restaurant

Maître Sommelier

Winner Best Maître d'Hôtel Belgium, 2019

2nd Best Maître d'Hôtel, Trophée Maître d'Hôtel Lyon, 2021

Executive Chef

5 ***** luxury hotels such as Mandarin hotel in Singapore & Shangri-La in Shanghai

Head Sommelier

Restaurant La Banyeta

Best sommelier of Spain, 2022

Multi-award-winning Chef

Board member World Chefs Spain

Board member Eurotoques Spain

Head Sommelier

Executive Chef

Team Manager Italy National Chef Team

Book author

FIC, Federazione Italiana Cuochi

Sommelier

Monte-Carlo Beach Hotel SBM, Monaco

ASPI

Executive Chef

Culinary Development Advisor

Executive Chef

Restaurant Enishi by Toshiro

Former Sous-Chef

L'Air du temps, award-winning restaurant

Executive Chef

Sublime Comporta's

Award-winning restaurant

Executive Chef

Restaurant Cal Paradis

Award-winning restaurant

Head chef

Chef

Executif Chef

De Buyer France

Chef référent of the College Culinaire de France

Maître Cuisinier de France

Chef

Winner of the National Tapas contest - Madrid Fusión, 2020

Sommelier

Best Sommelier of Belgium, 2017-2018

Winner Ruinart trophy, 2017

Chef

Award-winning restaurant

Le Petit Léon, France

Sommelier

Award-winning restaurant

Sommelier

Sommelier

Sommelier

President of the Spanish Union of Sommeliers

Technical advisor for award-winning restaurants

Pastry chef

Académie Culinaire de France

Président de la délégation de Belgique et du Luxembourg

Chef

Winner of the 9th edition of Masterchef Spain

Culinary television programme presenter