A NEW WAY
OF UNDERSTANDING
CUISINE

International recognition

DiverXo is not the only place where you can try Dabiz Muñoz’s cuisine. In 2012, the chef opened StreetXo, also located in Madrid but with a more casual atmosphere. Always eager to extend his culinary concept around the world, in 2016 he opened StreetXoLondon, in London’s ​​Mayfair.

The restaurant in London probably won’t be the last one Dabiz opens in the next few years. He’s considering countries such as China, Singapore, Japan or the US, where the chef dreams of one day being able to take his risky, surprising culinary concept. “I don’t accept dogmas of any kind. I’m very competitive with myself, and I want to make my clients happy, “ he says.

Married to the presenter, Cristina Pedroche, Dabiz hasn’t lost his rebellious image. He does defend, however, that globalisation has brought different tastes when it comes to understanding a particular culinary experience. “When someone leaves the restaurant unhappy, it’s because they were expecting something that Diverxo isn’t. It’s not the restaurant’s fault, nor the client’s. We’re not a typical three-star, “ he says, when asked about how he takes criticism.

Dabiz Muñoz defines his cuisine and the original, extravagant space at DiverXo as a dream world where everything is possible. The chef’s ideas are expressed on plates which are called “canvases” in his restaurants. Every day, Dabiz becomes an artist in order to draw new, unprecedented ways of understanding the gastronomic experience, in a cuisine that he himself defines as “hedonistic, greedy, creative and avant-garde”. For the chef, “cooking is the most affordable of all luxuries.”