A Quintessence of Culinary Arts

Promoting a circular gastronomy that respects the planet and nature’s needs, Mauro Colagreco strives each day to contribute, as best he can and on his own scale, to the environmental transition.

In 2006, only 20 years ago, ceaselessly transcending conventions and borders, he founded the restaurant Mirazur with his family, very close to Italy, in Menton: a three-Michelin-starred restaurant, voted the world’s best restaurant in 2019* (by The World’s 50 Best Restaurants). Embodied in this unspoilt estate, which is over 22 hectares and dedicated to permaculture and biodynamic gardens, is his philosophy of life, in total harmony with nature.

 
The cuisine is inspired by this and reflects the chef’s love for the region. Plant-based and ever-evolving, it follows the seasons and the cycles of the moon. In 2020, Mirazur became the first restaurant to obtain the highly demanding Plastic Free Certification, crowning many years of effort and research to eradicate single-use plastic from its kitchens.

 
His passionate commitment to the planet and the oceans was recognised by UNESCO, which, in 2022, invited him to become a Goodwill Ambassador for Biodiversity. The following year, Mauro Colagreco was made a Knight of the Legion of Honour and appointed Vice-President of Chefs at the Relais & Châteaux association. These significant and complementary roles are a natural extension of his work towards sustainable gastronomy and his daily involvement in safeguarding the world’s culinary heritage. 

 
The chef also lectures at Harvard University on the cosmic influences on gastronomy and non-alcoholic gourmet beverages.

 
Today, at the helm of several establishments – in London, Tokyo, Hong Kong, Bangkok, Palm Beach and Buenos Aires – where he shares his convictions and is driven by a constant desire to learn, Mauro Colagreco pursues his dreams by systematically placing his concerns for our planet at the heart of his creations.

 
_{*According to the World’s 50 Best Restaurants ranking.}