https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Spain in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Leonor Espinosa, a Colombian chef known for sourcing local ingredients and giving back to the communities that supply them, won the Basque Culinary World Prize Monday, a €100,000 prize for chefs who make a difference. https://www.thelocal.es/20170718/cooking-with-a-conscience-colombian-chef-espinosa-wins-top-prize Tue, 18 Jul 2017 11:16:15 +0200 cooking-with-a-conscience-colombian-chef-espinosa-wins-top-prize The Trump Organization, the conglomerate that unites the US president's family business interests, has settled lawsuits with two celebrity chefs who refused to work at the company's new Washington hotel. https://www.thelocal.es/20170412/trump-settles-lawsuit-against-spanish-celebrity-chef Wed, 12 Apr 2017 11:18:39 +0200 trump-settles-lawsuit-against-spanish-celebrity-chef An offer Spaniards can't resist? British restaurant chain Bella Italia is apparently on the hunt for fresh talent for its Italian kitchens - but from Spain. https://www.thelocal.es/20160113/uks-bella-italia-food-chain-seeks-300-spanish-chefs Wed, 13 Jan 2016 18:24:59 +0100 uks-bella-italia-food-chain-seeks-300-spanish-chefs For this week's My Spanish Career, The Local chats to Joel Serra, a former Masterchef contestant whose crowdfunded cookbook is set to shake up Spanish cuisine. https://www.thelocal.es/20151111/anyone-with-an-idea-should-treat-it-like-a-startup-and-test-it-out-in-the-real-world Wed, 11 Nov 2015 12:59:07 +0100 anyone-with-an-idea-should-treat-it-like-a-startup-and-test-it-out-in-the-real-world He became the first Indian chef to earn a Michelin star and is widely regarded as one of the best chefs in London. The Local talks to Atul Kochhar as he prepares to launch his new restaurant Benares in Madrid. https://www.thelocal.es/20150810/michelin-starred-indian-chef-opens-restaurant-in-madrid Mon, 10 Aug 2015 12:47:57 +0200 michelin-starred-indian-chef-opens-restaurant-in-madrid Jose Andrés is firing back against a $10 million lawsuit filed by Donald Trump after the star chef pulled out of a restaurant deal in protest over the presidential candidate's racist remarks about Mexican immigrants. https://www.thelocal.es/20150804/spanish-chef-fires-back-against-trump-lawsuit Tue, 04 Aug 2015 16:12:19 +0200 spanish-chef-fires-back-against-trump-lawsuit Shortly after Maria Marte arrived in Spain from the Dominican Republic in 2003 she started working as a dishwasher at Madrid's Michelin-starred Club Allard restaurant -- a decade later she's the chef. https://www.thelocal.es/20150403/immigrant-goes-from-dishwasher-to-michelin-chef Fri, 03 Apr 2015 12:30:58 +0200 immigrant-goes-from-dishwasher-to-michelin-chef Celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay is looking for struggling UK expat restaurant owners in Spain's Costa del Sol to take part in his latest series of Kitchen Nightmares. https://www.thelocal.es/20140311/ramsay-hunts-down-spains-expats-restaunteurs Tue, 11 Mar 2014 14:23:00 +0100 ramsay-hunts-down-spains-expats-restaunteurs Civil Guard officers in Valencia have arrested two crooked cooks suspected of making and selling chocolate cakes with an unusual secret ingredient – hallucinogenic mushrooms. https://www.thelocal.es/20140226/cops-bust-magic-mushroom-chocolate-cake-chefs Wed, 26 Feb 2014 14:13:00 +0100 cops-bust-magic-mushroom-chocolate-cake-chefs One of Spain's top chefs is in a pickle after government officials shut down his Michelin two-starred restaurant on Tuesday because of unpaid tax debts. https://www.thelocal.es/20130626/tax-officers-topple-top-chefs-restaurant-dream Wed, 26 Jun 2013 14:50:00 +0200 tax-officers-topple-top-chefs-restaurant-dream