Dénia, Spain
Quique Dacosta
Three Michelin stars and a decade-long presence in the World's 50 Best Restaurants, yet Quique Dacosta operates from the small coastal town of Dénia, on Spain's Mediterranean Costa Blanca. The annually reinvented tasting menu, named Octavo in deliberate provocation of the classical seven fine arts, frames each course as a form of sensory communication rather than conventional gastronomy. This is one of Spain's most decorated restaurants, positioned well outside the obvious fine-dining capitals.
