Kjolle
No.9 World's 50 Best 2025 — elite chef
Veronica's Take
Pía León's Kjolle, ranked No.9 on the World's 50 Best Restaurants 2025 list, showcases the art of elevating Peruvian ingredients to their most vivid form. Her relentless research and testing ensure that each dish is a celebration of the produce's natural flavors, never overshadowed or transformed beyond recognition. This approach is a labor of precision: León and her team dedicate months to uncovering every potential of an ingredient, creating a dining experience that is both innovative and deeply rooted in Peru's rich culinary traditions.
kjollerest At Kjolle, Pía León strives to preserve natural flavours – her dishes show a high level of research and testing, but the produce is always recognisable and never overly manipulated. This process, however, is far from easy: León and the team spend months researching the best ways to use each part of the ingredient.
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The people behind Kjolle
Pia León
profileChef & Founder, Kjolle
Pia León is the chef and founder of Kjolle in Lima, Peru, ranked #9 on the World's 50 Best Restaurants in 2025. Kjolle celebrates Peruvian ingredients through a cuisine rooted in her identity and culinary research. León is also a key figure in the broader Peruvian gastronomic movement, collaborating closely with related restaurants in Lima. She has been recognized as one of Latin America's leading female chefs. Sources: World's 50 Best, Wikimedia Commons, culinary press.
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