3 STAR MICHELIN CHEF DAVID MUÑOZ AT ATERA IN NEW YORK CITY

TWO PIONEERS

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DiverXO’s David Muñoz will travel from Madrid to cook a collaboration dinner with Matthew Lightner at Atera in New York, Monday November 3^rd, offering pure excellence to two lots of 18 guests for one night only.

In less than six years of operation Chef Muñoz has earned three Michelin stars for DiverXO, Madrid’s only three Michelin starred restaurant. Lightner received Atera’s two Michelin stars just six months after opening for business. Both Chefs are 34 years old and known for their innovative approach towards food.

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CHEF PROFILES

DAVID MUÑOZ

Chef Muñoz is a pioneer of food as art, as head chef of Madrid-based three Michelin Star restaurant, DiverXo. As a young alumni of high-end Asian stalwarts Hakkasan and Nobu, his specialty lies in a fusion between Iberian with Chinese and Japanese cuisine.

Chef Muñoz is revered for his creativity, originality, and evasion of tradition. Similar to Chef Lightner the two are known to eschew expectations by presenting ingredients in unique and unexpected ways.

Michael Ellis, the international director of the Michelin guides, was quoted on his experience at DiverXO: “I’ve never seen anything else quite like it. He likes to play with expectations — a big piece of steak that turns out to be tuna cheek, beets that are actually a type of fish.”

Until November 2013 there had not been a three-Michelin-star restaurant in Madrid for nearly two decades. Now that has changed with DiverXO: one out of eight restaurants in Spain with the highest accolade that the world’s most prestigious restaurant guide has to offer.

Chef Muñoz, Culinary Ambassador of Madrid, was chosen to select a team of chefs from the Spanish capital who will showcase the most innovative cuisines of the city in different venues and NYC restaurants throughout the first week in November. The Muñoz/Lightner collaboration dinner is the leading star of this Madrid endeavour.

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MATTHEW LIGHTNER

Chef Lightner has behind him a range of renowned restaurants including four times voted “The World’s Best Restaurant”, Copenhagen’s Noma, but most notably San Sebastián’s Mugaritz.

In 2010 he was named one of Food & Wine’s “Best New Chefs in America”, also receiving nominations for the Rising Star Chef award by the James Beard Foundation in both 2010 and 2011, and was included in Restaurant Hospitality’s list, named as one of the “10 Chefs to Watch”.

Since opening in March 2012, Atera has earned numerous accolades including a four star review from New York Magazine, a three star review from The New York Times, a spot on Bon Appetit’s Best 50 New Restaurants list, Esquire’s Best New Restaurants list as one of the Chefs to Watch, and was, in 2013, named StarChefs’ Rising Star.

Atera relies greatly on Chef Lightners innate connection to time and place to create a completely unique dining experience. The menu is a modern play on traditional flavours and is totally dependent on what is available daily, therefore changing accordingly.

The intriguing fine dining counter holds two stars in Guide Michelin.

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DETAILS

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The Muñoz/Lightner collaboration dinner is one night only.

Monday, November 3rd.
Seatings are at 6pm and also 9:30pm

Each $500 prepaid ticket includes pre-dinner drinks, dinner, beverage pairing, tax, and service. All sales are final and nonrefundable.

Reservations are available by email reservations@ateranyc.com or call directly at 212-226-1444 x1, 11am-5pm, Monday – Friday.

For press inquiries, please contact Kristian Brask Thomsen at

atera@bon-vivant.dk

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Hungry for more? Check out Chef Lightner’s guest appearance at Hangar 7.