Leonor Espinosa De La Ossa, also known by her nickname 'Leo', is a Colombian chef whose Bogotá restaurant, Leo Cocina y Cava, featuring a fusion of traditional and modern Colombian cuisine, first brought her to international attention when it opened in 2007.[1][2] Espinosa appears regularly on Colombian television, and also runs the restaurants Leo Cocina y Cava and Misia.
Her restaurant Leo Cocina y Cava was ranked in 2007 as one of the top 82 restaurants in the world by Condé Nast Traveller and has been awarded in 2014 and 2015 as one of the best restaurants in Colombia according to S. Pellegrino list of Latin Americas's 50 Best Restaurants. Being a prominent landmark, known by celebrating the national cuisine through its menu, Leo Cocina y Cava is a must for visitors and travellers.
Leo, has managed to refine tradition, memory and creativity. Her culinary proposal claims Colombian native flavours, combining contemporary art with field research, anthropological insight and immersion in different geographical locations country. In 2008 her vocation for gastronomic research led her to materialise the Leo Espinosa Foundation which aims to creates development initiatives in rural communities by strengthening culinary traditions, nutrition and food security.
Her current culinary proposal BIOMA-CYCLE focuses on the study through research, development and innovation in the diverse ecosystems in the Colombian territory. In each biome, she and her staff work with biologists, farmers and producers to make way for local products cuisine that recreates Colombia's collective memory.
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^Bruni, Frank (2 July 2013). "Colombia's Culinary Comeback". Condé Nast Traveller (July 2013). Retrieved 2013-11-05.
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