The 50 Next list, where 50 Best, which chooses the best restaurants and bars in the world, chose the future stars in gastronomy, has been announced. The list, which was announced with a live all-day event in Bilbao, Spain, includes names aged 35 and under, defined as the leaders of the future in the field of gastronomy.
The youngest name on the 50 Next 2022 list is 22-year-old Ghanaian coder Mustapha Diyaol-Haqq, who is leading the charge for agricultural innovation.
Important chefs of the gastronomy world Mauro Colagreco, Dominique Crenn and Joan Roca also took part in the 50 Next event with a series of presentations, live interviews and interactive panels to celebrate the voices of the future of gastronomy.
50 Next: Class of 2022
Empowering Educators
Arielle Johnson, 35 – New York, USA
Charles Michel, 36 – Bogotá, Colombia
Chloé Charles, 35 – Paris, France
Anusha Murthy, 30, and Elizabeth Yorke, 29 – Bangalore, India
Yi Jun Loh, 29 – Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Vinesh Johny, 33 – Bangalore, India
Entrepreneurial Creatives
Camila Fiol Stephens, 34 – Santiago, Chile
Caroline Cotto, 29 – Oakland, USA
Dinara Kasko, 33 – Kharkov City, Ukraine
Juan Pablo Medina, 29 – Copenhagen, Denmark
Mariana da Silva Vasconcelos, 30 – Campinas, Brazil
Oscar Ekponimo, 36 – Abuja, Nigeria
Travinder Singh, 31 – Singapore
Gamechanging Producers
Corrado Paternò Castello, 30 – Catania, Italy
Dharath Hoonchamlong, 29 – Bangkok, Thailand
Jessica Naomi Fong, 31 – Hong Kong
Martin Texier, 32 – Saint-Julien-en-Saint-Alban, France
Pol Contreras Vilapriñó, 36 – Ezcaray, Spain
Rosanna Gahler, 25 – Alt Madlitz, Germany
Yu Hsuan Cheng, 34 – Taipei
Rahaf Allymoni, 29 – Amsterdam, Netherlands
Hospitality Pioneers
Debora Fadul, 36 – Guatemala City, Guatemala
Jackwing Yao, 31, Lola Liu, 30 and Tiger Liang, 27 – Guangzhou and Shenzhen, China
Javier Rivero Yarza, 31 – Tolosa, Basque Country
Michael Adé Elégbèdé, 32 – Lagos, Nigeria
Mmabatho Molefe, 27 – Cape Town, South Africa
Santiago Lastra, 32 – London, UK
Mette Brink Søberg, 32 – Copenhagen, Denmark
Zineb Hattab, 32 – Zurich, Switzerland
Science Innovators
Asrar Damdam, 29 – Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Eneko Axpe, 35 – San Francisco, USA
Gregory Constantine, 33 – New York, USA and Stafford Sheehan, 33 – New York, USA
Jessica Bogard, 34 – Brisbane, Australia
Nidiya Kusmaya, 30 – Sukabumi, Indonesia
Risha Jasmine Nathan, 34 – New Delhi, India
Verleen Goh, 35 – Singapore
Sara Marquart, 33 – Zurich, Switzerland and Maximilian Marquart, 36 – Munich, Germany
Tech Disruptors
Daniella Kwayu, 31 – Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Fengru Lin, 34 – Singapore
Magdalena Jüngst, 29, and Tim Jäger, 30 – Munich, Germany
Mustapha Diyaol-Haqq, 22 – Accra, Ghana
Nick Berry, 34 – Kingscote, Australia
Scott-William Braley, 34 – Le Havre, France
Farah Emara, 31 – Giza, Egypt
Trailblazing Activists
Alpha Sennon, 35 – Siparia, Trinidad and Tobago
Nicola Kagoro, 33 – Harare, Zimbabwe
Nidhi Pant, 29 – Mumbai, India
Zacarias González, 37 – New York, USA
Jenny Dorsey, 31 – Los Angeles, USA
Lefteris Arapakis, 28 – Piraeus, Greece