Ángel León, Aponiente***

Ángel León (Jerez de la Frontera, 1977) is the owner and chef of the Aponiente restaurant, located in El Puerto de Santa María. It has received five Michelin stars and three Repsol Suns. He began his cooking studies at the Taberna del Alabardero, in Seville. Three years later he left for France, where he worked at the Le Chapon Fin restaurant in Bordeaux. He returned to Spain to work with Fernando Córdoba at the El Faro restaurant, to later take over La Casa del Temple, in Toledo. After a few years he returned to the province of Cádiz to start Aponiente in the town of El Puerto de Santa María, a restaurant specializing in marine products, which is why León is known as "The Chef of the Sea". The restaurant focuses on seafood, not just fish, made with unusual presentations.