Manu Buffara

Chef and owner of Manu restaurant, in Curitiba, Brazil, Manoella Buffara Ramos is the number 21 in the 2021 Best Chef Awards worldwide ranking. Involved in conservation and sustainability projects as Urban Gardens in Curitiba and the conservation of Brazilian native bees, she sees food as a drive to connect with her land, her people, her family and the planet. Her mantra is “to make it happen”.