Colombian chef wins top prize

MEXICO CITY - Leonor Espinosa, a Colombian chef known for sourcing local ingredients and giving back to the communities that supply them, won the Basque Culinary World Prize on Monday, a 100,000-euro ($114,000) prize for chefs who make a difference.

Espinosa, the head chef at LEO in Bogota and founder of the Funleo foundation, received the award in Mexico City from a star-studded jury presided by Spanish chef Joan Roca, whose restaurant El Celler de Can Roca has twice been named the best in the world.

The jury called Espinosa "one of Colombia's most celebrated chefs and a key figure in its gastronomic renaissance".