Dabiz Muñoz says that Diverxo is “the worst restaurant in the world” and puts an expiration date on it

The Best Chef in the World for three consecutive years presents his documentary these days, UniverXo Dabiz (Netflix), an intimate portrait of the culinary artist and his most ambitious project, Diverxo. At 44 years old, the husband of Cristina Pedroche reveals his ‘darkest’ side: obsessive, perfectionist, suffering… A side that he tries to improve with the help of his psychologist, with whom he has been in therapy for a long time, and which leads him to say things like this: “My restaurant is the worst in the world”. Thank goodness he explains it later: “My team is the best but I don’t enjoy it, I have a terrible time because I see many failures in the execution, in the presentation… When I eat there, I suffer like a dog.”

Dabiz Muñoz He has reviewed his meteoric career, which began at the age of 27: “The first year I slept on an inflatable mattress in the basement, until my mother came and punctured it for me,” he revealed with a laugh. “It marks my professional agenda and also my personal life. Maintaining this for 18 years is very difficult, it is very aggressive with my life and I have a dichotomy in which I consider whether or not I want to continue with Diverxo, but I have no answer.” The chef assures that the pace of his life is very demanding and he will not be able to endure it much longer: “I give myself 10 more years, then I will continue traveling, trying things, experimenting… but it will not be Diverxo, it will be a new project.” Muñoz has confessed: “It has been almost two overwhelming decades, I have given my life to Diverxo and my concept of success has changed a lot. One day it will cease to exist, but until then it has to be the fucking best. When it stops being that, no I love you”.

Dabiz has highlighted the importance of mental health: “My family is my priority and as for the rest of my agenda, neither my therapy nor my sport can be missed. Therapy has taught me a lot to know myself, to say things I didn’t know. that I had hidden, to manage my obsessions… I am a very obsessive person and sometimes it is my driving force but also my burden and if you don’t manage it well it becomes a torment and a nightmare. My psychologist has taught me a lot to understand myself and. understand me.” And he continues: “I had never been aware that I was so obsessive, I had not thought about this, I thought I was a moron who was into things, marathons, paddle tennis… Now I am a paddle tennis professional.” And between laughs, he revealed: “I founded Joselu Mato.”