Three-Michelin-star chef Fina Puigdevall. Photo: Google

By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS

A top Michelin star chef will be taking over some of Mexico City’s top restaurants this week in an effort to showcase the Mexican capital’s premiere cuisine while also helping to fight breast cancer.

The multifaceted Michelin Chef Meets Mexico experience, sponsored by Michelin, the globally renowned tire company and name behind the world’s leading guide to quality restaurants, and overseen by the company’s subsidiary Robert Parker Wine Advocate, will be held on Wednesday, Oct. 11, at the Mondrian Hotel in Colonia Condesa, on Thursday, Oct. 12, at the Hotel Condesa DF and on Friday, Oct. 13, at the capital’s Sofitel Hotel.

Tickets for the dinners start at 4,500 pesos per person and include a five-course meal and wine pairing prepared by internationally acclaimed, three-Michelin-star chef Fina Puigdevall from the Les Cols en Olot restaurant in Girona, Spain.

The accompanying wines will be selected from Michelin’s e Robert Parker guide.

All three Michelin-star meals will start at 7 p.m. and last for five hours.