Chef
Diego Guerrero
Chef & Proprietor, DSTAgE
- Discipline
- Chef
- Based in
- Madrid, Spain
- Venue
- DSTAgE · Restaurant
Known for
- Founder and chef of DSTAgE, a two Michelin-starred restaurant in Madrid with a Green Michelin Star
- Pioneering weekend closures to prioritize staff work-life balance in haute cuisine
- Innovative minimalist cuisine using alternative and globally-sourced ingredients
- Signature dishes including anchovy lasagna with lacto-fermented butter, koji-fermented wheat pizza, and four-day aged steamed hake
i. Biography
Diego Guerrero Peromingo is a Spanish chef born in April 1975 in Vitoria-Gasteiz who founded DSTAgE in Madrid in 2014, an informal haute cuisine restaurant that earned two Michelin stars and a Green Michelin Star for its sustainable practices and innovative tasting menus. Before establishing DSTAgE, he served as head chef at El Club Allard in Madrid from 2003 to 2013, where the restaurant received two Michelin stars under his leadership in 2007 and 2011. His culinary philosophy emphasizes creative freedom, globalization of flavors, and minimalist cuisine that transforms alternative ingredients into emotionally resonant dishes.
Profile updated April 2026
