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Speaker

Joan Roca

Chef at El Celler de Can Roca*** (Girona, Spain)

A spearhead of creativity in Spain and around the world, Joan Roca (Girona, 1964) runs El Celler de Can Roca in Girona together with his brothers Jordi and Josep, a restaurant that has had three Michelin stars since 2010.

El Celler de Can Roca took first prize for the world’s best restaurant in 2013 and 2015 on the 50Best list, which has now consolidated it as Best of the Best. The Roca brothers inherited the family profession from their parents who ran, and still run, Can Roca in the same neighbourhood where El Celler is now located, and which Joan and Josep opened in 1986. Joan Roca’s cooking – winning him the Spanish National Gastronomy Award 2000 for Best Head Chef – has grown and evolved thanks to studying and travelling. In addition, he has invented a wide range of new techniques, gadgets and recipes for the sector. Among them is the Roner, a device that allows the temperature of water used for cooking to be controlled with great precision, and the Rotaval, which allows food to be distilled with flavours.

In 2021 he opened a new place in the centre of Girona, a “Normal” restaurant.

Joan Roca

Partners

Organizers

El Diario Vasco GSR GRUP

Institutional Sponsors

Eusko Jaurlaritza Gipuzkoa Turismoa Donostia San Sebastián
Hazi Muy Gipuzkoa DONOSTIA SUSTAPENA FOMENTO

Guest Destination

RIO DE JANEIRO VISIT RIO

Sponsors

Junta de Andalucía Junta de Andalucía Junta de Andalucía
XUNTA DE GALICIA - CONSELLERÍA DO MAR GRAN CANARIA ME GUSTA ICEX BASQUE CULINARY CENTER SAN MIGUEL JAEN SELECCIÓN Región de Murcia 1.001 SABORES REGIÓN DE MURCIA ASTURIAS, COCINA DE PAISAJE TENERIFE Sabadell BALFEGÓ CAFÉS BAQUÉ S.PELLEGRINO Lacor Getariako Tzakolina Riedel Ondarreta MIBRASA

Official Supplier

Makro

Contributors

TURESPAÑA JETRO (Japan External Trade Organization) DEPUTACIÓN DA CORUÑA - A PAISAXE QUE SABE SAMMIC JANBY DIGITAL KITCHEN Ostras Sorlut Le noveau chef ICC KLIMER AIALA CEBANC