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Sep 14, 2017 · These words could only be referencing Joan Roca, one third of the team of brothers behind the globally acclaimed El Celler de Can Roca. Often described as humble, nurturing and inspiring, he’s also a deeply competitive, ambitious and driven individual. He may be the kindest cook on the planet, but Roca makes no secret of his desire to be No.1.
He was a boy when he first wore a cooking coat to help his mother in the kitchen of the family’s traditional restaurant, Can Roca, in Taialà, a neighborhood lying on the outskirts of Girona (the city where he was born in 1964). As a young 22 year-old man, after studying at Escola d'Hosteleria de Girona, he decided to open with his brother ...
2006. The book El Celler de Can Roca, una simfonia fantàstica (El Celler de Can Roca, a fantastic symphony), by Jaume Coll (Edicions Domeny), was published. The book detailed the restaurant’s evolution over its first twenty years, step by step and person by person. It was published in Catalan, Spanish, French and English.
Oct 7, 2013 · Shaking hands with Joan Roca in the press area at the 25thedition of The Restaurant Show, I’m quickly overcome by a sense of awe. This is a man who is head chef and owner of El Cellar de Can Roca, a restaurant named best in the world (according to the San Pellegrino World’s 50 Best Restaurants Awards 2013) which heralds the most amount of Michelin stars a restaurant can receive.
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Perhaps Joan Roca’s path in life was determined years before he was even born, but ultimately his decision to follow his family into the kitchen was one he made willingly. Joan Roca, and his brothers Josep and Jordi, all grew up in and around their parents’ restaurant, Can Roca. Joan recalls his first interaction with the culinary world as being: “...
El Celler de Can Roca didn’t expect to win all the awards it has, but there is no doubt they deserved them and it seems once they started winning, they just couldn’t stop! From 2009 to 2013, the restaurant was in the top 5 best restaurants in the worldand in 2016 Joan was voted as the best chef by Chefs’ Choice Award by Restaurant Magazine. Joan’s ...
Joan Roca strikes a unique balance between being a hometown hero and a globally renowned chef. He has acquired a wealth of experience over his years running El Celler de Can Roca and maintaining it’s visionary status has meant hiring hospitality professionals that share his attitude, desire, and drive. With this in mind, he says that when hiring ne...
Today, he runs his own restaurant project, El Celler de Can Roca, along with his brothers Josep—sommelier—and Jordi—pastry chef. The creative culinary hustle of the Roca triad, its vibrant sense of hospitality, and the special fraternal connection of cuisine, wine and the sweet world catapulted the restaurant to the top of The World’s 50 Best Restaurants in 2013 and 2015.
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Roca. Roca Corporación Empresarial is the parent company of a group of companies dedicated to the design, production and marketing of products for bathroom spaces. Roca has its headquarters in Barcelona and is present in more than 170 markets. It has 78 production centers in 18 countries and directly employs 24,000 people.
