Josep Lladonosa i Giró

Who is Josep Lladonosa i Giró?

Josep Lladonosa i Giró is a Spanish chef and food-writer. He has been chef of the charming and celebre restaurant Set Portes in Barcelona for fifty years. During this time he has also done a big research about cooking and gastronomy in Catalonia, which he has documented since the Middle Ages and he has diffused it in a large amount of books and articles. Some of them have been translated in some languages as Spanish, English, French, etc. He is a famous gastronomy teacher as well. He has collaborated with people as Joan Amades or Jaume Fàbrega. In 2003 he won the highest Catalan honneur given by the Generalitat de Catalunya, the Creu de Sant Jordi.