AN EMOTIONAL JOURNEYTO THE EPICENTREOF FLAVOUR
Joan, Josep and Jordi. The Roca brothers, the three vertices of an equilateral triangle whose synergy gives shape to a cuisine unlike any other. A three-player game which is based on effort, perseverance, curiosity and emotion. The result is El Celler de Can Roca, where gastronomy is interpreted in a different, unique way. Cuisine, wine and the world of desserts in a perfect fraternity to delight the palate.
The Roca brothers’ passion for cooking originated in Can Roca, the bar-restaurant that their parents, Josep and Montserrat, opened on the outskirts of Girona. Josep Roca Sr., who the brothers affectionately nicknamed “the boss”, was a bus driver on the line between Sant Esteve de Llémena and Girona. One day, while out on his usual route, he saw premises with a for-sale sign, and did not think twice about it, convinced that opening a restaurant opposite a factory and next to a bus stop was a safe bet when it came to getting clients.
In Can Roca, which still operates as a restaurant, the three brothers grew up learning to love cooking, with the inspiration of the dishes that Montserrat and Granny Angeleta prepared. The best place to learn that gastronomy must be, above all, respectful, generous and honest.
Years later, El Celler de Can Roca, the restaurant the brothers decided to open, would be awarded three Michelin stars, and was voted The World’s Best Restaurant by The World’s 50 Best Restaurants on two occasions, in 2013 and 2015. This year, the same list has named them ‘Best of The Best Restaurant’, ad eternum.
TRADITION AND MODERNITY
The Roca brothers studied at the Escola d’Hosteleria de Girona, where they learned about the academic cuisine which, combined with a traditional base, has resulted in an internationally acclaimed restaurant, committed to creative cuisine without losing sight of its roots. “What matters is that the client leaves happy and wants to come back, regardless of whether the restaurant is number one, or number two, three or fifty,” says Joan.
In El Celler de Can Roca the allocation of roles among the three brothers is one of the secrets of their success. Three brilliant minds that come together to bring out the best in themselves and each other. Joan, the eldest brother, is the master chef. His dishes arbitrate between science and tradition, technology and sensitivity, and the result is an emotional journey for the diner.
His contributions to sous-vide and low-temperature cooking have transformed the way of looking at 21st century gastronomy. Furthermore, his generous vocation for teaching has led him to reveal the secrets of his cuisine for over 20 years, and to collaborate in different university programmes, such as the Harvard course ‘Science & Cooking’.
Joan was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Girona. Additionally, this year he has been named Honorary Academic Member of the Royal European Academy of Doctors, and together with his brothers, he is an ambassador for the United Nations Sustainable Development programmes.
Gastronomy must be, above all, respectful,
generous and honest
WINE AND DESSERTS
Josep Roca’s first contact with wine was in the cellar of his parents’ bar-restaurant, where he did not hesitate to chat with customers, even as a child. While playing, he laid the foundations of his two great talents: wine and dining service.
An expert in the art of food and wine pairing, and maître of El Celler de Can Roca, he received the National Gastronomy Award for Best Maître in 2004, the National Gastronomy Award and the International Academy of Gastronomy Award for Best Sommelier on several occasions, and the Gueridón Gold Award for Best Maître in 2013.
Josep likes to call himself a “wine waiter” and, according to the critics, he has achieved a boundless associative aptitude for dishes and wines. Nowadays he combines his work in El Celler de Can Roca with teaching, as well as writing a wine column for La Vanguardia and travelling the world giving lectures.
For his part, Jordi Roca defines himself as “el postrero”, which in Spanish means ‘the last to arrive’, and it is also a play on the word postre, which means ‘dessert’. Of the Roca brothers, he is the last-born, and he makes the last dish served to the diner. His training in the world of desserts was under the talented Welsh pastry chef, Damian Allsop, who provided him with all the necessary tools to understand the secrets of a culinary niche that allows you to “create and fly.”
Over the last few years Jordi has not stopped having fun, dreaming, provoking and playing, caught up in the absolute need to reflect his life in desserts, where creativity can spring from a walk, a landscape, a smell or an emotion. Within his freedom and freshness, he likes to push the boundaries. An irreverent fantasy that arrives at the end of the meal, where the boundaries between convention and fantasia have been broken down.
This year Jordi Roca has been named Honorary Academic Member of the Royal European Academy of Doctors. In 2014, he was named The World’s Best Pastry Chef in The World’s 50 Best awards, and along with his brothers, he received the Gold Medal of Merit in the Fine Arts in 2015.
One of the secrets of El Celler de Can Roca’s success lies in the raw materials. The Roca brothers have not lost sight of tradition, but neither have they sacrificed innovation, on the assumption that the most diverse cuisine is always more surprising and fun. A passionate, intelligent, creative game, in which the dishes are defined with commitment, drawing inspiration from any aspect of life that is worthwhile.
In the Roca brothers’ restaurant, technical and aesthetic perfection go hand in hand. Culinary harmony where the luxury lies in emotion and naturalness. A once-in-a-lifetime experience. El Celler de Can Roca: the name says it all.
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