Juan-Mari Arzak
CV and info
Date of birth
01.01.1942
in
Alza, San Sebastian, E
Training
1960 - 1966: School of Hotel Management
CV
since 1966: Restaurant Arzak, Alza, San Sebastian (together with his mother Francisca Arzak)
1977 - 1980: Paul Bocuse, Alain Senderens, Troisgros
1989: *** Guide Rouge (Michelin)
1977 - 1980: Paul Bocuse, Alain Senderens, Troisgros
1989: *** Guide Rouge (Michelin)
Philosophy
If you think of us in musical terms I'm an old rock and roller, and my daughter is heavy metal!
Member of
1975: Nueva Cocina vasca
1979: Relais & Châteaux
Sociedad Gastronómica Artzak Ortzeok
1979: Relais & Châteaux
Sociedad Gastronómica Artzak Ortzeok
Awards
2005: Chef of the month, Der Feinschmecker (German trade journal)
Special aspects
Juan-Mari Arzak learnt to cook at his mother's and grandmother's knees in the family business. The restaurant is in the big house that his family built in the village of Alza as a wine-cellar and tavern back in 1897.
