Luis Irizar
Luis Irizar Zamora | |
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| Born | 1930 La Havana, Cuba |
| Culinary career | |
| Cooking style | New Basque cuisine |
| Website | http://www.escuelairizar.com |
Luis Irizar Zamora (born 1930 in La Havana, Cuba) is one of the founding members of the New Basque Cuisine.
Early years[]
Born to parents from San Sebastián, he has always had strong ties to the city and started his career as a chef in the prestigious . During this early period he also worked at the in San Sebastián, the Restaurant Royal Monceau in Paris and the Hilton in London.
The catering school years[]
In 1976 Luis Irizar opened the Escuela de Hostelería del Hotel in Zarautz, then the first catering school in the Basque Country. This school over the years has produced some of the most renowned chefs of the new Basque cuisine movement in the Basque Country, amongst them Karlos Arguiñano, , and Pedro Subijana.
Later career[]
After spells of working in Madrid and running the , he moved back to San Sebastián, this time to found the Luis Irizar Sukaldaritza Eskola ("Luis Irizar School of Cooking") in 1993.[1]
References[]
- ^ "Luis Irizar / Chef - Elkarrizketa - Euskonews & Media". euskonews.com. Retrieved 31 July 2010.
- Etxeberria, H. et al. Erabateko Sukaldaritza Ttarttalo 1998
- Spanish chefs
- Basque cuisine
- Living people
- 1930 births
- Spanish expatriates in the United Kingdom
- People from San Sebastián
- Cuban chefs
- People from Havana
- Spanish expatriates in France