{"id":40261,"date":"2024-08-12T10:00:41","date_gmt":"2024-08-12T08:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/balfego.com\/?p=40261"},"modified":"2024-08-09T14:02:47","modified_gmt":"2024-08-09T12:02:47","slug":"pablo-zuazu-from-the-restaurant-via-veneto-is-a-finalist-for-chef-balfego-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/balfego.com\/en\/pablo-zuazu-from-the-restaurant-via-veneto-is-a-finalist-for-chef-balfego-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Pablo Zuazu, from the restaurant VIA VENETO*, is a finalist for Chef Balfeg\u00f3 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Pablo Zuazu \u00c1lvarez<\/strong>, sous chef of the <strong>Restaurant VIA VENETO*<\/strong> <strong>(Barcelona)<\/strong> will participate in the next edition of <strong>CHEF BALFEG\u00d3 2024<\/strong>, along with three other Spanish chefs and four international chefs (Portugal, Italy, Germany and Benelux).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-39887 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/balfego.com\/app\/uploads\/2024\/07\/PABLO-ZUAZU-RESTAURANTE-VIA-VENETO.-en-baja-1-1-200x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"636\" height=\"954\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/balfego.com\/app\/uploads\/2024\/07\/PABLO-ZUAZU-RESTAURANTE-VIA-VENETO.-en-baja-1-1-200x300.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/balfego.com\/app\/uploads\/2024\/07\/PABLO-ZUAZU-RESTAURANTE-VIA-VENETO.-en-baja-1-1-683x1024.jpeg 683w, https:\/\/balfego.com\/app\/uploads\/2024\/07\/PABLO-ZUAZU-RESTAURANTE-VIA-VENETO.-en-baja-1-1-768x1151.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/balfego.com\/app\/uploads\/2024\/07\/PABLO-ZUAZU-RESTAURANTE-VIA-VENETO.-en-baja-1-1.jpeg 854w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 636px) 100vw, 636px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Pablo studied Technical Cooking, Gastronomy and Restaurant Service at the <strong>CETT in Barcelona<\/strong>, and the Haute Cuisine Course at<strong> Escola San Ignasi (Barcelona)<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>In 2015 he did his first internship in the pastry shop of the renowned pastry chef <strong>Oriol Balaguer<\/strong>. In 2016 he continued his training at the restaurant <strong>Cenador de Am\u00f3s***<\/strong> (Villaverde de Pontones &#8211; Santander) run by chef Jes\u00fas S\u00e1nchez. In 2017 he returned to Barcelona to join chef <strong>Jordi Cruz<\/strong>&#8216;s team at the <strong>5*GL hotel-restaurant ABaC***<\/strong>. In 2018 he joined the team of Tast catal\u00e0 by<strong> Paco P\u00e9rez<\/strong> in Manchester (England). In 2019 he worked for four months at The Kitchen restaurant, until he joined the kitchens of a classic restaurant in Barcelona, <strong>VIA VENETO* (Barcelona)<\/strong>, as sous chef, where he continues to work today.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-39894 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/balfego.com\/app\/uploads\/2024\/07\/RESTAURANTE-VIA-VENETO.-en-baja-1-300x200.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"767\" height=\"511\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/balfego.com\/app\/uploads\/2024\/07\/RESTAURANTE-VIA-VENETO.-en-baja-1-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/balfego.com\/app\/uploads\/2024\/07\/RESTAURANTE-VIA-VENETO.-en-baja-1-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/balfego.com\/app\/uploads\/2024\/07\/RESTAURANTE-VIA-VENETO.-en-baja-1-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/balfego.com\/app\/uploads\/2024\/07\/RESTAURANTE-VIA-VENETO.-en-baja-1.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 100vw, 767px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Via Veneto*<\/strong>, the restaurant where Pablo works, is a real institution in the city of Barcelona, it can boast of being open since 1967, its modernist decoration makes it worthy of being protected for its historical value.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-39901 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/balfego.com\/app\/uploads\/2024\/07\/RESTAURANTE-VIA-VENETO.-en-baja-1-1-300x200.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"770\" height=\"513\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/balfego.com\/app\/uploads\/2024\/07\/RESTAURANTE-VIA-VENETO.-en-baja-1-1-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/balfego.com\/app\/uploads\/2024\/07\/RESTAURANTE-VIA-VENETO.-en-baja-1-1-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/balfego.com\/app\/uploads\/2024\/07\/RESTAURANTE-VIA-VENETO.-en-baja-1-1-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/balfego.com\/app\/uploads\/2024\/07\/RESTAURANTE-VIA-VENETO.-en-baja-1-1.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 770px) 100vw, 770px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Every corner of this restaurant contains a piece of the city&#8217;s history, as it was one of <strong>Salvador Dal\u00ed<\/strong>&#8216;s favourite restaurants. The painter from l&#8217;Empord\u00e0 would often arrive with an entourage of guests and put on performances. Over the years they have achieved <strong>1 Michelin Star<\/strong>, which they have held since 1974, <strong>3 Repsol Guide suns<\/strong>, the denomination as the <strong>third best restaurant in Barcelona 2022 (Macarfi)<\/strong>, the position <strong>No. 42 Best European Restaurant (The Daily Meal),<\/strong> and the <strong>National Gastronomy Award<\/strong> in 1984, 1994, 2013, 2019 and 2021.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-39908 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/balfego.com\/app\/uploads\/2024\/07\/ROSA-DE-ATUN-ROJO-RESTAURANTE-VIA-VENETO.-en-baja-1-300x176.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"773\" height=\"453\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/balfego.com\/app\/uploads\/2024\/07\/ROSA-DE-ATUN-ROJO-RESTAURANTE-VIA-VENETO.-en-baja-1-300x176.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/balfego.com\/app\/uploads\/2024\/07\/ROSA-DE-ATUN-ROJO-RESTAURANTE-VIA-VENETO.-en-baja-1-1024x600.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/balfego.com\/app\/uploads\/2024\/07\/ROSA-DE-ATUN-ROJO-RESTAURANTE-VIA-VENETO.-en-baja-1-768x450.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/balfego.com\/app\/uploads\/2024\/07\/ROSA-DE-ATUN-ROJO-RESTAURANTE-VIA-VENETO.-en-baja-1.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 773px) 100vw, 773px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Pablo works under the direction of <strong>chef David Andr\u00e9s<\/strong>. Balfeg\u00f3 Bluefin Tuna is a constant in this mythical and renowned restaurant in Barcelona, both in its menu and in its great degustation menu you can taste the<strong> CARPACCIO OF BALFEG\u00d3 BLUEFIN TUNA FROM L&#8217;AMETLLA DE MAR AND &#8220;WILD&#8221; SEA BASS<\/strong> <strong>(strawberries and beetroot from El Maresme).<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-39986 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/balfego.com\/app\/uploads\/2024\/07\/PABLO-ZUAZU-CON-ATUN-1-300x200.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"782\" height=\"521\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/balfego.com\/app\/uploads\/2024\/07\/PABLO-ZUAZU-CON-ATUN-1-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/balfego.com\/app\/uploads\/2024\/07\/PABLO-ZUAZU-CON-ATUN-1-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/balfego.com\/app\/uploads\/2024\/07\/PABLO-ZUAZU-CON-ATUN-1-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/balfego.com\/app\/uploads\/2024\/07\/PABLO-ZUAZU-CON-ATUN-1.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 782px) 100vw, 782px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The dishes that Pablo Zuazu will present in the international final of <strong>CHEF BALFEG\u00d3 2024<\/strong> fuse tradition and gastronomic avant-garde in equal proportions. The young chef recognises that he is proud to represent VIA VENETO* and the cuisine of Catalonia in this new edition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pablo Zuazu \u00c1lvarez, sous chef of the Restaurant VIA VENETO* (Barcelona) will participate in the next edition of CHEF BALFEG\u00d3 2024, along with three other Spanish chefs and four international chefs (Portugal, Italy, Germany and Benelux). &nbsp; Pablo studied Technical Cooking, Gastronomy and Restaurant Service at the CETT in Barcelona, and the Haute Cuisine Course &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/balfego.com\/en\/pablo-zuazu-from-the-restaurant-via-veneto-is-a-finalist-for-chef-balfego-2024\/\">Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":39880,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[303,304,305,365,366,309],"class_list":["post-40261","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-atun-rojo-en","tag-atun-rojo-balfego-en","tag-atun-rojo-sostenible-en","tag-chef-balfego-2024-en","tag-concursos-de-cocina-con-atun-rojo-en","tag-el-mejor-atun-rojo-del-mundo-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/balfego.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40261","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/balfego.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/balfego.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/balfego.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/balfego.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40261"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/balfego.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40261\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40262,"href":"https:\/\/balfego.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40261\/revisions\/40262"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/balfego.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39880"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/balfego.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40261"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/balfego.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40261"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/balfego.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40261"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}