Asturias

Speaker

Jaime Uz

Chef at Arbidel* (Ribadesella, Asturias, Spain)

Born in Oviedo, and Asturian through and through, Jaime Uz is in charge of the kitchen at the Michelin-starred Arbidel restaurant in Ribadesella's old town.

Jaime Uz's Michelin Star and Repsol "Sol" started off with a warning from his aunt, "You'll burn yourself!", when he began messing around in the kitchen of the family cafeteria in Oviedo. This passion and vocation were honed at the Oviedo Catering School and alongside Irízar, Berasategui and Arbelaitz, before he opened his own Arbidel restaurant in 2009 in his own town, Ribadesella.

Uz's cooking is delicate and simple, but never forsakes the essence of local cuisine, "our own cooking, using the produce of Asturias taken from the land and the sea", he explains.

Arbidel, which now has a Star and a Sol, takes its name from one of the characters in "La Fonte del Cay", an old Asturias tale written in the local "Bable" language. It is located in a small pedestrianised street in Ribadesella's old quarter, with a pretty terrace at the entrance. In the dining room, which is both rural and modern according to Michelin, the magic emerges thanks to a menu with links to the land, "quite modern in terms of format, but respectful with both produce and tastes", the French guide remarks.

Jaime Uz

Partners

Organizers

El Diario Vasco GSR GRUP

Institutional Sponsors

Eusko Jaurlaritza Gipuzkoa Turismoa Donostia San Sebastián
Hazi Muy Gipuzkoa DONOSTIA SUSTAPENA FOMENTO

Guest Destination

RIO DE JANEIRO VISIT RIO

Sponsors

Junta de Andalucía Junta de Andalucía Junta de Andalucía
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Official Supplier

Makro

Contributors

TURESPAÑA JETRO (Japan External Trade Organization) DEPUTACIÓN DA CORUÑA - A PAISAXE QUE SABE SAMMIC JANBY DIGITAL KITCHEN Ostras Sorlut Le noveau chef ICC KLIMER AIALA CEBANC