Santiago Santamaria i Puig (26 July 1957 – 16 February 2011), known as Santi Santamaria (), was a
Spanish
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**Spanish cuisine
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* 13178 Catalan, asteroid #1 ...
avant-garde
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chef. He was the first Catalan chef and owner to have his restaurant receive three stars from the
Michelin Guide
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(
Can Fabes
Can Fabes was a restaurant close to Barcelona, in Sant Celoni, Catalonia, Spain. The chef was Santi Santamaria, who was the first Catalan cook ever to get 3 Michelin stars. Santamaria has been the president of Relais Gourmands and vice president o ...
in 1994).
His second restaurant (Sant Celoni) was awarded two Michelin stars.
His style was a modern interpretation of traditional
Catalan cuisine and
slow food
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, focusing on fresh
Mediterranean ingredients.
Santamaria made controversial accusations against the "
molecular gastronomy
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" of other Spanish chefs, singling out
Ferran Adrià
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.
Santamaria died on 16 February 2011 in his restaurant in
Marina Bay Sands,
Singapore
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of a
heart attack
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.
References
External links
Gourmandia Profile
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Chefs from Catalonia
Spanish chefs
1957 births
2011 deaths
Head chefs of Michelin starred restaurants