Jordi Roca
Roca in September 2014
Born
Jordi Roca i Fontané

(1978-11-28) 28 November 1978 (age 45)
EducationApprenticeship
Culinary career
Cooking styleMolecular gastronomy
Current restaurant(s)

Jordi Roca i Fontané (born 28 November 1978, Girona, Catalonia, Spain) is the pastry chef of the restaurant El Celler de Can Roca. In 2014, he won the inaugural "World's Best Pastry Chef" award from Restaurant magazine.[1] In April 2018, an episode of Chef's Table: Pastry featuring Jordi debuted on Netflix.[2] In 2023, Jordi Roca appeared on PastryClass [3] with his first-ever online class, where he teaches Plating Senses.

He suffers from dysphonia, a neurological disease that has left him permanently hoarse.

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References

  1. ^ [1] The worlds 50 best
  2. ^ "'Chef's Table: Pastry' Recap: Jordi Roca Turns Dirt into Dessert". Eater. Retrieved 2018-10-09.
  3. ^ "PastryClass: The World's Best Online Pastry Classes". 2023-09-01. Retrieved 2023-10-11.
  4. ^ El Celler de Can Roca consigue la tercera estrella Michelin Article de Pau Arenós an El Periodico, 25/11/2009 20:52 h
  5. ^ "El Celler de Can Roca, mejor restaurante del mundo". La Vanguardia. 2013-04-29. Retrieved 2013-04-30.