Luis Irizar
Luis Irizar Zamora | |
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Donostia, Spain | |
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| Cooking style | New Basque cuisine |
| Website | http://www.escuelairizar.com |
Luis Irizar Zamora (30 May 1930 – 9 December 2021) was one of the founding members of the New Basque Cuisine.
Early years
Born to parents from
Hilton in London
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The catering school years
In 1976, Irizar opened the Escuela de Hostelería del Hotel 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, José Ramón Elizondo, Ramón Roteta, and Pedro Subijana.
Later career and death
After spells of working in Madrid and running the Restaurante Irizar, he moved back to San Sebastián, this time to found the Luis Irizar Sukaldaritza Eskola ("Luis Irizar School of Cooking") in 1993.[1]
He died on 9 December 2021, at the age of 91.[2]
References
- ^ "Luis Irizar / Chef - Elkarrizketa - Euskonews & Media". euskonews.com. Retrieved 31 July 2010.
- ^ Luis Irizar, el 'maestro de maestros' de la cocina vasca, fallece a los 91 años (in Spanish)
- Etxeberria, H. et al. Erabateko Sukaldaritza Ttarttalo 1998
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