"I learned to cook from my grandmother, who never owned a thermometer and never made the same dish twice."

• 1986Born in Pollenzo, between vineyards and his grandmother's hearth.
• 2008Stages at Mugaritz and Etxebarri. Learns the discipline of fire.
• 2014Opens Ombra with twelve seats and no sign on the door.
• 2019First star. Refuses to expand. Closes Sundays and Mondays.
• 2024Second star. Same twelve seats. Same fire.