Joan Roca i Fontané
Also Known As: Joan Roca
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Girona, Girona, Catalonia, Spain
Adult: No
Birthday: January 11, 1964
Age: 61 years old
Gender: Male
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Cooking up a Tribute
Overview: The Roca brothers, co-owners of one of the world's best restaurants, made the decision to close their restaurant for five weeks to tour six cities in four different countries with the entire kitchen and dining room staff.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2015-06-02
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The Dream
Overview: El somni (The Dream) is a remarkable film directed by Franc Aleu, which shows the creative process of over 40 international artists who participated in a dinner put together as an opera in twelve dishes, with gastronomic creations by the Roca brothers, from the restaurant El Celler de Can Roca. A visual experience that enables the spectator to get to know the dynamic approach and the challenges that have taken the Roca brothers to the top. Images, matter, music, flavor and smell converge on this journey with guests such as Ferran Adrià, Zubin Mehta, Miquel Barceló, Freida Pinto, Sílvia Pérez Cruz and Harold McGee.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: ca
Release Date: 2014-05-09
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Finding Gastón
Overview: There are many great chefs around the world. Only one is considered to be a National hero. Meet chef Gaston Acurio and follow him in a journey to find out the stories, the inspirations and the dreams behind the man that has taken his cuisine outside the kitchen in a mission to change his country with food. Let this journey take you into the world of Peruvian cuisine to discover the power of food in Peru. Because the people that are passionate enough to believe they can make a difference are actually the ones who do.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2014-03-20
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Arzak: Since 1897
Overview: The story of the transformation of traditional cooking into nouvelle cuisine through 100 years of history at Donostia's Arzak restaurant, run by Juan Mari Arzak and his daughter Elena Arzak.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2020-09-18
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Tasting Menu
Overview: As one of the world's best restaurants opens for its final evening, a couple in the midst of a divorce who made their reservation a year ago (before separating) reunite for a once-in-lifetime meal.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2013-06-14
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Mibu. The Moon On A Dish
Overview: Documentary film opening the doors to one of today's most influential restaurants, Mibu, hidden away in a spot where classic Japan meets cosmopolitan Tokyo. The Ishida husband and wife duo tell us their story and share their sources of inspiration with the spectators. All told by some of the world's greatest chefs who have been touched by Mibu: Ferran Adrià, José Andrés, Massimo Bottura, Joan Roca, Andoni Aduriz, Oriol Castro and Albert Raurich.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: ca
Release Date: 2022-09-20
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Plat en blanc
Overview: Plat en Blanc follows the journey of the three chefs behind the Disfrutar restaurant to turn it into the best in the world, exploring their creative process, the legacy of El Bulli, and how their profession impacts their personal lives. From its beginnings to the present day, the chefs share the pressure to innovate, their sacrifice, and cooking as art and emotion.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: ca
Release Date: 2025-05-05
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