Meet Baltasar Díaz Corbacho
Great cooking starts with great ingredients.
Baltasar knows both worlds of gastronomy. He has worked alongside some of the most well known chefs, including Martín Berasategui, Santi Santamaría and Alain Ducasse.
As Executive Chef at Santo Restaurante, at Seville's EME Catedral Hotel, he led the kitchen to its first Michelin star just nine months after opening, under Martín Berasategui's direction.
His work has taken him around the world, sharing his knowledge at culinary events and discovering new ingredients, flavours and cultures. But wherever he goes, his cooking always takes him back home.
Born in Ronda, southern Spain, Baltasar grew up in his family's restaurant. Some of his earliest food memories come from watching his mother, grandmother and aunties cooking. That is where he first learned to appreciate honest food, local ingredients and the kind of cooking that comes from experience, instinct and generations of tradition.
Today, those memories remain at the heart of his cooking. He believes in fresh, seasonal products, local suppliers and letting good ingredients speak for themselves. At BOC, this is what he loves to bring to the table. The experience of fine dining, the soul of traditional cooking and a genuine love for local produce.
A little fun fact: Spanish is his first language, but he will happily chat with guests in English or French.
Perfectionist in the kitchen, joker at heart and always ready to enjoy a good meal, a good laugh and the pleasures of life.