Portrait of Abel Álvarez
i. Biography
Abel Álvarez is a Spanish chef, master parrillero, and the chef-proprietor of Güeyu-Mar in Playa de Vega (Ribadesella, Asturias). After working for two decades in regional kitchens, he opened Güeyu-Mar with Luisa Cajigal in 2007, earning international acclaim for his precise ember-grilling of wild Cantabrian fish. In 2016, he pioneered Conservas Güeyu-Mar, an artisanal line of wood-grilled tinned seafood.
