Fabio Gambirasi

The Climb

Training at Multiple Michelin-starred restaurants in France and Italy gave Fabio Gambirasi a foundation in kitchens where control, repetition, and exact timing are the work. That background matters in his cooking: it reads as measured and technically fluent, with the discipline of those early rooms still visible in the way he builds a plate. Taken together, those roles map a progression through standards-driven kitchens, where the emphasis is less on flourish than on precision, consistency, and the ability to hold a line under pressure. Today, that same discipline carries into Agreste and Agreste Mar in Barcelona, Spain, where Fabio Gambirasi serves as chef and owner of Agreste and chef of Agreste Mar. The move from training kitchens to ownership keeps the same priorities intact: food, identity, and execution remain linked, and the work is presented with the calm control of someone who has learned how to run a room as well as cook in one.

Today

At Agreste, the cooking is framed by Gambirasi himself as "contemporary Italian in style." In practice, that places the work in a modern register while keeping its ties to Italian structure clear. The other principle he states is equally direct: "Behind each preparation, there is a philosophy that values the seasonality of the product, its proximity, and authenticity." Read plainly, that is a kitchen organized around timing, sourcing, and clarity, with the menu shaped by what is close and current rather than by display. Agreste Mar extends that approach in the same city, with Fabio Gambirasi again in the dual position of chef and restaurateur. Having both projects in Barcelona shows a working method built on consistency rather than reinvention for its own sake. The result is two rooms carrying the same language: contemporary Italian cooking, exacting but controlled, and attentive to place without overstatement.

Signature

Original tiramisù prepared with Turkish coffee shows how Fabio Gambirasi handles a classic: he keeps the form legible, then shifts the flavor note enough to make the dessert his own. The signature sits between recognition and adjustment, using a familiar Italian reference point while giving it a different accent.

In Their Words “Behind each preparation, there is a philosophy that values the seasonality of the product, its proximity, and authenticity.”