Chef
Francis Paniego
Chef, El Portal de Echaurren
- Discipline
- Chef
- Based in
- Logroño, Spain
Known for
- Two Michelin stars at El Portal de Echaurren (2004, 2013)
- One Michelin star at Marqués de Riscal Restaurant (2011)
- National Gastronomic Prize 2012
- Creative reinterpretation of La Rioja terroir cuisine
i. Biography
Francis Paniego, born in April 1968 in Ezcaray, La Rioja, Spain, is the chef of the two-Michelin-starred El Portal de Echaurren in Ezcaray, which he opened in 2002 as a creative reinterpretation of his family's century-old legacy, earning its first Michelin star in 2004 and a second in 2013. He received the National Gastronomic Prize as Spain's best chef in 2012. Paniego also directed the culinary offerings at the one-Michelin-starred Marqués de Riscal Restaurant in Elciego from 2006, earning a star in 2011, alongside three Repsol Suns for El Portal.
Profile updated July 2026
