Iñaki López de Viñaspre

The Path

Training at University of Barcelona gave Iñaki López de Viñaspre a base where formal study met the practical demands of hospitality. That combination shaped a working style defined by steadiness, exactness, and service as a craft discipline rather than an accessory to it. In 1994, he co-founded Irati, establishing a line that still runs through the present. Today, that line remains active: he is still co-founder at Irati, while also serving as chef at Sagardi in London. The work is two addresses, one in Barcelona and one in London, and the continuity between them is part of the point.

The Work Today

At Irati, the co-founder role is still part of the restaurant’s operating identity, not just a line in a biography. In London, the chef title at Sagardi names the other half of the same discipline: keeping a kitchen legible, functional, and held to purpose. The career does not rely on novelty. It stays with origins while meeting the daily requirements of the present.

Signature

The name itself points back to the restaurant he helped create in 1994, and it shows how closely his signature remains tied to the place he has shaped. The through-line is less about a single showpiece than about continuity: making a restaurant project endure.

In Their Words “I have been giving the matter a lot of thought from childhood, and the truth is that food is what brought me to the point of undertaking a restaurant project.”

Acclaim

The clearest distinction in this career is continuity: a co-founder role at Irati, alongside the chef post in London. In a trade that often rewards constant reinvention, his path reads as a held line, with Irati in Barcelona and Sagardi in London marking the coordinates of a career built on commitment, memory, and experience.