Chef and Owner
Jaume Subirós
Chef and Owner, El Motel (Hotel Empordà)
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Portrait of Jaume Subirós
i. Biography
Jaume Subirós Jordà is the owner and chef of El Motel at Hotel Empordà in Figueres, Catalonia, a restaurant widely cited as a landmark of modern Catalan cuisine. He began working at El Motel in 1961 as an eleven-year-old bellboy, later taking over after the death of Josep Mercader and preserving the restaurant’s new-cuisine legacy. He is still running El Motel and also associated with the Almadrava Park Hotel restaurant in Roses.
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