Chef
Léon Griffioen
Executive Chef & Co-Owner, Código de Barra
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Portrait of Léon Griffioen
i. Biography
Léon Griffioen is a Dutch chef and restaurateur based in Cádiz, Spain. After culinary training in the Netherlands and seven years working in the United Kingdom, he relocated to Andalusia in 2000 and opened Código de Barra with his wife Paqui Márquez in 2011. In November 2022, his flagship restaurant earned the first-ever Michelin star in the history of the city of Cádiz.
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