Chef
Oriol Castro
Co-founder & Head Chef, Disfrutar
- Discipline
- Chef
- Based in
- Barcelona, Spain
Known for
- Co-founder and head chef of Disfrutar, Barcelona's three-Michelin-starred restaurant
- World's Best Restaurant award (2024)
- Avant-garde and innovative culinary techniques developed at elBulli
- Mediterranean-focused tasting menu with creative plating and theatrical presentation
i. Biography
Oriol Castro is a Spanish chef born in Barcelona in 1974 who co-founded Disfrutar in Barcelona in 2014 alongside Eduard Xatruch and Mateu Casañas. He trained extensively at elBulli under Ferran Adrià from 1996 to 2011, where he became a key member of the creative team developing avant-garde culinary techniques. Disfrutar earned three Michelin stars and was named the World's Best Restaurant in 2024 by The World's 50 Best Restaurants.
Profile updated April 2026
