Pablo Roncal

At a Glance - Vocation: "Soy cocinero de profesión, elección, y convencido de ello." - Sustainability: "Creo que la sostenibilidad ha pasado a formar parte de nuestro vocabulario de manera inadvertida e inconsciente." - Method: "Por mi parte, siempre trato de simplificar al máximo la cocina, dejando constancia que lo simple no es fácil de conseguir." Roncal speaks about his vocation with the quiet certainty of someone who has settled the question for himself. The phrasing is modest, but the conviction behind it is unmistakable: cooking is both profession and decision, a daily commitment rather than a romantic abstraction. That same steadiness runs through his view of sustainability, which he describes not as a slogan but as part of the contemporary culinary vocabulary, something absorbed almost without noticing. In his hands, the idea feels less like a trend than a condition of the times, one that must be understood and worked with rather than simply invoked. His method follows the same logic. To simplify as much as possible is, in his telling, not to do less but to do better—to remove the unnecessary until what remains feels inevitable. And yet he is careful to point out that simplicity is among the hardest things to achieve. That tension, between apparent ease and actual rigor, gives his cooking its shape. It suggests a kitchen where every ingredient, every gesture, every decision has earned its place.

Signature

Pablo's signature dishes include GAZPACHUELO VEGETAL. the dish itself sits comfortably within his philosophy: a name that is direct, a composition that promises economy and focus rather than spectacle. In the context of Roncal’s approach, GAZPACHUELO VEGETAL reads as an emblem of his broader sensibility—clean-lined, thoughtful, and attentive to the challenge of making something feel complete without overstatement.

In Their Words “Por mi parte, siempre trato de simplificar al máximo la cocina, dejando constancia que lo simple no es fácil de conseguir.” “Creo que la sostenibilidad ha pasado a formar parte de nuestro vocabulario de manera inadvertida e inconsciente.”