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GASTRONOMY

Executive Chef

My professional career in the culinary world began over thirty years ago, during which I had the privilege of working in prestigious restaurants and developing my skills in hotels belonging to some of the most renowned international companies. One of the most notable milestones in my career was joining the opening team of the Hotel Arts Barcelona, part of the Ritz-Carlton chain, followed by my experience at the Ritz-Carlton in Cancún, where we achieved the prestigious Five Diamonds Award for the two restaurants I had the honor of leading.

Subsequently, I moved to Mallorca to take on the role of Executive Chef at the Arabella Sheraton Hotel, where we earned a Michelin star that we maintained for the four years I was at the helm of its kitchens. My career continued in Madrid, where I served as Chef at the renowned Calle 54, one of the most iconic venues in the city at that time, with the culinary support of the Arzak team, awarded three Michelin stars.

After a brief stint in Madrid, I returned to Mallorca to lead the kitchens at the Castillo Hotel Son Vida, overseeing the hotel’s renovation and rebranding process. Following this enriching phase, I returned to Catalonia to take charge of the kitchens at the Dolce Hotel and Resort in Sitges, where we positioned the hotel as a reference point for event organization and culinary excellence in its convention center.

My professional curiosity led me to accept a challenge alongside Nandu Jubany, who offered me the opportunity to run the kitchen of the Hotel Majestic in Barcelona under his culinary supervision. Later, I took on the responsibility for the opening and development of the culinary offerings of an exclusive five-star boutique hotel among the vineyards in Penedés, where I was able to reconnect with local producers and zero-kilometer products.

After two years in this project, family reasons brought me back to Dolce Sitges, where I began a second phase. Under my leadership, the hotel’s culinary offerings grew significantly, establishing it as a benchmark in the region, thanks to an exceptional team.

The arrival of new owners and the implementation of new management marked the end of my time at Dolce Sitges. A year later, an exciting professional challenge arose: the transition of the Hotel Euroski Mountain Resort & Spa in Andorra into the Marriott family. I am currently immersed in this exciting project, developing its culinary offerings and contributing to its evolution within the luxury hotel market.

Jaume Balada

The gastronomy at Euroski Mountain Resort.

That the Hotel Euroski Mountain Resort & Spa is situated in a privileged location, surrounded by mountains and crossed by a river amidst a landscape of lush vegetation, inevitably marks the character it imparts to the hotel's cuisine.

A mountain cuisine that, as it should be, respects the seasons and the treasures they offer us.

As we are immersed in autumn, mushrooms with their many varieties, game animals, and the products provided by local farmers and ranchers inevitably lead us to a cuisine of patience, long cooking times, and aromas that seep into every corner—a cuisine of hearty dishes and gastronomic wisdom passed down through generations.

The cuisine we advocate at the Hotel Euroski Mountain Resort & Spa is a modern cuisine with current techniques that reinterprets tradition with the deep respect we feel for it, giving significant importance to the visual aspect with well-thought-out presentations, but with flavors that, when we close our eyes, transport us to memories of our childhood cooking.

This is broadly the philosophy of our cuisine, as without respect for tradition, there is no modernity, and taking as our own a phrase from the great Empordà writer Josep Pla:

“Cuisine is the landscape placed in a pot.”

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