Joan Carles Ibáñez
Joan Carles Ibáñez | Lasarte*** Barcelona, Spain
Biography
Joan Carles Ibáñez is the front-of-house director at Lasarte in Barcelona, where he has worked since 2011, leading a team with which he has helped consolidate the restaurant's dining room and wine cellar. His professional career is particularly linked to gastronomic restaurants and sommellerie, with more than two decades of experience at the former Racó de Can Fabes alongside Santi Santamaria.At Lasarte, Ibáñez works with the team led by Paolo Casagrande in the kitchen and Antonio Coelho as maître. Front-of-house and service play a fundamental role in the restaurant's offering, which opened its doors in 2006 and received its third Michelin star in 2017. The wine cellar, which Ibáñez runs together with Antonio Coelho, contains more than 800 national and international wine references.
His career has also been linked to training and the transmission of knowledge about wine and front-of-house service. Among the distinctions he has received are the Premio Nacional de Gastronomía de Dirección de Sala y Sommelier in 1996, the Premio Nacional de Gastronomía as Cap de Sala from the Academia Catalana de Gastronomía, in 2018, the Premi Josep Mercader at Gastronomic Forum Barcelona in 2023 and the Premio Especial al Servicio de Sala from the Guía Michelin in 2024.
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The Power of the Dining Room
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Desde 1911*
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Laura Dorado
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Project Manager of Talent and HR
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Joan Carles Ibáñez
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Pere Monje
Via Veneto*
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Denisse Espinoza
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Francesca Baccon
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Gemma López
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