José Avillez

José Avillez

José de Avillez Burnay Ereira (Lisbon, 24 October 1979), known as José Avillez, is a Portuguese chef and restaurateur. He is one of the most renowned Portuguese chefs. In the beginning of 2012, José Avillez opened the fully renovated Belcanto restaurant which won a Michelin star that same year.[1] In 2014, Belcanto earned its second Michelin star, and in 2015 was considered one of the best restaurants in the world by The World’s 50 Best Restaurants List organized by "Restaurant" magazine.[2] Currently he has several restaurants in Lisbon and Porto. His cooking style, contemporary and Portuguese-inspired,[3] has earned him several national and international recognitions, including 2015's “Chef of the Year” by “WINE” magazine.[4][5]

Family

Son of José Burnay Nunes Ereira (Cascais, 7 November 1950), great-great-grandson of the 1st Count of Burnay, and of his wife, Maria de Fátima Miranda de Avillez (Cascais, 13 October 1952). Brother of Teresa de Avillez Burnay Ereira (Lisbon, 2 April 1978). He is married (2 May 2015) to Sofia Melo de Castro Ulrich (2 May 1975), daughter of Fernando Ulrich.

Career

José Avillez graduated in Business Communication at Instituto Superior de Comunicação Empresarial (ISCEM), with a thesis on the image and identity of Portuguese gastronomy. He began his career at Fortaleza do Guincho restaurant, in Cascais. He worked with José Bento dos Santos, Portugal’s most eminent gastronome, at Quinta do Monte d'Oiro, and took private study lessons with Maria de Lourdes Modesto, the “mother” of Portuguese traditional cooking. After that, he interned in France, with Alain Ducasse and Éric Fréchon. In 2006, he interned in El Bulli and was part of its Creativity Department. That period with Ferran Adrià was a career-changing moment.

In 2005, as the result of his work and of a presentation dinner which he prepared at Hotel Bristol in Paris, he was named "Chef d'Avenir", by the International Academy of Gastronomy, a group of more than 40 representatives of countries from all over the world.[6]

From 2008 to 2011, he was Restaurante Tavares' executive chef, and in 2009, he won his first Michelin star.

Restaurants

In September 2011, he opened a new restaurant, Cantinho do Avillez, in Chiado, Lisbon.

In January 2012, he inaugurated the restaurant Belcanto, a Portuguese fine dining restaurant. During that same year, he accompanied Anthony Bourdain on his visit to film "No Reservations" in Lisbon.

In March 2013, he opened Pizzaria Lisboa. In that same year, in September, he inaugurated Café Lisboa in Largo de São Carlos.

In March 2014, he opened the bar and restaurant Mini Bar, in Teatro São Luiz, in Lisbon. In September of that same year, he inaugurated another Cantinho do Avillez, this time in Porto.

In August 2016, he opened Bairro do Avillez, in Chiado, Lisbon, with different concepts: Mercearia (gourmet deli), Taberna (tavern), Páteo and Beco.

In March 2017, he opened Beco – Cabaret Gourmet, located in Bairro do Avillez, in Chiado, Lisbon, offering a dinner-and-a-show.

In July 2017, he opened Cantina Peruana, in Bairro do Avillez, where he presents a Peruvian cuisine by the hand of his good friend and world-renowned Peruvian chef, Diego Muñoz.

In December 2017, accepting El Corte Inglés Lisboa's challenge, he developed three different concepts for the Gourmet Experience: Tasca Chic, a restaurant of Portuguese traditional flavours, Jacaré, a vegetarian carnivore, and Barra Cascabel, with Mexican flavours, in a partnership with chef Roberto Ruiz.

In January 2018 he opened Pitaria, a laid-back and informal place with Middle Eastern cuisine served on pita bread.

In March 2018 he opened Cantina Zé Avillez that serves the most traditional Portuguese flavours to two ample and bright rooms and to a terrace with a view to a garden drenched in Tagus' breeze.

In May 2018, on the date of 1998's Lisbon World Exposition anniversary, he opens Cantinho do Avillez in Parque das Nações (the exhibition's site).

In July 2018, he inaugurates Mini Bar in the city of Porto.

In September 2018, Cantina Peruana moves from Bairro do Avillez to rua de São Paulo. In this same month, José Avillez opens Za'atar, a restaurant dedicated to Lebanese cuisine, in a partnership with Lebanese chef Joe Barza.

Accolades & Events

2018

  • José Avillez is named "Chef of the Year" and Belcanto receives a "Platinum Fork" for the 2018 edition of he "Boa Cama, Boa Mesa" awards.
  • Belcanto came in seventy-fifth place in "The World's 50 Best Restaurant's List" organized by "Restaurant" magazine.[7]
  • José Avillez was distinguished with the International Academy of Gastronomy's greatest award, the Grand Prix de l'Art de la Cuisine.

2017

Belcanto came in eighty-fifth place in "The World's 50 Best Restaurant's List" organized by "Restaurant" magazine.[7]

Belcanto was awarded a Gold Fork by the guide "Boa Cama, Boa Mesa" by "Expresso" newspaper.

2016

Belcanto received the “Best International Restaurant” award by Condé Nast Traveller International.[7]

The guide “Boa Cama Boa Mesa” by “Expresso” newspaper awarded Belcanto the Gold Fork.

The prestigious gastronomic blog “Mesa Marcada” named José Avillez 2015's “Chef of the Year” and Belcanto 2015's “Restaurant of the Year”.[5]

Belcanto received the “Gastronomic Restaurant of 2015” award from “WINE” magazine.[8]

2015

Belcanto was elected one of the 100 best restaurants in the world by the prestigious “The World's 50 Best Restaurants List” and came in ninety-first place.[9]

The "2015 Repsol Guide" gave Belcanto three Repsol suns and Mini Bar and Cantinho do Avillez (Lisbon and Porto) one Repsol sun.

José Avillez was awarded the prize “Gastronomia David Lopes Ramos 2014” by “Revista de Vinhos” magazine.

José Avillez was given the “Chef of the Year” award by “WINE” magazine.

The guide “Boa Cama Boa Mesa” by “Expresso” newspaper awarded Belcanto the Gold Fork.

2014

Belcanto was awarded its second Michelin star.[2]

The "2014 Repsol Guide" gave Belcanto three Repsol suns.[10]

The “Boa Cama Boa Mesa” guide by “Expresso” newspaper awarded Belcanto the Gold Fork.

The prestigious gastronomic blog “Mesa Marcada” elected José Avillez as 2013's “Chef of the Year” and Belcanto as 2013's “Restaurant of the Year”.

2013

The “Boa Cama Boa Mesa” guide by “Expresso” newspaper elected José Avillez as “Chef of the Year”.

The “Boa Cama Boa Mesa” guide by “Expresso” newspaper awarded Belcanto the Platinum Fork, the highest honour given by this guide.

Belcanto was nominated for the first annual "Foodie Top 100 Restaurants: Europe, UK & Asia Pacific list".[11]

Belcanto was awarded three Repsol suns by "2014's Repsol Guide".

2012

Belcanto was awarded a Michelin star.

Television, Radio and Press

José Avillez hosted the television show “Combinações ImProváveis” (“Improbabilicious”), which aired on SIC Mulher channel. Previously, he hosted three seasons of the show “JA ao Lume,” that also aired on SIC Mulher.

From 2014 to 2016, he hosted a morning radio show in “Manhãs da Rádio Comercial” entitled “O Chef Sou Eu” (I’m the Chef”), where he suggested recipes, shared cooking tips and talked about gastronomy-related fun facts.

He’s a frequent guest on television and radio shows, and he’s the author of a weekly recipe for “Revista E”, a magazine that’s part of “Expresso” newspaper.

Books

In 2006, José Avillez launched his first book “Um Chef em Sua Casa” (“A Chef in Your Home”), one of the bestselling books that year in Portugal, with over 15 000 copies sold, also published in Brazil.

In 2011, he published “Petiscar com Estilo” (“Snacking in Style”), a trilingual edition that gathers typical Portuguese appetizers. That same year, he contributed for the book "A Boy After the Sea 2,” by Kevin Snook, alongside Heston Blumenthal, Thomas Keller, and Daniel Boulu.

In 2013, José Avillez went back to writing with “Cantinho do Avillez – The Recipes,” a bilingual edition, a book in which he shares some of the most successful recipes of this restaurant.

In 2015 he published, along with “Expresso” newspaper, the book “Receitas Leves” (“Light Recipes”).

In 2016, he published the book “Combinações ImProváveis,” a bilingual edition, which compiles the recipes featured on the TV show.

Besides his own books, José Avillez also contributed for several other publications, such as the book “COCO,” by chef Ferran Adrià, or “Where Chef’s Eat,” by food critic Joe Warwick.

References

  1. ↑ "Belcanto - Lisbon : a Michelin Guide restaurant". www.viamichelin.com. Retrieved 2017-09-04.
  2. 1 2 "Gourmand Breaks Food, Wine & Cultural Tours » Belcanto by José Avillez – Michelin 2 Star Restaurant, Lisbon, Portugal".
  3. ↑ CNN, John Krich, for. "How one man is shaking up Portuguese food".
  4. ↑ "A Visit to the Kitchen of Star Portuguese Chef José Avillez". 10 June 2015 – via Wall Street Journal.
  5. 1 2 "Taste Portugal - Mesa Marcada Reveals its Top Picks".
  6. ↑ "Prix au Chef de L'Avenir". International Academy Of Gastronomy. Retrieved 2017-09-04.
  7. 1 2 3 "And the winner is: Restaurante Belcanto - Snug Hug & Co".
  8. ↑ "WINE-ESSÊNCIA DO VINHO DISCLOSES THE "BEST of the YEAR of 2015"". 1 February 2016.
  9. ↑ "The World's 50 Best Restaurants 51-100 list: highlights in pictures".
  10. ↑ "The Repsol Guide celebrates its 35th anniversary - repsol.com".
  11. ↑ "Belcanto - Largo de São Carlos 101200-410 Lisbon +351 213 420 607".
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