Iker Erauzkin
Chef and co-founder
Iker Erauzkin was born in Bilbao. At sixteen he moved to Paris, where he discovered his vocation while cooking. Back in Bilbao he lived with his grandmother, who taught him classic Basque cuisine, and worked in a number of restaurants to learn from each of them. In 2002 he settled in Barcelona. He is self-taught: he never went to culinary school. He learned on the job, from many books and by experimenting at home. He has been cooking professionally for more than twenty-five years and has written more than a dozen books. His cooking at UMA has Basque roots, French touches and hints of world cuisine.
“Right now, my greatest motivation is to interpret the world around us through vegetables.”More about Iker
