Jordi Cruz, new chef of ABaC Restaurant & Hotel "I am personally and professionally fully involved with this new project" Thursday, April 29th, 2010. This morning has been formally introduced Jordi Cruz as the new chef of ABaC Restaurant & Hotel. In the event, which has been held at the same hotel ABaC, Jordi Cruz and Josep M ª González Simó, co-owner with Lluis Geli of ABAC Restaurant & Hotel, have spoken to the press. The gastronomy is the fundamental axis of the project. ABaC Restaurant & Hotel is awarded with 2* Michelin. This elegant restaurant and hotel in Barcelona, located at No. 1 Avenida Tibidabo is a gem of a dining and one of the most exclusive places in the city. Now, along with Chef Jordi Cruz, the restaurant begins a new stage. As reported by Josep M ª González "in every restaurant is the chef who provides personal culinary event and now in ABaC is Jordi who is the star of this new project. Today, ABAC Restaurant & Hotel, has opened up a new stage. We are confident and we know he will give us many satisfactions to all of us: Jordi himself as chef responsible, we as a company and, above all, to our customers as they will daily enjoy the cuisine of our restaurant.” Josep M ª González has also stressed the qualities of the new chef, his impressive career and the fundamental fact "he is personally and professionally fully involved with the present and future of ABaC Restaurant & Hotel." Moreover Jordi Cruz is happy to initiate and share with ABAC Restaurant & Hotel this new stage and has spoken of his intention "to make a unique kitchen, new, and top high-level in ABaC. I am very excited to bring my cuisine to Barcelona, but doing it in a exclusive setting like ABaC is a luxury." Regarding his kitchen, he said that "is based on tradition and creativity in equal parts; I work with fresh top and natural products. I've been sixteen years in the kitchen and at this time I have developed my own style. In ABaC I will maintaining a very personal line ... the fact of working with the great products coming into the kitchen of the ABaC guarantees a unique work. "As Jose Maria Gonzalez, the chef has emphasized his full involvement, personally and professionally in the new project. Chef Jordi Cruz, his brilliant career took him to get a Michelin star at his restaurant L'Angle (Sant Fruitós de Bages) a few months after opening. Previously, he became the youngest Spanish Chef awarded with a star of the prestigious French guide at the restaurant L'Estany Clar (Cercs - Berga). In 2006 he won the first edition of Chef of the Year and currently acts as vice president of the jury for the event. He has also published the book "Logic of Kitchen" and he is currently preparing his second book Dining without departing from the kitchen that is what suits him best in their day to day. His cuisine is defined as evolutionary and restless, based on the product and meets both, creativity and tradition. Further information: Eva de Aurora (eva@abacbarcelona.com). Tel.: +34 933 196 600 / +34 649 979 499.