Madrid chef Juan Pablo Felipe , 2001 National Gastronomy Award, has died this Friday at 41 years after a long illness, as chef Alberto Chicote has announced on his Instagram.

"For those of you who didn't know him, only to say that gastronomy in this country is what it is partly thanks to his work , his courage and his courage. We will not forget him, but neither does the path that he, with so many others, opened for that cooking was more than just that, cooking, "the chef wrote accompanied by a photograph of Juan Pablo Felipe and Chicote with other chefs.

Although he was distinguished with a Michelin star in front of El Chaflán , his relationship with the kitchen began as a punishment. His parents forced him to work in the family hotel in the summer because of his bad grades, but little by little he loved the job.

He studied with the teacher Luis Irizar , studied Business and Tourism and Hospitality in Madrid and then went to London to complete his training.

Before putting himself in charge of El Chaflán, he ran a small hotel-restaurant in Vejer de la Frontera. He returned to Madrid where he joined the El Chaflán team and in 2002 he achieved his first Michelin star . A year earlier, he was awarded the National Gastronomy Prize , the Gourmetour Room and Service Award and the 2 Suns in the Campsa Guide , prizes that would be added to the Best Hotel-Restaurant Hotel Initiative Award obtained in 1997 and obtained in 2003 to the Best Cheese Board, delivered by the International Salon of the Gourmets Club.

Pioneer in Madrid in the glazing of the kitchen so that everyone could see the work being done, he was also one of the first to bring live tuna snoring to the capital.

"Where you are, there will be a fire burning to do what you always did, get excited about your kitchen and your sensitivity," Alberto Chicote recalls.

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