Arnau Muñío
Catalan chef of DIREKTE — the small counter-format restaurant that grew out of the Boqueria market into a Carrer de París dining room.
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Arnau Muñío is a Catalan chef whose restaurant DIREKTE began as a six-seat counter inside La Boqueria market and later relocated to a larger Carrer de París space in la Nova Esquerra de l'Eixample. The kitchen fuses Catalan tradition with Asian and Mediterranean accents and carries one Repsol Sol. He spent roughly ten years as head chef at Carles Abellan's Michelin-starred Comerç 24 before opening DIREKTE.
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Biography
Early years
Muñío trained as a pastry chef before crossing over to the savoury kitchen. He joined Carles Abellan's Comerç 24 in Barcelona as a pastry chef and was promoted to head chef within a year, helping the restaurant maintain its Michelin star.
Career
Muñío spent roughly ten years at Comerç 24 as head chef before opening DIREKTE Boqueria — a six-seat counter inside La Boqueria market, in a space that had originally been Carles Abellan's. The format brought guests directly into the cooking, with short and long tasting menus served from a tiny stove. After seven years inside the market — described in his own words as the cook 'who left with the last lifeboat from a sinking ship' as La Boqueria changed — Muñío moved the restaurant to a larger space on Carrer de París in la Nova Esquerra de l'Eixample, keeping the DIREKTE name. The restaurant carries one Repsol Sol.
Philosophy
Muñío fuses deep-rooted Catalan cooking with Mediterranean and Asian ingredients. The menus — a 7-course short and a 10-course long — stay built around local, seasonal product and the kitchen-counter intimacy that defined the original Boqueria space.
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- ·1 Repsol Sol at DIREKTE
- ·Roughly 10 years as head chef at Carles Abellan's Comerç 24 (Michelin-starred)
- ·Ran a six-seat counter inside La Boqueria for seven years before relocation
Frequently asked
Does Arnau Muñío have a Michelin star?
Not at DIREKTE, which carries one Repsol Sol. He previously spent roughly ten years as head chef at Carles Abellan's Comerç 24 in Barcelona, helping it maintain a Michelin star.
Where can I eat Arnau Muñío's cuisine in Barcelona?
DIREKTE on Carrer de París in la Nova Esquerra de l'Eixample. The original DIREKTE Boqueria — a six-seat counter inside La Boqueria market — moved to the larger Eixample space after seven years in the market.