Gabi Calzado
Chef and co-owner of Vivanda in Sarrià — the Catalan terrace restaurant run with Michelin-starred Alkimia chef Jordi Vilà since 2009.
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Gabi Calzado is the co-chef and co-owner of Vivanda in Sarrià, the Catalan restaurant he has run with Michelin-starred Alkimia chef Jordi Vilà since 2009 (the restaurant itself has been open in the neighbourhood since 1983). Vivanda is in the Michelin Guide selection and carries a Repsol Recomendado, built on traditional Catalan cuisine and a garden terrace.
Biography
Early years
Calzado built his career inside Barcelona's Catalan-restaurant scene. He has worked with Jordi Vilà — the chef-owner of Michelin-starred Alkimia — for more than two decades.
Career
Calzado has run Vivanda in Sarrià with Jordi Vilà since mid-2009, when Vilà returned to the project, and the pair revived a restaurant that had been open in the neighbourhood since 1983. The cuisine is rooted in Catalan tradition, with strong Mediterranean and seasonal accents, served in a quiet dining room with a small interior terrace garden. Vivanda is in the Michelin Guide selection and carries a Repsol Recomendado distinction.
Philosophy
Calzado's work at Vivanda holds the restaurant in a deliberately simple, rigorous Catalan register — a calm Sarrià room that lets the product and the season take the lead, with no aspiration to fine-dining theatricality. The garden terrace is part of the project's identity.
Restaurants
Accolades
- ·Michelin Guide selection at Vivanda
- ·Repsol Recomendado at Vivanda
- ·Long-term partnership with Michelin-starred Alkimia chef Jordi Vilà
Frequently asked
Does Gabi Calzado have a Michelin star?
No — Vivanda is in the Michelin Guide selection and carries a Repsol Recomendado. His partner Jordi Vilà holds a Michelin star and three Repsol Soles at his other restaurant Alkimia.
Where can I eat Gabi Calzado's cuisine in Barcelona?
Vivanda in Sarrià — the Catalan restaurant he runs with Jordi Vilà since 2009. The dining room is built around a small interior terrace garden.