Ignacio Ussía
Chef and bartender of The Alchemix in the Eixample — five years at Gaggan Anand's 'Asia's #1' restaurant before opening Barcelona's leading gastro-cocktail bar.
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Ignacio Ussía is the chef-bartender behind The Alchemix in Barcelona's Eixample, the gastro-cocktail bar he co-founded with Sergi Palacín in 2018. The pair met at Chef Gaggan Anand's Bangkok restaurant, where Ussía spent five years as part of the team that won 'Asia's #1' four years running and 'World's #5' in 2018. The Alchemix carries a Repsol Recomendado.
Biography
Early years
Ussía built his early career at the Catalan classic Vía Veneto and at Barcelona's Ideal Cocktail Bar — a dual-track training in cuisine and cocktails.
Career
Ussía spent five years at Chef Gaggan Anand's restaurant in Bangkok, where he was part of the team that earned 'Asia's Number 1' restaurant ranking for four consecutive years (2015-2018) and 'World's Number 5' in 2018 from the World's 50 Best Restaurants. In 2018 he and Sergi Palacín — whom he met at Gaggan — opened The Alchemix on Carrer de València 212 in the Eixample. The format is a gastro-cocktail bar: signature cocktails and haute-cuisine plates designed to pair, with Oriental techniques applied to local Catalan products. Signature dishes include Mediterranean prawn curry and trinxat (Andorran potato-cabbage cake) with escalivada pepper and Wagyu sausage with ponzu. The Alchemix carries a Repsol Recomendado distinction.
Philosophy
Ussía calls himself an 'alchemixer' — the integration of cuisine and cocktails as a single composition. The Catalan-Asian fusion happens both in the glass and on the plate, with the bar and kitchen feeding each other.
Restaurants
Accolades
- ·Repsol Recomendado at The Alchemix
- ·Five years at Gaggan Bangkok (Asia's #1 four times, World's #5 in 2018)
- ·Co-founder of The Alchemix (2018)
Frequently asked
Does Ignacio Ussía have a Michelin star?
No — The Alchemix carries a Repsol Recomendado distinction. He spent five years at Gaggan Bangkok, which was named Asia's #1 restaurant four years in a row.
Where can I eat Ignacio Ussía's cuisine in Barcelona?
The Alchemix on Carrer de València 212 in the Eixample — the gastro-cocktail bar where food and cocktails are designed as one continuous composition.