Paolo Casagrande
Italian-born head chef of Lasarte in Barcelona — the city's first three-Michelin-star restaurant.
- Michelin stars
3- Repsol Soles
3- Restaurants
- 1
- Born
- 1979 · Susegana (Treviso)
Paolo Casagrande is the Italian head chef of Lasarte in Barcelona, the city's first three-Michelin-star restaurant and the first in Catalonia to reach the level. He joined Martín Berasategui's group in 2003 and has led Lasarte's kitchen since 2012. The restaurant holds three stars (since 2017) and three Repsol Soles.
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Biography
Early years
Born in 1979 in Susegana, near Treviso in Italy's Veneto region, Casagrande grew up cooking with a large extended family and trained at the Alfredo Beltrame Hospitality School in Vittorio Veneto. He worked in London from 1998, then in France — at Châteauneuf-du-Pape under Pierre Pommel and three years in Paris under Alain Solivérès — before Solivérès directed him toward Martín Berasategui.
Career
Casagrande joined Berasategui's team in 2003, starting at the flagship Martín Berasategui in Lasarte-Oria. Berasategui later put him in charge of opening M.B. at The Ritz-Carlton, Abama in Tenerife, where Casagrande earned his first Michelin star in 2009. After two years at Casta Diva Resort in Blevio on Lake Como, he arrived at Lasarte in Barcelona on 2 September 2012 with the explicit mission of pursuing a third star. The first came in November 2016 (2017 guide), making Lasarte the first three-Michelin-star restaurant in Catalonia. He has remained head chef ever since.
Philosophy
Casagrande is described in Lasarte's own words as 'the chef of emotions' — elegant, restrained, focused on precision and on a long compositional arc rather than spectacle. His cuisine combines Berasategui's Basque foundation with the technical rigor he developed in French haute cuisine.
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1Accolades
- ·3 active Michelin stars at Lasarte (since 2017)
- ·3 Repsol Soles at Lasarte
- ·First chef to earn three Michelin stars in Catalonia (Lasarte, November 2016)
- ·Earned his first Michelin star at M.B. Tenerife in 2009
Frequently asked
How many Michelin stars does Paolo Casagrande have?
Three — all at Lasarte in Barcelona, where he has been head chef since September 2012. The restaurant earned its third Michelin star in November 2016 (2017 guide), making it the first three-star restaurant in Catalonia.
Is Paolo Casagrande Spanish?
No. He is Italian, born in 1979 in Susegana, near Treviso in Veneto. He has worked in Spain since 2003, first at Martín Berasategui's Basque flagship and at M.B. Tenerife, and at Lasarte in Barcelona since 2012.
What is his relationship to Martín Berasategui?
Berasategui is the gastronomic director of Lasarte and the chef whose name and signature the restaurant carries. Casagrande is the day-to-day head chef who built and leads the kitchen. The two have worked together since 2003.