{"id":3390,"date":"2026-10-15T20:57:17","date_gmt":"2026-10-15T20:57:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canlluis.com\/chef-albert-guell\/"},"modified":"2026-10-21T03:17:59","modified_gmt":"2026-10-21T03:17:59","slug":"chef-albert-guell","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/canlluis.com\/en\/chef-albert-guell\/","title":{"rendered":"Albert G\u00fcell, head chef at Can Llu\u00eds"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"3390\" class=\"elementor elementor-3390 elementor-3388 elementor-bc-flex-widget\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-89a3b7b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"89a3b7b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;gradient&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div 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market-led and made in house, on Carrer de la Cera, 49.<\/p><div class=\"cl-dish\"><figure><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/albert-guell-xef-cuina-can-lluis.jpg\" alt=\"Albert G\u00fcell, head chef at Can Llu\u00eds, in the kitchen\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1800\"><\/figure><div><h2>His cooking<\/h2><blockquote class=\"cl-quote\" style=\"margin:0 0 8px;padding:4px 0 4px 24px;border-left:3px solid #3E3F24;font-style:italic;font-size:19px;line-height:1.6\"><p style=\"margin:0 0 8px\">\u201cTraditional cooking is the foundation of everything. We work with local produce \u2013 from Mercat de Sant Antoni, artisans and small producers \u2013 and make everything in-house. Bringing back the cooking of the past in today\u2019s Barcelona, in a house with as much history as Can Llu\u00eds, is a wonderful challenge.\u201d<\/p><cite style=\"font-style:normal;font-size:15px\">\u2014 Albert G\u00fcell, chef at Can Llu\u00eds<\/cite><\/blockquote><\/div><\/div><h2>Career<\/h2><p>Albert G\u00fcell has spent some twenty years in professional kitchens. He started at 15, training in Argentona while still at school, and studied cookery at IES Bisbe Sivilla in Calella. He worked at Can Baladia (hot section and banquets) and spent seven years at Restaurant Terracota, rising to head chef. Then came a year in Vilassar de Mar cooking shellfish and wild fish, the Sensacions (Sant Cugat) and Sauleda (Sant Pol de Mar) caterers and, after the pandemic, three years as head chef of Restaurant Casino de Argentona, two at Sukalde and catering at the Torre del Pi estate in Premi\u00e0 de Dalt.<\/p><h2>At Can Llu\u00eds<\/h2><p>He came to Can Llu\u00eds to advise on the opening \u2013 and stayed. His signature dishes: pig\u2019s trotters with snails (peus de porc amb cargols) and chicken cannelloni with salsa catalana, a new take on the traditional Christmas chicken.<\/p><h2>His dishes<\/h2><p>Try his signature dishes: <a href=\"\/en\/pigs-trotters-with-snails\/\">pig\u2019s trotters with snails<\/a> and <a href=\"\/en\/roast-chicken-cannelloni\/\">roast chicken cannelloni<\/a>. Or see <a href=\"\/en\/our-dishes\/\">all our dishes<\/a>.<\/p><style>.cl-gal{display:grid;grid-template-columns:repeat(4,1fr);gap:12px;margin:8px 0 0}.cl-gal figure{margin:0}.cl-gal img{display:block;width:100%;height:auto;aspect-ratio:2\/3;object-fit:cover;border-radius:4px}@media(max-width:767px){.cl-gal{grid-template-columns:1fr 1fr}}<\/style><h2>In the kitchen<\/h2><div class=\"cl-gal\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/xef-can-lluis-garotes-emplatat.jpg\" alt=\"The chef plating gratinated sea urchins\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1800\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/figure><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/xef-can-lluis-cap-i-pota-paella.jpg\" alt=\"Cap i pota with chickpeas in the pan\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1800\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/figure><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/xef-can-lluis-bacalla-samfaina-emplatat.jpg\" alt=\"Plating salt cod with samfaina\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1800\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/figure><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/albert-guell-cap-de-cuina-can-lluis.jpg\" alt=\"Albert G\u00fcell at the door of Can Llu\u00eds\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1800\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"cl-pc-cta\"><a class=\"cl-pc-main\" href=\"\/en\/reservations\/\">Book a table<\/a><a href=\"\/en\/menu\/\">See the menu<\/a><a href=\"\/en\/about-us\/\">Our story<\/a><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3392,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"elementor_header_footer","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3390","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast 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