| Ada Parellada i Garrell | |
|---|---|
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| Born | 26 February 1967 (1967-02-26) (age 57) Granollers |
| Nationality | Spanish |
| Occupation(s) | Chef, writer |
| Known for | Cooking |
Ada Parellada i Garrell (born 26 February 1967) is a Spanish cook who inspired the "Semproniana" restaurant in Barcelona. She owns three restaurants, publishes books and she has been given the Creu de Sant Jordi for her restoration work.
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Parellada was born in Granollers in 1967. Her whole family were interested in food from the restaurant founded by her ancestors in 1714. Her parents wanted her to have a profession so she studied law. She opened her first restaurant when she was 25 in 1993. Her wider family own a number of restaurants. She is very active in the media, in newspapers and television, and she runs workshops and publishes cookery books. She has also published a novel.
She stood as a political candidate in September 2015 as part of the "Together for Yes" campaign.
In 2016 she had three restaurants in Barcelona. She was awarded the Creu de Sant Jordi because of her work in restoration. Her restaurants are called Semproniana (her first one), Pla dels Àngels and Petra.
References
- ^ "Ada Parellada i Garrell". bibliotecavirtual.diba.cat (in Catalan). Retrieved 2019-10-03.
- Soledad Gomi (1 August 2014). "Fonda Europa i família Parellada". Archived from the original on 2014-08-09. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
- Ada Parellada; Joan Pluvinet Gasch (October 2012). Les receptes de Semproniana. Cossetània Edicions. ISBN 978-84-9034-023-3.
- Ada Parellada (22 July 2004). Tocats del bolet. Pòrtic. ISBN 978-84-7306-501-6.
- Ada Parellada (26 April 2016). Vanilla Salt. Bloomsbury USA. ISBN 978-1-84688-333-0.
- "Montserrat Carulla, Isona Passola i Ada Parellada aniran a la llista de Junts pel Sí". VilaWeb (in Catalan). Retrieved 2019-10-02.
- "La cuinera Ada Parellada rebrà la Creu de Sant Jordi 2016". somGranollers (in Catalan). Retrieved 2019-10-02.
- "Govern.cat - Generalitat de Catalunya". Govern.cat. Retrieved 2019-10-02.