Carles Abellan is a Michelin-starred chef who is a partner in the Notre-Dame St. W. restaurant, which is modelled after his restaurant of the same name in Barcelona.
Abellan will be in Montreal April 4 to 9 to develop the restaurant’s new spring menu.
Tapas 24 does just fine when its big-name chef is not here — it has a three-star review from Gazette restaurant critic Lesley Chesterman — but this is a chance to eat plates prepared by the hands of the master himself. He’ll be working in the kitchen to help get the team familiar with the new dishes.
Chesterman visited just over a year ago, and wasn’t sure what to expect. But she came away a fan: “What really struck me at Tapas 24 was the sheer deliciousness of every bite that passed my lips,” she wrote. “We ordered a dozen dishes and I loved them all.”
Abellan has worked with famed Spanish restaurateur Ferran Adrià of El Bulli.
