Marisa Sánchez Echaurren (27 January 1933 – 19 August 2018) was a Spanish chef, gourmet and businesswoman. In 1987, she received the National Prize of Gastronomy for the Best Chef, awarded by the Royal Academy of Gastronomy. In 2008, she was awarded the Medal of Merit at Work. In 2012, the Government of

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granted it the distinction of "Riojana Ilustre". Born in

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, praised by the public and critics, but also other preparations such as

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with

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, fish soup from Echaurren, pochas a la riojana with tomato fry, "grandmother's meatballs", Hake with the romana, the lamb legs or the corns with calf snouts. Her work began to be recognized by critics and institutions in the eighties. The first to include Marisa Sánchez in the gastronomic map of the critics were Xavier Domingo and Rafael Ansón. He was the mother of Francis Paniego, Spanish chef with two Michellin Stars.Muere Marisa Sánchez, cocinera que hizo de Echaurren un referente de la cocina riojana

Publications

*''Echaurren: el sabor de la memoria'' * ''La cocina del vino y los cinco sentidos: tradición y modernidad''

References

1933 births 2018 deaths Spanish chefs 20th-century Spanish businesswomen 20th-century Spanish businesspeople Spanish women chefs People from La Rioja {{Spain-cuisine-stub