Karlos Arguiñano

Born	September 6, 1948 (1948-09-06) (age 61) Beasain, Gipuzkoa, Spain
Cooking style	New Basque cuisine
Education	Escuela de Hostelería del Hotel Euromar
Television show(s) El menú de cada día El sábado cocino yo Karlos Arguiñano en tu cocina
Official Website

Karlos Arguiñano Urkiola^[1] (born September 6, 1948 in Beasain, Gipuzkoa, Basque Country, Spain) is a chef, popular TV presenter and producer.

His devotion to cuisine started when he was a child and helped at home because he was the eldest of four brothers and had a disabled mother.

Before beginning his training in the field of cooking, he worked for CAF, a rail car manufacturer at Beasain. When he was 17 years old, he decided to take part in a course at the Escuela de Hostelería del Hotel Euromar where, over three years, he was taught the main principles of cooking by Luis Irizar. There he met some people who have gone on to achieve great success in the world of cuisine, such as Pedro Subijana and Ramón Roteta.

Karlos Arguiñano's restaurant

Arguiñano has had a hotel-restaurant on the beach at Zarautz since 1978.

He was one of the first TV chefs in Spain with his cooking show, La cocina de Karlos Arguiñano [1], first on Euskal Telebista, later on Televisión Española, Argentine ATC and now Telecinco. Arguiñano combines recipe preparation with tips, jokes and amateur singing. His catchphrase is Rico, rico y con fundamento ("Tasty, tasty and with nutritional value") and his trademark is the use of parsley. His sister Eva Arguiñano has also appeared on TV, usually in the dessert section of the show.

He has taken over control of the show through his production company Asegarce. Asegarce also controls a big part of the professional Basque pelota business^[2] and is one of the owning companies of the TV channel La Sexta.

[edit] Filmography

Karlos Arguiñano has participated in some films.

• El rey de la Granja (2002), directed by Carlos Zabala and Gregorio Muro
• Año Mariano (2000), directed by Karra Elejalde and Fernando Guillén Cuervo
• Airbag (1997), directed by Juanma Bajo Ulloa

[edit] References

1. ^ Note the mixed spelling of his name. Karlos and Urkiola are spelled in Basque, not the Spanish Carlos and Urquiola, but Arguiñano is spelled in Spanish, not the Basque Argiñano.
2. ^ «No consigo entender cuáles son las razones de mi éxito», El Mundo, 25 September 1997

[edit] External links

• La cocina de Karlos Arguiñano (official web page) (Spanish)
• Asegarce