La Kocina

Food-service consulting and events

La Kocina is a food-service consulting studio based in Benalmádena, Málaga, working in Spain and internationally. It brings together two professionals with extensive hospitality and restaurant experience, combining consulting for food businesses with culinary-event planning.

Consulting services

• Opening new hospitality and restaurant businesses.
• Refreshing food concepts.
• Creating custom franchises.
• Specialization in charcoal ovens.

Culinary events

• Culinary-event management.
• Custom-designed weddings.
• Food-truck festivals.
• Exclusive themed dinners at its R&D space.
• Private-chef service.
• Cooking classes and coaching for companies.

The company also describes itself as an organizer and partner of the Fycma Málaga H&T trade show.

The team

Jordi Bataller is a consultant and culinary ambassador for traditional Spanish cuisine, with more than 40 years of industry experience. He has developed projects with hotel groups such as Kempinski and Westin, created concepts, menus, and quality standards for numerous restaurants, directed the Brazil pavilion at Expo 92, and worked as an executive chef at five-star luxury hotels.

Richard Alcayde is a restaurant entrepreneur specializing in fusion cuisine and a food-service consultant, with projects in Spain and abroad. He trains kitchen teams in new culinary trends and has been the gastronomic director of the STARLITE festival for the past ten years. He also trains chefs for commercial-kitchen equipment brands, including PIRA charcoal ovens and Orved sous-vide technology.

Location and contact

La Kocina is at Avenida del Tívoli 17, C.C. Las Ventas, Local, 29631 Benalmádena, Málaga. Phones: +34 606 856 199 and +34 667 711 566. Emails: jordi.bataller@lakocina.es and richard.alcayde@lakocina.es. The company is on Instagram (@lakocinagastrolab) and Facebook.

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