For this month’s Okuri Talks we’re bringing a real life entrepreneur, Manuel Domínguez, owner, founder and chef at the restaurant Lúa, one of the best restaurants in Madrid.
I met Manuel like a month ago when I went with my parents to have dinner there. It’s one of those restaurants you can’t forget. First of, there is no menu, you eat whatever the chef wants you to eat. The food was amazing with a characteristic minimalist style. I hate minimalist restaurants, very fancy but you end up leaving the place still hungry. That’s why, even though Manuel’s recipes are minimalist, they give you MANY courses, that means you get to try like 6 courses plus desert plus 6 different wines, one for each course.
But, that’s not why we’re bringing him to the office, it’s because after the dinner, he came out of the kitchen to check on everyone at the restaurant. You could see that he really cared about his customers, his people and his food. It was so amazing we started talking and the more he said, the more I realized he’s a natural born entrepreneur with such amazing core values, he’s an incredible example for all of us.
He told me how he never gives lunch or dinner for free, no matter who you are, everyone pays here, except for those he thinks that really deserve it. He told me that one night he had a couple of teenager having dinner. The guy had been saving money to take his girlfriend to his restaurant. He was so touched by the gesture that he invited them to that dinner. WOWness factor in pure state!
I was extremely curious about how a top chef develops each course, specially when you change the menu every 10 days. He told me about this and many other things that were fascinating! After the chat, that was more of an open discussion for 30 minutes, I realized Manuel illustrates the best values an entrepreneur can have, not only he’s an amazing professional, but he’s humble, and above all, he loves his business!
He’ll be with us this Thursday Feb 17th from 7pm to 8pm at our offices (c/Pinos Baja 89, metro L9 Ventilla). I think it’s an amazing opportunity to listen and chat with someone that embraces all what Tetuan Valley stands for. Please RT, share, email this post so we can pack the room and beat the current record!!
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