José Pizarro Group

originally from a beautiful village, talaván in cáceres, extremadura, josé has now lived in london for over 20 years, and is often described as the godfather of spanish cooking in the uk. josé spent his early years here working at some of london’s most prestigious spanish restaurants including eyre brothers, brindisa and gaudi. in 2011, josé opened his first solo venture, josé tapas bar on bermondsey street. josé tapas bar is small and cosy venue, inspired by the bustling tapas bars of barcelona. the daily menu depends on what looks good at the market on the day and it also serves an array of delicious spanish sherries to compliment the dishes. later that year, josé launched pizarro also on bermondsey street. he named the restaurant after his grandfather, who had a bar called pizarro in talaván. the restaurant went on to earn numerous accolades including world food awards restaurant of the year, best mediterranean establishment at the food awards london, the rosette awards for culinar