Jordi Bonet
Chief Architect La Sagrada Familia

Dr Bonet has been awarded the Medal Creu de Sant Jordi of the Catalan Government and is the Architect Coordinator and Director of the Sagrada Família construction. He is also President of the Catalan Royal Academy for Fine Arts (Reial Acadèmia Catalana de Belles Arts de Sant Jordi). Currently he is the General Secretary of the International Conference of the Catholic Scout Movement and a member of the Gala-Dalí Foundation

Dr. Bonet has designed and built a large variety of buildings, including housing (individual and block of flats), offices, factories, schools, hotels, churches, auditoriums, building restorations and planning projects. He is the organizer of several different exhibitions: "Gaudí" Paris 1961 and "Mil.lenium" Barcelona 1988 are two examples. He has also published four books: L’arquitectura al servei de la música (1986), Temple de la Sagrada Familia (1992), L’últim Gaudí and The Esencial Gaudí (2000). Dr. Bonet has given a large number of lectures around the world.

Pedro Monje,
Owner, Via Veneto Restaurant

Pedro Monje was born in Barcelona in 1973 and has always been linked to Via Veneto. When he was 11 years old he used to spend his summer holidays in the restaurant kitchen doing simple tasks and acquiring valuable experience and knowledge that he has always considered essential for a complete view of the restaurant business. He completed his training with several "stages" in the kitchens of Pierre Orsi (Lyon, France) and La Pyramide (Vienne, France).

He got a Master Degree in Business Administration and Management by ESADE, worked for four years in the Marketing Department of the multinational American food company Nabisco, and in 2001 he began to work in Via Veneto with the responsibility of managing director.

In his business and personal background he has also collaborated with the NGO Setem and has attended several business courses and seminars.

As far as gastronomy is concerned, he usually participates in different Spanish gastronomic forums and is member of several gastronomy associations, such as the Young European Restaurateurs. He is also a certified Sommelier after taking a two-year course organized by the Spanish Sommelier Association.

Carles Tejedor,
Chef, Via Veneto Restaurant

Carles Tejedor was born in Terrassa 33 years ago. He is a vocational cook, and despite being very young, he has an extensive professional background: he has worked in California, in the Savoy Hotel in London, and in the Restaurant Ristol in Terrassa (Spain) where he has become one of the most sound values of the new Catalan cuisine. His cooking is characterized by the use of the best market products and the most modern cooking methods and techniques. It is a fresh cuisine with intense flavours designed mainly for people to enjoy it.

Besides his innovative talent, Carles has a strong interest in making Catalan cuisine known all over the world.

Some of the latest events where he has participated on behalf of Via Veneto are:

• "Català de l’any 2006". (Catalan of the Year 2006) Preparation, together with the best-known Catalan chefs, of the banquet for Award Ceremony of the most relevant Catalan person of the year.

• Hong Kong 2007: Participation in the intensive course of Chinese cuisine and master class “Art of new Spanish Cuisine” on Spanish cuisine in the "Chinese Cuisine Training Institute".

• Canary Islands 2007: In collaboration with the publishing house Montagut, several courses on Via Veneto cuisine were held in October for hotel management schools of Tenerife and Gran Canaria.

Additionally, several dinners are held for the specialized press with our most representative dishes.