We are in mourning, shocked, and deeply saddened. We weren't expecting it. The world of Catalan culinary culture and gastronomy has lost the drive and irreplaceable strength of a multifaceted, dynamic, and inspiring figure, capable of achieving goals without the inferiority complex of a small country.

Carles Vilarrubí has been the older brother I never had, and whom, after today, I have lost and will never have again. Having you has been a dream, an illusion, a mirage for me.