Rafael Anson

Anson was the founder of the Cofradía de la Buena Mesa (the equivalent of Le Club des 100 in France), the Spanish Academy of Gastronomy of which he is currently president and, together with France and the UK, the International Academy of Gastronomy (President 1991 to 1995), of which he is now honorary president.

He is a member of the Academie des Gastronomes de Francia and of the Academie des Gourmets, Switzerland as well as founder and member of similar National Academies in Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, México, Poland and Romania.

A regular collaborator on gastronomic articles for amongst others CEIM (corporate magazine for the Confederación de Empresarios Independiente de Madrid), BINTER (In-flight magazine) and Emociones del Vino y la Restauración(Wine and food business), Anson writes a monthly column in Ronda Iberia and Iberia Excelente (In-flight magazine for IBERIA) and the magazine “Fuera de Serie” of the finantial newspaper “Expansión”, which is published in collaboration with the finantial times.

He has written several books on gastronomy and is director of gastronomy for publishing companies such as Espasa Calpe, Plaza & Janés, Ediciones B, Lunwerg, Everest and Nobel. Anson is the founder and general secretary of the Spanish Nutrition Foundation (FEN), was awarded the “Encomienda de Número al Mérito Alimentario y del Mérito Agrícola” by the Ministry of Agriculture and Food and is president of the Academic Commission for the Promotion of the Mediterranean Gastronomic Culture.

He is director of the Cátedra Ferrán Adriá de Cultura Gastronómica y Ciencias de la Alimentación at the University Camilo José Cela, Madrid. And finally, Rafael Anson is Honorary President of the Foundation Art and Gastronomy.