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Real food is reinterpreted. Plucked from the earth's elements, the menu turns simplicity on its head where meat, fish and veg get bold and brazen. Seasonal, organic, locally sourced and foraged ingredients are combined with the unpredictable nature of fire to create an adventurous fusion of unexpected flavors. Dishes are a mix between stripped back and complex, raw and cooked, meat-based and plant-centric, juxtaposing rustic bites with intricate taste-defying dressings and sauces.

Fueling the counterculture that FIRE dares to own, the open-kitchen setting is a contradiction in itself. Granite and charred wood detailing style-it-out alongside a bold palette of amber red, green and orange accents that mirror all things Barcelona presents. Limitless views from the vast glass wall bring outside in, connecting Barceloneta's vibrant scene with the magnetic draw of the Med.

With more than 6 years of experience working on the stoves of the best restaurants around the globe, the Italian chef from Cassino, a small town between Rome and Naples, was the winner of 2016's Hell's Kitchen Italy. After growing as a professional cook throughout the past years, Carlotta has now assumed the responsibility of creating such an important concept as FIRE, the new main restaurant of W Barcelona.

"Being a woman as a chef in charge of such a relevant project is a challenge. The role of women in the kitchen has been well marked by the figures of great men chefs, that historically led this industry. Fortunately, we are starting to receive recognition and visibility in the gastronomic world and I feel very proud to be part of this project", Carlotta Delicato.