Gastronomic advisory
He has worked with projects for hotels, restaurants, caterings and event companies. That's why he understands what a premium selection must bring to professional contexts.
Gastronomic trust
Richard Alcayde trusts Velclare: gastronomic judgement for premium experiences.
Executive chef · Gastronomic advisor · Premium events
When a selection enters the radar of a chef accustomed to working with restaurants, events, training and hospitality, it doesn't happen by chance. Richard Alcayde brings Velclare into his professional universe because he understands that a premium bottle must not only impress — it must make sense at the table, on the menu and in the experience.
By Juan Carlos Vargas Camacho
Judgement that validates
Richard doesn't look at a bottle just for its label: he analyses when it makes sense, how it's served and what it conveys.
Experience that backs it
His career in restaurants, training, events and product development provides a professional reading of each reference.
Trust for businesses
If Velclare fits that judgement, it can also fit hotels, restaurants, caterings, VIP spaces and corporate gifts.
Why it matters that Richard Alcayde trusts Velclare
Richard's trust doesn't work as a simple image collaboration. It works as professional validation. His career allows him to assess whether a premium reference makes sense in real contexts: a restaurant menu, a hotel welcome, a VIP table, a private event or a corporate experience.
- Because he knows how products perform in real service.
- Because he understands the difference between an eye-catching bottle and a useful reference.
- Because he works with restaurants, events, training and hospitality.
- Because he knows when a selection brings presence, story and value.
- Because his judgement helps turn premium products into experiences.
It's not just exclusivity. It's judgement.
At Velclare, the selection isn't built solely around price, rarity or design. It's built thinking about context: who receives the product, where it's served, what moment it accompanies and what memory it leaves.
Richard Alcayde's perspective reinforces that philosophy: choosing better so each reference has a clear role in the experience.
Table
Menu
Event
Gift
Hospitality
Richard's perspective: product, context and experience
Richard provides a reading that goes beyond the bottle. His judgement helps understand which reference fits each business, which consumption moment it can elevate and what message it conveys to the end client.
- Product selection with gastronomic logic.
- Professional reading of menus, service and experience.
- Judgement applied to hotels, restaurants, caterings and VIP spaces.
- Practical vision from cuisine, training and events.
- Trust for businesses that want to stand out without improvising.
A career that backs the trust
Trained at Escuela Mar de Albarán, Richard built his career alongside Dani García, Juan Mari Arzak, Rodrigo de la Calle and Manolo de la Osa. He also holds specialist sous-vide training with Toni Botella.
Owner of Restaurante MED for 14 years, he then held executive positions at large-scale restaurant groups such as Grupo Matahambre and Grupo La Pesquera, alongside product development, advisory and professional restaurant projects.
The experience that backs his trust
Richard trusts Velclare from a career built in professional cuisine, restaurants, product development, premium events and gastronomic advisory.
Restaurants and gastronomic direction
His experience in restaurants and restaurant groups allows him to assess menus, service, pairings, after-dinner and real dining room rhythm.
Premium events
He knows environments where every detail communicates. That perspective helps choose references with presence for celebrations, private experiences and hospitality.
Show cooking and training
His work at congresses, fairs and activations demonstrates a practical vision: products must work in front of the client.
La Kocina Gastrolab
From training, research and gastronomic development, Richard understands which references bring value beyond the image.
Hospitality and brands
His experience with brands, local produce and professional equipment connects with Velclare's vision: selection with story, presence and coherence.
If Richard would bring it to an experience, your business can too
Richard's trust in Velclare works as a professional signal: these references are designed to be served, recommended, gifted and remembered.
Hotels
Premium details for suites, welcomes, minibars and private experiences where first impressions matter.
Restaurants
References for menus, pairings, after-dinner and special celebrations, chosen to bring value to service.
Caterings and events
Bottles and pieces with visual impact, narrative and the ability to elevate key moments for guests and brands.
Gourmet stores
References with story, design and display value for clients seeking to gift or discover something different.
VIP spaces
Products with presence for special tables, reserved areas and services where every detail communicates.
Businesses
Corporate gifts and private experiences selected with intention, judgement and coherence with the client's level.
Visual proof of a professional career
Cuisine, training, events, hospitality and product: contexts where the selection must measure up.
Career that builds trust
Restaurants, training, events, local produce, gastronomic television and professional projects.
Starlite FestivalLa Kocina GastrolabLa Kocina de LolaRestaurante MEDGrupo La PesqueraGrupo MatahambreSabor a MálagaH&T Málaga / FYCMATop Chef EspañaITB BerlínMadrid FusiónStarlite FestivalLa Kocina GastrolabLa Kocina de LolaRestaurante MEDGrupo La PesqueraGrupo MatahambreSabor a MálagaH&T Málaga / FYCMATop Chef EspañaITB BerlínMadrid Fusión
Equipment and gastronomic brands
PIRA OvensOFYRKamado JoeQuttínBesser VacuumGary'sChurchillMerrychefPIRA OvensOFYRKamado JoeQuttínBesser VacuumGary'sChurchillMerrychef
Bring your business a premium selection with gastronomic judgement.
Tell us what type of business you have, what experience you want to create and what your selection should convey. Velclare will help you choose premium references with presence, coherence and gastronomic value.