Aitor Zabala is Owner and Executive Chef of Somni, a three-Michelin-star restaurant in West Hollywood. Born in Barcelona, he trained at three-Michelin-star Akelarre before joining El Bulli, where he spent four years in the kitchen and elite test kitchen. After a decade as Creative Director at José Andrés' ThinkFoodGroup, Zabala opened Somni in Beverly Hills in 2018, earning two Michelin stars before the pandemic forced its closure. He reopened Somni in West Hollywood in 2024 and, seven months later, earned three Michelin stars, becoming the first Spanish chef to achieve this distinction outside Spain and the first to receive all three stars simultaneously.

At TEDxBeverlyGrove
Chef Aitor Zabala will share The One More Day Principle—an operating rule for endurance when motivation disappears. Not the glamorous version of resilience—the version where you keep showing up, make the strategic sacrifice, and rebuild the identity required to carry what comes next.

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