Background

From an early age, Jonray and Peter Sanchez-Iglesias were encouraged by their father, Paco, to embrace food. Their holidays to Cornwall consisted of mussel foraging and skinning rabbits. The boys became intrigued by Italian cuisine during their teenage years working in their parent’s traditional trattoria restaurant, Casamia, in Westbury. The brothers left school with no qualifications, deciding to set-up their own restaurant in Cheltenham. Despite shining reviews, the restaurant was unsuccessful. In 2006, their parents handed over the Casamia kitchen operation to their sons. The self-taught brothers are hungry to keep learning and experimenting, bringing new cutting-edge creativity to the table, whilst remaining, “respectful to the classics.” At the age of 26 and 24, Jonray and Peter became the youngest chefs in Europe to hold a Michelin star. Together with their parents running front-of-house, they won the title of Gordon Ramsay’s Best Restaurant 2010.