I met Jordi Roca at an event organized by Netflix for the launch of a new season of stranger things. Rocambolesc prepared some limited edition ice creams and they introduced me to the chef, who greeted me by shaking my hand and nodding, but without speaking. During the event only a small thread of voice, a whisper sometimes inaudible.
Jordi Roca suffers from a disease called cervical dystonia that affects his neck muscles and prevents his vocal cords from emitting sound normally.
Jordi Roca recovers his voice
But now, in his latest Instagram post, he has given the good news with his own voice, which he lost seven or eight years ago, as he himself admits. He has had to relearn how to use his voice, and although he does not rule out that he could lose it again in the future and at any time, the truth is that hearing him speak again has been a joy for those of us who admire him. His new voice sounds as he himself claims to be the “two in the morning radio announcer voice”.
“I love El Celler, I love my brothers, my family, my little girl… I don’t know what more I can ask for. Today I am the luckiest uncle in the world. Value your voice. Value what you have”.
Good news for the chef, who has been very grateful for the support that colleagues, friends and family have always given him, and encourages us to value the voice and everything we have but take for granted. Never when are we going to lose it.
Photos | instagram @jordirocasan
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