Overview

• His death was first reported by Crónica Global and echoed by other Spanish outlets and social media.
• Grupo Moncho's shared an Instagram tribute calling him passionate, visionary and generous.
• Staff at Botafumeiro and other group restaurants said they had not yet received formal family notice at the time of reporting.
• Neira founded Botafumeiro in 1975 and grew it into Grupo Moncho's, a Barcelona portfolio of about a dozen restaurants including Asador del Mar and Sexy Crab.
• He was born in Pol (Lugo) and is survived by his wife and three children.