Balaguer is a chocolate virtuoso and has accumulated practically every international award in his profession. Among them is his "Best Dessert in the World" award for his delicious "Eight Textures of Chocolate" cake, which he continues to sell in his stores in Madrid and Barcelona. He has academic qualifications in pastry-making and spent 7 years working at El Bulli. It was there that he acquired the culinary knowledge that he draws on in his creations and commercial products, such as the sweet stocks and broths that he uses for cooking, or citrus salts.