César Bonilla, owner of the French fries and churros company “Bonilla a la Vista”, whose business became an icon after appearing in the famous Oscar-winning film ‘Parasites’, dies at the age of 91.
This was confirmed by sources close to the owner of the company to the EFE agency this Friday in the city of La Coruña. Until recently, at 90 years old, César Bonilla continued to regularly go to the factory located in Sabón (Arteixo), worrying about its proper functioning and participating in making all the company’s important decisions.
His father, Salvador Bonilla, was the founder of the famous company. It all started in the 1930s when he, along with his wife, moved to Ferrol to open the first Bonilla a la Vista churrería. Over time, they even expanded their business with the Hotel Bonilla on the Ferrol Pier.
César was just a child when they set up a churrería on Orzán Street in A Coruña and, since then, he delivered his potatoes, packaged in returnable one-kilo cans, by bicycle, and later with a Moto Guzzi, around the city’s cafes.
But the Galician brand’s peak of fame was in 2019, when a can of Bonilla appeared in the best film award-winning film ‘Parasites’. Currently, they have six businesses in the city.
Although that is not the most impressive thing, and today the company’s potato chips are sold in a total of 23 countries. Among them, Belgium, Canada, South Korea, Estonia, Japan, the Netherlands and the United States, among others. In fact, the Asian market is its main export area, receiving 15% of production.
In a small statement, the Bonilla a la Vista family recalled that the “tireless work and dedication” of César Bonilla “made it possible for the name of Bonilla a la Vista to sound today throughout the world, without ever losing its roots.” Galician”.
