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Michelin Guide to Spain & Portugal 2019 RESULTS ARE IN:
The 2019 Michelin Guide to Spain & Portugal has now been presented and spoiler alert: There’s a NEW Michelin 3* !!!!!
The gastronomic Oscars festival was presented this evening LIVE from Lisbon – Portugal – at the Carlos Lopes pavilion, under the culinary coordination of two Michelin-starred Belcanto chef, José Avillez.
This is the first time ever that the Michelin Guide to Spain & Portugal has been presented from Portugal but … Oh what a night!!!! A night that has left Michelin stars raining down all over Spain and Portugal!
This year a whopping 30 NEW Michelin Stars were awarded between Spain and Portugal!
1 NEW Michelin 3* Restaurant – awarded to Dani Garcia
*** ALL 11 Michelin 3* Restaurants in the 2019 Michelin Guide to Spain & Portugal
NEW: Dani Garcia, Dani Garcia (Malaga)
ABaC, Jordi Cruz (Barcelona)
Aponiente, Angel Leon (El Puerto de Santa María, Cádiz)
Akelarre, Pedro Subijana (Guipúzcoa)
Arzak, Juan Mari and Elena Arzak (Guipúzcoa)
Azurmendi, Eneko Atxa (Larrabetzu, Vizcaya)
Diverxo, David Muñoz (Madrid)
El Celler de Can Roca, Joan Roca (Girona)
Lasarte, Martin Berasategui (Barcelona)
Martín Berasategui, Martín Berasategui (Guipúzcoa)
Quique Dacosta, Quique Dacosta (Dénia, Alicante)
But, apart from 1 NEW Michelin 3 Starred Restaurant, for the Michelin Guide for Spain and Portugal 2019 there are:
4 NEW Michelin 2* Restaurants Spain and Portugal 2019:
- Cocina Hermanos Torres (Barcelona)
- Ricard Camarena Restaurant (Valencia)
- El Molino de Urdániz (Urdaitz, Navarra).
- Alma (Lisboa)
and 25 NEW 1* Michelin 1* Restaurants Spain and Portugal 2019:
- La Barra de Carles Abellán (Barcelona)
- Oria (Barcelona)
- Eneko Bilbao (Bilbao)
- Etxanobe Ateliar (Bilbao)
- Beat (Calpe, Alicante)
- Orobianco (Calpe, Alicante)
- Trivio (Cuenca)
- eMe Be Garrote (San Sebastián)
- Bagá (Jaén)
- LÚ Cocina y Alma (Jerez de la Frontera, Cádiz)
- Pablo (León)
- Ikaro (Logroño)
- Clos Madrid (Madrid)
- Corral de la Moreira Gastronómico (Madrid)
- El Invernadero (Madrid)
- La Tasquería (Madrid)
- Yugo (Madrid)
- El Xato (La Nucía, Alicante)
- Terra (S’Agaró, Alicante)
- A Tafona (Santiago de Compostela)
- El Molino de Alcuneza (Sigüenza, Guadalajara)
- Cancook (Zaragoza)
- G Pousada de Bragança (Tras os Montes)
- A Cozinha de Guimaraes (Minho)
- Midori de Sinra (Estremadura)
Congratulations to all our wonderful Michelin Star Chefs in Spain and Portugal !
Huge congratulations to the Spanish Restaurants who yet again feature strongly in the World’s Best Restaurants List. Occupying 10% of the prestigious World’s 50 Best Restaurants 2016 List, half of them climbed positions and half fell, but all 10 Spanish restaurants maintain their status in the Top 100 Restaurants of the World 2016 (7 in the Top 50, of which 3 are in the Top 10).
Portugal, last year, had 2 entries in the 51-100 List but for the World’s 50 Best Restaurants 2016 List just one stays. Congratulations to Belcanto in Lisbon, slowly but surely establishing its gastronomic offering by climbing up the charts.
Here’s a look at the Spanish and Portuguese movers and shakers in the World’s 50 Best Restaurants 2016 List:
Nº 2 – El Celler de Can Roca, Girona, Spain, falls from Nº 1 to Nº 2 on the World’s 50 Best Restaurants 2016 List
Nº 7 – Mugaritz, San Sebastian, Spain, falls from Nº 6 to Nº7 on the World’s 50 Best Restaurants 2016 List
Nº 10 – Asador Etxebarri, Axpe, Spain, climbs from Nº 13 to Nº 10 on the World’s 50 Best Restaurants 2016 List
Nº 16 – Azurmendi, Larrabetzu, Spain, climbs from Nº 19 to Nº 16 on the World’s 50 Best Restaurants 2016 List
Nº 21 – Arzak, San Sebastian, Spain, falls from Nº 17 to Nº21 on the World’s 50 Best Restaurants 2016 List
Nº 29 – Tickets, Barcelona, Spain, climbs from Nº 42 to Nº29 on the World’s 50 Best Restaurants 2016 List
Nº 49 – Quique Dacosta, Denia, Spain, falls from Nº 39 to Nº49 on the World’s 50 Best Restaurants 2016 List
Nº 55 – Nerua, Bilbao, Spain, climbs from Nº 68 to Nº55 on the World’s 50 Best Restaurants 2016 List
Nº 59 – Martín Berasategui, Lasarte-Oria, Spain, climbs from Nº 61 to Nº 59 on the World’s 50 Best Restaurants 2016 List
Nº 78 – Belcanto, Lisbon, Portugal, climbs from Nº 91 to Nº 78 on the World’s 50 Best Restaurants 2016 List
Nº 79 – DiverXO, Madrid, Spain, falls from Nº 59 to Nº 79 on the World’s 50 Best Restaurants 2016 List
N/A – Vila Joya, Albufeira, Portugal, disappears from the list where last year it was at nº 98
Here are the COMPLETE Lists for the World’s Best Restaurants 2016:
1 – 50 World’s Best 50 Restaurants 2016 – FULL LIST
51 – 100 World’s Best Restaurants 2016 – FULL LIST
There are literally thousands of restaurants all over the world – hundreds of thousands! – and acclaimed Restaurant Magazine narrows it down to organize, compile and present, year after year, The World’s 50 Best Restaurants Awards and List.
This prestigious list is an annual recollection of the opinions and experiences of over 900 international restaurant industry experts and the ceremony is attended by the world’s finest chefs, international media and the world’s most influential restaurateurs.
This year, 2016, the awards ceremony was presented from The Cipriani Wall Street in New York, USA, the first time the ceremony has moved from its beginnings (the first list was published in 2002) in England, from London!
Next year, for 2017, the World’s 50 Best Restaurants Awards Ceremony will be heading to Melbourne, Australia!!!
We have many fine dining opportunities for you all over Spain and / or Portugal. Any of our sample private Gourmand Breaks Private Food, Wine and Cultural Tours gives you the chance of fine dining – contact us for your personalized quote!.
The results for the WORLD’S 1-50 BEST RESTAURANTS 2016 will be announced on Monday night!!!
The World’s 50 Best Restaurants NEW 2016 complete list will be presented, from it’s new home in New York, on the 13th of June and we’ll keep you updated …… oh we’re so anxious to know if:
El Celler de Can Roca, Girona, Spain will remain at Nº 1?
Tickets, Barcelona, Spain rises from Nº 42?
If Arzak, San Sebastian, Spain, will return to the Top 10 from it’s current place at Nº 17 ?
If Mugaritz, San Sebastian, Spain, stays put at Nº 6?
If Quique Dacosta, Alicante, Spain, rises or falls from Nº 39?
If Azurmendi, Basque Country, Spain, climbs higher than Nº 19?
If the “Best BBQ in the World” Asador Etxebarri, Basque Country, Spain, enters the Top 10 from Nº 13?
ALL WILL BE REVEALED NEXT WEEK ……. Watch this space!
In the meantime the results are already in for the World’s 50 Best Restaurants 2016 FULL LIST 51-100!!! And with this news we are delighted to report that there are 4 Spanish/Portuguese entries in the Top 51- 100 list for 2016:
Nº 55 NERUA, Michelin 1 star restaurant in the Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao, Spain
Nº 59 MARTIN BERASATEGUI, Michelin 3 star restaurant in the Basque Country, Spain
Nº 78 BELCANTO, Michelin 2 star restaurant in Lisbon, Portugal
Nº 79 DiverXO, Michelin 3 star restaurant in Madrid, Spain
Last year’s awards from London
We have many fine dining opportunities for you all over Spain and / or Portugal. Any of our sample private Gourmand Breaks Private Food, Wine and Cultural Tours gives you the chance of fine dining – contact us for your personalized quote!.
RESULTS ARE IN for the World’s 50 Best Restaurants 2016 FULL LIST 51-100!!!
At Number 78 for the World’s Best Restaurants List 2016 is:
BELCANTO, Lisbon – a Michelin 2 star restaurant at the hands of José Avillez!!!
A dish by José Avillez at Belcanto © Vasco Célio
The World’s 50 Best Restaurants List 1-50 will be awarded at a grand ceremony in New York, on the 13th of June and we’ll keep you posted!
We have many fine dining opportunities for you all over Spain and / or Portugal. Any of our sample private Gourmand Breaks Private Food, Wine and Cultural Tours gives you the chance of fine dining – contact us for your personalized quote!.
RESULTS ARE IN for the The World’s 50 Best Restaurants 2016 places 51-100!!!!!
The NEW World’s 50 Best Restaurants Awards 2016 1- 50 will be presented next week but, hot off the press, here’s the NEW World’s 50 Best Restaurants FULL COMPLETE LIST 2016 51- 100:
No.51 MANÍ – SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL
No.52 PER SE – NEW YORK, USA
No.53 HOF VAN CLEVE – KRUISHOUTEM, BELGIUM
No.54 THE JANE – ANTWERP, BELGIUM
No.55 NERUA – BILBAO, SPAIN
No.56 MIKLA – ISTANBUL, TURKEY
No.57 L’ASTRANCE – PARIS, FRANCE
No.58 ALAIN DUCASSE AU PLAZA ATHÉNÉE – PARIS, FRANCE
No.59 MARTÍN BERASATEGUI – LASARTE-ORIA, SPAIN
No.60 HEDONE – LONDON, UK
No.61 MAAEMO – OSLO, NORWAY
No.62 LA GRENOUILLERE – LA MADELAINE SOUS MONTREUIL, FRANCE
No.63 AQUA – WOLFSBURG, GERMANY
No.64 LASAI – RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL
No.65= BRAE – BIRREGURRA, AUSTRALIA
No.65= LYLE’S – LONDON, UK
No.67 THE RESTAURANT AT MEADOWOOD – ST. HELENA, USA
No.68 TEGUI – BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA
No.69 EPICURE – PARIS, FRANCE
No.70 BURNT ENDS – SINGAPORE
No.71 DANIEL – NEW YORK, USA
No.72 PAVILLON LEDOYEN – PARIS, FRANCE
No.73 HERTOG JAN – BRUGES, BELGIUM
No.74 LE CHATEAUBRIAND – PARIS, FRANCE
No.75 TWINS – MOSCOW, RUSSIA
No.76 LA COLOMBE – CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA
No.77 DEN – TOKYO, JAPAN
No.78 BELCANTO – LISBON, PORTUGAL
No.79 DIVERXO – MADRID, SPAIN
No.80 L’ATELIER SAINT-GERMAIN DE JOËL ROBUCHON PARIS – PARIS, FRANCE
No.81 CHEF’S TABLE AT BROOKLYN FARE – NEW YORK, USA
No.82 HAJIME – OSAKA, JAPAN
No.83 MANRESA – LOS GATOS, USA
No.84 REALE – CASTEL DI SANGRO, ITALY
No.85 THE FRENCH LAUNDRY – YOUNTVILLE, USA
No.86 8 1/2 OTTO E MEZZO BOMBANA – HONG KONG, CHINA
No.87 INDIAN ACCENT – DELHI, INDIA
No.88 DIE SCHWARZWALDSTUBE – BAIERSBRONN, GERMANY
No.89= ZUMA – DUBAI, UAE
No.89= BENU – SAN FRANCISCO, USA
No.91 ST JOHN – LONDON, UK
No.92 QUINTESSENCE – TOKYO, JAPAN
No.93 DANIEL BERLIN – SKÅNE TRANÅS, SWEDEN
No.94 BRAS – LAGUIOLE, FRANCE
No.95 L’EFFERVESCENCE – TOKYO, JAPAN
No.96 COSME – NEW YORK, USA
No.97 MOMOFUKU KO – NEW YORK, USA
No.98 QUAY – SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA
No.99 LA PETITE MAISON – DUBAI, UAE
No.100 CHESTNAYA KUHNYA – MOSCOW, RUSSIA
We’ll keep you updated on the results of The World’s 50 Best Restaurants 2016 1- 50 (June 13th 2016 live from New York).
We have many fine dining opportunities for you all over Spain and / or Portugal. Any of our sample private Gourmand Breaks Private Food, Wine and Cultural Tours gives you the chance of fine dining – contact us for your personalized quote!.
Marg and Phil Roeterdink joined us from Perth, Australia, back in May/June 2015, for their Private Gourmand Breaks Food, Wine and Cultural Tour covering Spain and Portugal. In a Customized 17 day itinerary Marg and Phil were able to experience the sights and delights of Barcelona, Granada, Seville, Cordoba, Ronda, Salamanca and Madrid in Spain as well as Lisbon and the Douro Valley in Portugal. Marg has since shared her impressions with us through paintings that she entered into her Personal Journal along the way.
Here are some of the beautiful paintings that Marg has very kindly allowed us to share with you:
Many thanks againto Marg for sharing these beautiful impressions of the Spanish and Portuguese experiences she shared with her husband Phil.
We’d love to help you make your own special memories too in Spain and Portugal and look forward to welcoming you on a Private Food, Wine and Cultural Tour with Gourmand Breaks.
Repsol recently announced their New Guide for Spain and Portugal Restaurants 2016! But! – I hear you say – “Didn’t we just have the New Michelin Guide for Spain and Portugal 2016 announced?”
The answer is YES! The New Michelin Guide for Spain and Portugal 2016 was presented in November and offers us 174 Michelin Starred Restaurants in Spain and 14 Michelin Starred Restaurants in Portugal for 2016.
So – you ask – “What is the Repsol Guide? and what do they award?”
Well, for over 35 years Repsol has been highlighting the best restaurants in Spain and Portugal, and similar to Michelin, every year, awards the best restaurants and publishes the New Guide. While Michelin awards Stars, Repsol awards Suns.
The Repsol Suns, as the Michelin Stars, are prestigious distinctions, a symbol of culinary excellence awarded to the best restaurants and chefs in Spanish and Portuguese gastronomy. It is no surprise, therefore, to find lots of Michelin stars shining in the Repsol Guide. The highest accolade is 3 suns, then 2, then 1 – Just like Michelin.
However, Repsol is a little more generous than Michelin and offers a total of 476 restaurants in Spain (36 with Three Suns, 147 with Two Suns and 293 with One Sun) and 88 restaurants in Portugal (7 with Three Suns, 21 with Two Suns and 60 with One Sun)
As you can imagine, with 564 Repsol Sun Restaurants between Spain and Portugal 2016, that’s a looooooooog list. So here are the REPSOL 3 SUN RESTAURANTS FOR SPAIN AND PORTUGAL 2016 (36 in Spain and 7 in Portugal compared with 8 Michelin Three Star restaurants in Spain 2016 and 0 Michelin Three Star Restaurants in Portugal 2016 ):
SPAIN 2016 – Three Soles “3 Suns” Restaurants
ABaC – Michelin 2* – Barcelona
Akelarre – Michelin 3*- Donostia/San Sebastián, Gipuzkoa
Aponiente – Michelin 2* – El Puerto de Santa María, Cádiz
Arzak – Michelin 3* – Donostia/San Sebastián, Gipuzkoa
Atrio – Michelin 2* – Cáceres
Azurmendi – Michelin 3* – Larrabetzu, Bizkaia
Cabaña Buenavista [NEW] – Michelin 1* – El Palmar, Murcia
Can Jubany – Michelin 1* – Calldetenes, Barcelona
Sant Pau – Michelin 3* – Sant Pol de Mar, Barcelona
Casa Gerardo – Michelin 1* – Prendes, Asturias
Cenador de Amós – Michelin 1* – Villaverde de Pontones, Cantabria
Coque – Michelin 2* – Humanes de Madrid, Madrid
Dani García – Michelin 2* – Marbella, Málaga
DiverXo – Michelin 3* – Madrid
Dos Cielos – Michelin 1* – Barcelona
El Celler de Can Roca – Michelin 3* – Girona
El Portal – Michelin 2* – Ezcaray, La Rioja
Etxebarri (Asador) – Michelin 1* – Atxondo, Bizkaia
Hispània – Arenys de Mar, Barcelona
Kabuki Wellington – Michelin 1* – Madrid
L’Escaleta – Michelin 1* – Cocentaina, Alicante
La Terraza del Casino – Michelin 2* – Madrid
Martín Berasategui – Michelin 3* – Lasarte-Oria, Gipuzkoa
Mugaritz – Michelin 2* – Errentería, Gipuzkoa
Nerua – Michelin 1* – Bilbao, Bizkaia
O’Pazo – Madrid
Quique Dacosta Restaurante – Michelin 3* – Dénia, Alicante
Ramón Freixa – Michelin 2* – Madrid,
Ricard Camarena – Michelin 1*- Valencia
Rodero – Michelin 1* – Pamplona, Navarra
Santceloni – Michelin 2* – Madrid
Sergi Arola – UPDATE: CLOSED in September 2016 – Sot (part of his restaurant which is Michelin 2*) – Madrid
Solla – Michelin 1* – San Salvador de Poio, Pontevedra
Vía Veneto – Michelin 1* – Barcelona
Zalacaín – Madrid
Zuberoa – Michelin 1* – Oiartzun, Gipuzkoa
PORTUGAL – Three Soles “3 Suns” Restaurants
Belcanto – Michelin 2* – Lisbon
Feitoria – Michelin 1* – Lisbon
Fortaleza do Guincho – Michelin 1* – Cascais, Lisbon
Il Gallo D’Oro – Michelin 1* – Funchal, Madeira
Ocean – Michelin 2* – Armação de Pêra, Algarve
Sâo Gabriel – Michelin 1* – Almancil, Algarve
Vila Joya – Michelin 2* – Albufeira, Algarve
Experience Michelin Starred and Repsol Sunned Restaurant dining opportunities on one of our Private Food, Wine and Cultural Tours . You will have the chance to indulge in the best restaurants in Spain and Portugal! Contact us for your personalized quote.
Our Pre-Michelin Guide Spain and Portugal 2016 SuperChef Series by Gourmand Breaks – An insight into the world of some of the current Michelin star chefs in Spain and Portugal – is well underway. We previously showcased the current Michelin 2 star restaurants in Portugal (there are only 3): Belcanto, Ocean and Vila Joya.
There are currently no Michelin 3 star restaurants in Portugal so on now to the Michelin 1 star restaurants in Portugal. There are just 11 Michelin 1 Star restaurants in Portugal (at the moment) and we’ve already showcased: The Yeatman, Casa da Calçada, Fortaleza do Guincho and Eleven
Now we’re heading to Porto and a New Kid on the Block being awarded his first Michelin Star last year:
Pedro Lemos – had a successful career in civil engineering, but decided to leave it all behind to follow his passion for food. After studying and working with varios master chefs, he spent a few years in Lisbon before returning to his hometown of Porto to open a restaurant in 2010. Pedro received his first Michelin Star last year in 2014 for the 2015 Michelin Guide to Spain and Portugal. Is Pedro on a winning streak for another Michelin Star for 2016? All will be revealed on the 25th of November.
Pedro Lemos (Porto) – is housed in an old (now renovated) 19th century house in the heart of the distinguished Foz do Douro district of Porto. Apart from the cosy chic ambience of the dining room there is also an attractive rooftop terrace for dining al fresco. Pedro Lemos presents Portuguese cuisine based on traditional dishes using only fresh seasonal ingredients. The menu changes frequently but you can always be sure of curious and creative dishes here. To be enjoyed on one of our Private Food, Wine and Cultural Tours :-)
Experience Portugal’s growing gastronomy and fantastic wine regions on a Gourmand Breaks Private Food, Wine and Cultural Tour to include Portugal. An ever-increasing destination choice with our guests Portugal can easily be combined with Spain for a two-center vacation giving you the chance to indulge in the Best Michelin Starred Restaurants in Spain and Portugal.
Our Pre-Michelin Guide Spain and Portugal 2016 SuperChef Series by Gourmand Breaks – An insight into the world of some of the current Michelin star chefs in Spain and Portugal – is well underway. We previously showcased the current Michelin 2 star restaurants in Portugal (there are only 3): Belcanto, Ocean and Vila Joya.
There are currently no Michelin 3 star restaurants in Portugal so on now to the Michelin 1 star restaurants in Portugal. There are just 11 Michelin 1 Star restaurants in Portugal (at the moment) and we started our Michelin One Star Restaurants in Portugal with Yeatman and Ricardo Costa . Now we’re heading to Amarante and another chef heading a Hotel Restaurant:
Vítor Matos – trained in Switzerland and, after working in various hotel restaurants, finally joined the Casa da Calçada team in 2010 to head the Largo do Paço restaurant.
Largo de Paço (Amarante) – is the Michelin 1 star restaurant of the 5* Casa da Calçada Hotel. Regional and Mediterranean cuisine combine to meet the gastronomic quality and originality required by the Relais & Châteaux chain. The Largo do Paço restaurant gained it’s Michelin star in 2004 and Vítor has kept hold it. The elegant atmosphere, original ideas and impressive presentation make this restaurant a must visit place that will certainly surprise you. To be enjoyed on one of our Private Food, Wine and Cultural Tours :-)
Experience Portugal’s growing gastronomy and fantastic wine regions on a Gourmand Breaks Private Food, Wine and Cultural Tour to include Portugal. An ever-increasing destination choice with our guests Portugal can easily be combined with Spain for a two-center vacation giving you the chance to indulge in the Best Michelin Starred Restaurants in Spain and Portugal.