Vicky Sevilla, the youngest chef to achieve the Michelin star: "The kitchen saved me"

The Arrels de Sagunto restaurant is closed today.

"The team is not here today to provide service," chef Vicky Sevilla replies sarcastically on the other end of the phone.

they achieved last night all night.

"When we received the invitation to the gala, we decided to close today in case they gave it to us."

And they were right.

Seville does not remember anything of the great moment.

"I saw Sagunto on the screen and went down to the stage."

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Already in 2020 they gave him the Bib Gourmand, which recognizes the locals with an excellent value for money.

"The star does not change my approach or my way of seeing the kitchen. I aspire to fill the room and that people leave happy."

On the Arrels website they are presented as "product, market and local cuisine with a marked signature and avant-garde touch that gives our dishes their own personality".

He knew the inspectors had been to his restaurant, but it hasn't kept him awake, either.

It started in the kitchen by chance.

"At 17, I had a bad time."

She went to Formentera to see a friend and had to find her life.

"I went to work in a kitchen and I didn't even know how to fry an egg."

At four months she was "the head of cold.

."

He hooked her and rearranged her life.

"Then I was trained at the Castellón Hospitality School".

He jumped into the ring under the orders of prestigious Valencian chefs such as Susi Díaz (La Finca), Vicente Patiño (Saiti) or Begoña Rodrigo (La Salita).

But that was not enough.

At just 25 years old, he set out to open his first restaurant, which has already been awarded the valuable distinction by the French guide.

"The first year was very hard. I had no income."

He endured the downpour with his two menus and things got better.

It currently offers three menus:

(snacks, three passes, a main and dessert. With wines), for 45 euros;

(snacks, six passes, two desserts. With wines), for 65 euros;

and

(snacks, eight passes, two desserts, petit fours. With wines), for 85 euros.

At the moment he has no intention of raising prices.

"I focus on trying to do it right every day. Being regular and honest is important."

Arrels is located in the old town of Sagunto, going up to the castle of the town.

Located in the old stables of the Palace of the Dukes of Gaeta, a medieval palace from the s.

XVI.

From there she attended to the media that called her this Wednesday morning.

"Now I'm going home to be with the family and see my little one."

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