The third time was the charm.
After two editions without new tri-stars
, the Michelin Guide Spain and Portugal 2023,
unveiled
at a gala held tonight in Toledo (and without masks), raises two Spanish dining rooms to the top of its firmament:
Atrio (Cáceres) and Cocina Hermanos Torres (Barcelona).
The
revelation
took place at the El Greco Conference Center in the imperial city, where the red guide -whose ratings never leave anyone indifferent- has unveiled its particular
rain of stars
: the two new tri -stars
are accompanied by three restaurants that debut two macarons
, 34 receive their first crown (29 in Spain and 5 in Portugal) and, in its commitment to sustainable gastronomy, the guide awards 14 new green stars (13 national and one in Portugal).
Sergio and Javier Torres
(Barcelona, 1970), the most mediatic twins in the culinary homeland,
were in all the pools
to be at the top of the Michelin Olympus, and this time the forecasts have not failed.
As of today ,
Cocina Hermanos Torres
-the flagship of these two jovial and creative chefs who
at the age of eight and "because of Grandma Catalina" already knew what they wanted to
be- has three stars.
Michelin's motives?
"For making us dream after every bite, because Sergio and Javier Torres have created a magical space where the gastronomic experience, which travels from consistency through the best seasonal products,
exceeds the diner's expectations to become a great show
", points out the French prescriber.
Toño Pérez, at Atrio, his restaurant located in the historic center of Cáceres.
And from Barcelona to the historic center of Cáceres
, where Toño Pérez and José Polo, soul and body of Atrio
, lovingly run this restaurant-hotel that for almost 18 years has been the only bi-star restaurant in Extremadura and is now part of the exclusive Spanish roster of the three stars.
A good way
to get rid of the bad taste in their mouths left by the theft
, in October 2021, of 45 exclusive bottles from their spectacular cellar.
Thus, its
enjoyable cuisine and a benchmark of avant-garde cuisine from Extremadura
obtains the highest distinction "for the elegant and delicate proposal of chef Toño Pérez, who has turned the DNA of the local gastronomic tradition around, with the Iberian pig as the main protagonist, to
captivate our palate through passion, sincerity and technical excellence
", Michelin
dixit
.
And, as Toño often says, it is a proposal "deeply rooted in how we Extremadurans are, how we eat, how we live and told with that wonderful pantry that we have".
Deessa, in Madrid, gets two stars.
There are also novelties among the biestrellados, with three new additions.
The first,
Deessa, the gastronomic restaurant at the Mandarin Oriental Ritz Madrid
-a Mediterranean and creative proposal that bears the stamp of Quique Dacosta, with Guillermo Chávez in the kitchen- that
in just over a year and a half of life
has achieved two crowning glory.
Second,
Pepe Vieira, a unique space in the middle of the field and with views of the Rías Baixas
, in Raxó (Poio, Pontevedra), where they bet on avant-garde Galician cuisine that they themselves baptize "the last cooking of the world".
Third,
El Rincón de Juan Carlos
, at the Royal Hideaway Corales Beach (Adeje, Tenerife).
Here other brothers, Juan Carlos and Jonathan Padrón,
they update the Canarian recipe book "from a creative point of view, with premium products, very high levels of refinement
and the ability to excite in various dishes", acknowledge the guide's inspectors.
As we have mentioned, 29 Spanish restaurants reach their first star.
Among them,
the latest project by the unrepeatable Dabiz Muñoz,
RavioXO
(Madrid)
, a traveling concept that revolves around dumplings and pasta.
But there are more names with a lot of weight in the world of gastronomy, like the new
Enigma that Albert Adrià opened last summer in Barcelona
.
And others who have reached professional maturity, such as Dani Ochoa, who after losing his star due to the fire that devastated
Montia
, his dining room in San Lorenzo de El Escorial
(Madrid), shines it again.
Or
Hugo Muñoz and his
From him Ugo Chan
(Madrid), who achieve their first macaron.
Dabiz Muñoz, in RavioXo.Carlos García Pozo
This gala has also brought fresh sap and young talents that have captivated inspectors with their personality and good work in canteens such as, among others,
Ababol (Albacete);
Ancestral (Illescas, Toledo) or Oba (Casas-Ibáñez, Albacete),
the gastronomic "radical" attached to the native territory of Javi Sanz and Juan Sahuquillo.
And, precisely, the La Mancha house of these two twenty-something chefs -who also run the kitchens of Cañitas Maite and for just over a month those of Cebo, at the Hotel Urban in Madrid- is
one of the 14 new green stars (13 Spanish and 1 Portuguese, with which Michelin recognizes sustainable gastronomy,
bringing the number of establishments that have received this distinction to 42.
The Bib Gourmand chapter, a seal that identifies the establishments as the best value for money, adds 38 novelties (31 in our country and 7 in Portugal).
Joan Roca has received the Chef Mentor 2023 award.Carlos García Pozo
If there is a figure that is
synonymous with gastronomy, that is Joan Roca
, leader together with his brothers Jordi and Josep of the highly awarded El Celler de Can Roca (Girona) and one of the great master chefs who has led the guide to award him the
2023 Chef Mentor Award
, at which time the El Greco Conference Center collapsed.
For his part,
Cristóbal Muñoz, from Ambivium
(Peñafiel), has received the
Young Chef 2023
award .
In addition, in this edition for the first time the room service is rewarded, which has gone to Toni Gerez (Castell Peralada, in Peralada, Girona).
In summary and in the words of
Gwendal Poullennec, international director of the Michelin guides, this edition
"perfectly illustrates the excellence, creativity and audacity of the culinary landscape of Spain and Portugal, and its
growing and remarkable commitment to a more sustainable gastronomic approach
. We are delighted to see younger chefs take the lead and embark on their own journeys, in many cases flying the flag for reinterpreted regional or fusion cuisines."
And so far the 2023 gala, which anticipates a novelty for next year:
the 2024 edition will be presented separately
, an event for Spain and another for Portugal.
LIST OF NEW STARS 2023
THREE STARS
Atrium (Cáceres, Extremadura)
Kitchen Hermanos Torres (Barcelona, Catalonia)
TWO STARS
Deessa (Madrid)
Pepe Vieira (Serpe, Galicia)
El Rincón de Juan Carlos (Tenerife/Adeje Canary Islands)
A STAR
Andalusia
Barcode (Cádiz)
The Farm (Loja, Granada)
Kaleja (Malaga)
Aragon
Weird People (Zaragoza)
Asturias
Ferpel (Nettle)
Mount (San Feliz)
Castilla la Mancha
Ababol (Albacete)
Ancestral (Illescas, Toledo)
Oba (Casas-Ibáñez, Albacete)
Castile and Leon
Alchemy - Laboratory (Valladolid)
Cobo Evolution (Burgos)
Catalonia
Aleía (Barcelona)
COME by Paco Mendez (Barcelona)
Enigma (Barcelona)
Mont Bar (Barcelona)
Slow & Low (Barcelona)
Galicia
Ceibe (Ourense)
O'Pazo (Padron)
The Rioja
Garlic (Logroño)
Balearic Islands
Etxeko Ibiza (Es Canar, Ibiza)
Fusion19 (Muro, Majorca)
Canary Islands
San-Hô (Adeje, Tenerife)
Tabaiba (Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Gran Canaria)
Madrid's community
Montia (San Lorenzo de El Escorial
RavioXO (Madrid)
Ugo Chan (Madrid)
Zuara Sushi (Madrid)
Murcia
Alma mater
Basque Country
ARREA!
(Santa Cruz de Campezo (Álava)
GREEN STARS
Oba (Casas-Ibáñez, Albacete)
Narbasú (Cereceda, Asturias)
Sale Moncalvillo (Daroca de Rioja, La Rioja)
Zelai Txiki (San Sebastian)
The Visco (Fuentespalda, Teruel)
Maskarada (Lekunberri, Navarra)
Muxgo (Las Palmas de Gran Canaria)
Ambivium (Peñafiel, Valladolid)
Casa Nova (Sant Martí Sarroca, Barcelona)
ARREA!
(Santa Cruz de Campezo, Álava)
Jewish House (Santander)
Les Moles (Ulldecona, Tarragona)
Cancook (Zaragoza)
DELETED STARS 2023
Lose the star:
Estany Clar (Cercs, Catalonia)
Trivio (Basin)
Ulía Viewpoint (San Sebastián)
Kabuki (Madrid)
Cebo (Madrid), suppression due to change of management
eMe Be Garrote (San Sebastián), suppression due to closure
Auga e Sal (Santiago de Compostela), suppression due to closure
El Llar de Viri (San Román de Candamo (Asturias) loses the green star
The Michelin Guide Spain & Portugal in 2023 in six data:
13 restaurants with three MICHELIN stars (2 new)
41 restaurants with two MICHELIN stars (3 new)
235 restaurants with a MICHELIN Star (34 new, 5 in Portugal)
42 restaurants with the MICHELIN Green Star (14 new, 1 in Portugal)
281 Bib Gourmand restaurants (38 new, 7 in Portugal)
831 restaurants recommended for the quality of their cuisine (134 new, 15 in Portugal)
According to the criteria of The Trust Project
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