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Updated Tuesday, March 5, 2024-11:13

  • Gastronomy La Salita, by Begoña Rodrigo, the only restaurant that wins the three Suns of the Repsol Guide this year

On Monday, March 4, the city of Cartagena (Murcia) hosted the

Repsol Guide Suns Gala 2024

, the annual event that brings together the best in Spanish gastronomy.

On this occasion, a total of 98

soles have been distributed

, the largest number so far.

The restaurant

La Salita

(Valencia), by Begoña Rodrigo, has been the only one to have achieved

3 suns

this year, the highest recognition of the historic guide.

With its innovative Mediterranean cuisine

project

in an old 19th century palace.

XVIII in which she presents four tasting menus, the Valencian chef thus joins the

club

of chefs who already hold this honor in our country, such as Martín Berasategui, Joan Roca, Maca de Castro, Pepe Solla, Ramón Freixa and Diego Guerrero, among others.

"I have never worked to receive awards. I would go back to ironing the tablecloths and not sleeping because I had to wash and do things the way I was taught they had to be done," said the Valencian chef, winner of the first edition of Top Chef, excitedly. .

"I always say that awards are a consequence of something."

La Salita, by Begoña Rodrigo, the only restaurant that wins the three Suns of the Repsol Guide this year

The prestigious guide distributed

2 soles

to 16 establishments and

1 sole

to another 81. Among the first are Almo (Murcia), Casa Julián (Tolosa, Guipúzcoa), Desde 1911 (Madrid), La Cúpula (Costa Adeje, Tenerife), Le Bistroman L'Atelier (Madrid), Ugo Chan (Madrid) and OSA (Madrid)

.

Additionally,

271 were recommended

.

With the new additions,

the Repsol universe now includes 764 restaurants

(44 Tres Soles, 168 Dos Soles and 552 Un Sol) and 1,453 Recommended restaurants (with 271 new ones).

Catalonia (115) and Community of Madrid (101) are the regions where the sun shines the most.

They are followed by the Basque Country (71), Andalusia (74), the Valencian Community (60) and Castilla y León (59).

On the map above you can see which restaurants have won awards.