The annual Michelin restaurant star awards were announced late November 2009 and Spain now has one more three-star restaurant, four more two-star restaurants and sixteen more one-star restaurants.
The Spanish chef Joan Roca from the restaurant El Celler de Can Roca in Girona has received a third star from the Michelin Spain and Portugal Guide 2010. The Catalan chef was presented with the award in Madrid.
El Celler de Can Roca began in 1986 with Joan and two brother Jordi an Josep, they are the third generation of restaurateurs. Their second Michelin star was gained in 2001.
This now makes El Cellar de Can Roca the seventh restaurant in Spain with three stars, the others are
Three -Star Michelin Restaurants
- Juan Mari Arzak from the restaurant Arzak in San Sebastián
- Santi Santamaría from the restaurant Can Fabes in San Celoni
- Ferrán Adriá from the restaurant El Bulli in Rosas
- Martín Berasategui from the restaurante Martín Berasategui in Lasarte
- Carme Ruscalleda in Sant Pau
- Pedro Subijana in San Sebastián
The restaurants that have gained another star to become
Two-Star Michelin Restaurants
- Casa Marcial de Arriondas - Asturias
- Lasarte - Barcelona
- La Terraza del Casino - Madrid
- Les Cols – Olot
Restaurants to lose their second star
- The Tristán - Portals Nous
Restaurants that have gained their first star are
One -Star Michelin Restaurants
- El Etxebarri Axpe - Vizcaya
- La Enoteca del Hotel Arts - Barcelona
- A Estación de Cambre - A Coruña
- M.B. de Guía de Isora - Tenerife
- Bo,Tic, de Corça - Gerona
- Julio Fontanar dels Alforíns - Valencia
- La Fonda Xesc Gombrèn - Gerona
- Cocinandos de León, La Broche - Madrid
- Diverxo - Madrid
- Kabuki Wellington - Madrid
- Ramón Freixa - Madrid
- As Garzas, de Malpica - A Coruña
- La Cabaña de la Finca Buenavista - Murcia
- Alejandro de Roquetas del Mar - Almería
- Torreó de L'India de Xerta - Tarragona
The restaurants that have lost their one star are
- Kursaal - San Sebastián
- El Gallery Arts & Food - Gijón
- Lillas Pastia - Huesca
- El Chaflán - Madrid
- El Solar de Puebla - Santa Cruz de Bezana - Cantabria
- Read's - Santa María del Camí - Mallorca
- la Taberna de Rotilio - Sanxenxo -Pontevedra
- Alejandro del Toro - Valencia
The Michelin guide was the creation of André Michelin a French industrialist, which was distributed free, it wasn’t until twenty year late that a guide appeared in print. The guide gave tips on car maintenance, gas and tyre suppliers on route and eventually hotels and restaurants en route. In 1926 the first Michelin Star appeared to denote worthwhile places to stay and eat, which by the early 30's that system had begun to include two and three star ratings as well.
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Rachel L. Webb - Rachel L Webb lives in and writes mainly about Andalucia. She enjoys exploring the region and shares her explorations through her website ...
