Bernardi House in Benissa, Montoro Space in Alicante, Lula by Aurora Torres Hogar del Pescador in Los Montesinos and La Vila Joiosa, four new restaurants from the state Alicante obtaining first sun and so join the Repsol 2023 Directory. Along with six other establishments in Valencia City (Fierro, Fraula, Nozomi Sushi Bar, Smasha, Señuelo and Tavella), hundreds of new businesses have been included in this prestigious list in the Valencian Community. new names this year
Montoro SpaceLocated on Avenida de la Albufereta in Alicante, it has become one of the most popular names to receive its first Repsol Sun, especially after winning the revelation restaurant award at the Valencian Community Gastronomy Awards. after passing best chefworking at El Bulli and with Martín Berasategui among others, Pablo Montoro He opened his own restaurant in Alicante in August 2019. Born 44 years ago in Elda, this chef served food to chefs from all over Spain gathered at Castillo de Santa Bárbara de Alicante the night before the Soles Repsol premiere. The proposal in Espacio Montoro runs through a kitchen natural, artisan, Mediterranean but without giving up world flavors and insists that the customer experience gastronomy in four different venues. There hasn’t been an empty table since it opened.
Bernardi Housein turn, run by another veteran of the cuisine of excellence in the state of Alicante, Ferdinandio Bernardibrings Italian gourmet cuisine to its new restaurant in Benissa, which will open in 2021. The Italian chef was culinary chef at the Orobianco restaurant in Calp, where he received his first Michelin star in 2019 and the Repsol Sun in 2020. Ferdinando Bernardi and his team bring Italian tradition and flavors from Benissa to this corner of the Marina Alta region, surrounded by orchards, carob, olive and almond trees and overlooking the Mediterranean. It serves Italian cuisine made with local products from Alicante. Born in Rimini (Emilia-Romagna, Italy), he grew up in the kitchen of his father’s restaurant, La Tramontana, and was head of the pizzeria at age 13.
HE Fisherman’s House, already in the institutions Recommended It is a fiftieth-year-old restaurant founded by Repsol Guide in 2020, originally for the entertainment of sailors, named after this and run by the Devesa Santacreu family. Vila Joiosa since 1970. At the beginning, the founders’ daughter, the cook Martha Devesa for ten years. The dishes on your menu are characterized by their raw materials. next to him wide variety of riceIt highlights dishes made with fish and shellfish, which they buy daily from the La Vila market.
Finally, Lula by Aurora Torres Another Hidden gem in La Vega Bajabecause it is located in a differentiated place within the restaurant Horseshoe (Single Repsol Guide). Both live in a 19th-century cottage in their town. Montesinos, where Aurora, whom many call the Artichoke Queen, cooks with her intuition, the fruit of family wisdom. In Aurora Torres’ Lula, a tribute to her mother, Aurora Torres It proposes a balanced fusion between avant-garde and culinary tradition with signature tones. Its creations are based on traditional Vega Baja cuisine, appropriately revised and updated to combine the best of both worlds.
With these additions, The state of Alicante adds 28 Repsol Suns, the one which… 3 restaurants have three suns (Quique Dacosta in Dénia, BonAmb in Xàbia and L’Escaleta in Cocentaina), 7 two suns shine (Beat in Calp, La Finca in Elche, Monastrell in Alicante, Tula in Xàbia, Casa Pepa in Ondara, Nou Manolín in Alicante, Peix i Brases in Dénia) and 18 enjoy the sun, Including the four of 2023.