Alicante province It added two new stars to its gastronomy heritage with the acquisition of its restaurants. Orobianco in Calp and Bernardi House Benissa also participated in the Michelin Guide 2024, which was presented this Tuesday in Barcelona at a gala hosted by Andreu Buenafuente, who describes it as “one of the best restaurants in Spain”.
The new stars are located in Marina Alta, and the dishes of both restaurants feature Italian flavors blended with local products. The Orobianco business in Calp, which lost its star two years ago, regained its shine with its chef. Andrea Drago It is led by Casa Bernardi, which was opened by Italians in Benissa a year ago. Ferdinando Bernardi The former chef of Orobianco, where he had already earned a star, has earned a new star in his current position.
2024 Michelin Guide highlights cuisine Bernardi House: “Italian cuisine based on local products? Here at Marina Alta, chef Ferdinando Bernardi explores transalpine flavors that champion the idea of Italian cuisine.” Italian“, during Orobianco he emphasized: “Elegance brought to the plate! The offering here, under the supervision of three-star Paolo Casagrande, shows an Italian cuisine closely linked to Spain and the Mediterranean.”
Chef Casagrande, the three-star head chef at Lasarte in Barcelona, oversaw the redirection of Orobianco restaurant with Andrea Drago heading the kitchen following the star’s loss.
On the other hand, Quique Dacosta remains on the podium three stars It maintains its lines with its restaurant in Dénia remaining organizations Two new additions, awarded as Alicante region by the Michelin Guide in the previous edition, total 17 stars for the provincedistributed among 13 organizationsMarinas are seen as predominant areas in the calculation.
In this way, the result in the province will be as follows: with 3 stars, Quique Dacosta Restaurant In Dénia; 2 star, L’Escaleta by Kiko Moya (Cocentaina) and BonAmb Alberto Ferruz (Xàbia); and a total of ten 1-star restaurants: Baeza and Rufete (Alicante), Farm (Elche), Pepa House (Ondara), Xato (La Nucia), hit (Jellyfish), Audrey’s (Jellyfish), Tula (Xàbia) and Peix and Bras (Dénia), founded in 2021 – no changes in 2022 – and now, Orobianco (Sea fish) and Bernardi House (Benissa).
Apart from Alicante, he also joined the team with a star from Valencia. FraulaBy Roseta Felix and Daniel Malavía.
rest of spain
Entertainment (Barcelona), by conductors Oriol Castro, Eduard Xatruch and Mateu Casañas, and Light The restaurant of chef Paco Morales (Córdoba) has entered the Michelin Spain 2024 guide as a new three-star restaurant; There is only one new two-star restaurant here. Sales Moncalvillo (Daroca, La Rioja).
Spain continues to grow with 31 new additions in the 1-star category, highlighted by the proliferation of fine restaurants in Madrid (Cebo, Desde 1911, El Club Allard, Osa, Santerra and Toki) and the emergence of a new focus. With the merger of Malak and Radis in the capital and Vandelvira in Baeza, the Andalusian province of Jaén became the center of attention in terms of gastronomy.
Others awards
award Chef Mentor It was for the veteran. Juan Mari ArzakIt was collected in his name by his daughter Elena, who emphasized the three magic words of Spanish high cuisine, which her father stamped with iron and fire: “Perfection, passion and illusion.”
And the reward from one culinary epic to another Best Young Chef fell into Martina Puigvertfrom the restaurant Les Cols de Olot (Girona), where he grew up with his mother, chef Fina Puigdevall, who gave him “the passion and freedom to create”.
special award Room service was for Joan Carles Ibáñez (Lasarte, Barcelona) and the new award Best Sommelier corresponded Josep Roca (El Celler de Can Roca, Girona).
These appear in the manual 49 references with Michelin Green StarsAmong the 12 new ones: Andreu Genestra (Llucmajor, Balearic Islands), Béns d’Avall (Sóller, Balearic Islands), Ca na Toneta (Caimari, Balearic Islands), Barro (Ávila), Casa Marcial (Arriondas, Asturias), El Molino de Alcuneza (Sigüenza, Castilla-La Mancha), El Molino de Urdániz (Urdaitz, Navarra), Emporium (Castelló d’Empúries, Catalonia), Es Tragón (Sant Antoni de Portmany, Balearic Islands), Black Stork Habitat (Valverde) del Fresno (Extremadura), L’Algadir del Delta (Amposta, Catalonia) and Monte (San Feliz, Asturias).