Scene gastronomic de Alicante marked this week with a delivery premiere. Suns Repsol Guide 2023 On Monday, February 27, it brought together nearly 600 people, including Spain’s best chefs, over a hundred journalists, gastronomy critics and authorities. Four Alicante restaurants Enter the dome of Repsol Suns in the year Alicante became the capital of gastronomy, with the celebration of this event in the Provincial Auditorium (ADDA).
Gala with the motto, “The kitchen fills us”has included 101 news in the list Reference in Spanish gastronomy. These include the sun-drenched Espacio Montoro (Alicante), Hogar del Pescador (La Vila), Casa Bernardi (Benissa) and Lula by Aurora Torres (Los Montesinos), Maralba (Germany) and Corral de la Morería (Madrid). crowned with three Suns.
The mayor, Luis Barcala, was in charge of welcoming the Repsol Guide Suns to their first departure from the Basque Country. “It’s an honor for Alicante to host the delivery of Repsol Guide Suns and host Spain’s best chefs in the city,” Barcala said.
In addition, the mayor emphasized. gastronomy is culture, wealth, labor, passion“Therefore we could not be more proud to be the stage at which all these qualities reach their maximum expression. This gala puts us at the nerve center of the gastronomic world. recognize work and the pursuit of excellence of our professionals and local product quality”.
Likewise, the mayor took the opportunity to congratulate the four restaurants in the province that have joined the great Repsol Suns family, “especially the chef. Pablo Montoro A Left field for Espacio Montoro, located in the city».
712 restaurants
Total with new additions 712 restaurants They make up the universe of Repsol Guide Suns 2023 (43 Three Suns, 164 Two Suns and 505 One Sun). By autonomous communities, Catalonia (105), Madrid (98), Basque Country (68), Andalusia (65), Valencian Community (58) and Castilla y León (58) are the regions where the Sun shines the most. In the case of the province of Alicante, 30 base restaurantthe one which… eight in the capital.
Repsol President Antonio Brufau noted during the Gala: The new 101 Suns Repsol Guide confirms the perfect moment of the national gastronomy. Another year of talent in Spanish cuisines is behind us. It is great news that such an important economic sector is recovering and is more vibrant than ever. Few things in our culture make us happier than sharing a nice table. Spain is an internationally recognized gastronomic power there is still a lot of potential to explore the world. You can be sure that at Guía Repsol our mission is to support and encourage the national tourism and gastronomy sector to become increasingly stronger and better known”.
On the other hand, Generalitat Valenciana president Ximo Puig emphasized that “gastronomy is a common good that intensifies the culture, traditions and knowledge of a region and enriches the entire gastronomic catalogue. Tourist products offered by the Valencian Community can offer to visitors». Thus, “it has chosen to spread the identity characteristics of Mediterranean gastronomy based on landscape, sustainability, product quality and tradition.”
Between the delivery of 1 and 2 Soles from the hands of 3 leading Soles such as Joan Roca, Fina Puigdevall, Ricard Camarena, the Torres brothers, Andoni Luis Aduriz, or Elena Arkaz, president of the Alicante State Assembly, Carlos Mazón stated that « Alicante gastronomyand the entire Valencian Community is passing through a sweet moment, an explosion of flavors, experiences and extraordinary feelings conveyed to us by hospitality professionals ».
Likewise, María Ritter, director of Guía Repsol, said, «There’s no better news than calling a restaurant and saying we’re full.. This means that cooking fills us in many ways, and that’s why people are so eager to try, socialize, and appreciate the exclamation-inducing dishes, both in cities and charming towns.
3 Suns
This year, two new 3 Repsol Guide Suns stand out «maralba» already in Almansa «Moreria Corral“, in Madrid.
2 Suns
when it comes The new 2 Suns Repsol Guide their prominence solid offers with a distinct identity of their own and the pursuit of excellence in the product: «Ambivium» (Peñafiel), «Amelia» (Donostia), «Bo.Tic» (Corsá) «Castell Peralada» (Peralada), «Consentido» (Salamanca), «Deessa» ( Madrid), ” “El Lago” (Marbella), “Garena” (Dima), “Hika” (Villabona), “Mantua” (Jerez de la Frontera), “Montia” (San Lorenzo de El Escorial), “Nub” ( Costa Adeje), “O Camiño do Inglés” (Ferrol), “Oba-” (Casas-Ibáñez), “O’Pazo” (Padrón), “Rekondo” (Donostia), “Umiko” (Madrid) and “Voro » (Kapdepera).
1 Sun
Between 81 new 1 Left Repsol Guide There are many people who decide to leave the urban whirlpool behind and Bet on going back to town to cook your dream. Such is the case of Jorge Asenjo, who changed Donostia to a farmhouse in the Atxondo Valley (Bizkaia) to found “Erro”, or Carlos Oyarbide, the fourth generation of the epic of chiefs that brought “Zalacaín” to its climax. and that he returned to San Adrián (Navarra) to open his own home, the «Carlos Oyarbide Bistronomiko». Others, for example Carlos Fernández from “Kàran Bistró” (Pozoblanco, Córdoba), Pedro Aguilera from “Mesón Sabor Andaluz” (Alcalá del Valle, Cádiz), Manu Franco from “La Casa de Manolo Franco” (Valdemorillo, Madrid), Aurora Torres (“Lula by Aurora Torres”, Los Montesinos, Alicante), Dámaso Navajos (“La Posada del Laurel”, Préjano, La Rioja), José Antonio Medina (“El Coto de Quevedo”, Torre de Juan Abad, Ciudad Real) or The Hernández Talaván brothers (“Versátil”, Zarza de Granadilla, Cáceres) reached every corner of Spain with their personal suggestions.