Michelin Guide Spain and Portugal 2021: Green star for sustainability and 3-starred restaurants mantain their stars

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On December 14th, the presentation gala of the Michelin Guide 2021 for Spain and Portugal was held at the Real Casa de Correos de Madrid. This year's edition, however, was held behind closed doors and broadcast online through the social media channels of the Michelin Guide due to the current pandemic. Being the most important gastronomic awards of the year, this event generates a lot of expectation every year, and this 2020 has been no exception.

In the maximum category, the one of three stars, there were no new additions. However, it must be stressed that all the restaurants that received this distinction in the previous edition have managed to maintain it.

Three Michelin star category

Aponiente - Ángel León (El Puerto de Santa María, Cádiz)
Arzak - Juan Mari y Elena Arzak (San Sebastián - Guipúzcoa)
Akelarre - Pedro Subijana (San Sebastián - Guipúzcoa)
Azurmendi - Eneko Atxa (Larrabetzu - Vizcaya),
El Celler de Can Roca - Roca Brothers (Girona),
Martín Berasategui - Martín Berasategui (Lasarte - Oria - Guipúzcoa),
Quique Dacosta - Quique Dacosta (Denia - Alicante),
Àbac - Jordi Cruz (Barcelona),
Diverxo - David Muñoz (Madrid),
Lasarte - Martín Berasategui y Paolo Casagrande (Barcelona),
Restaurante Cenador de Amós - Jesús Sánchez (Villaverde de Pontones - Cantabria).

As for the two-star category, three Spanish restaurants have managed to join their ranks. These are the Galician restaurant Culler de Pau (O Grove, Pontevedra) by Javier Olleros and the Catalan restaurants Bo.TiC (Corçà, Girona) by the chef Albert Sastregener and Cinc Sentits( Barcelona) by Jordi Artal.

One Michelin star category

Finally, the one-star Michelin category includes 19 new Spanish restaurants and two new additions from Portugal. Below are the 19 Spanish restaurants that have been awarded this distinction.

Ambivium (Peñafiel, Valladolid).
Amelia (Donostia, Sant Sebastià)
Atempo (Sant Julià de Ramis, Girona)
Baeza & Rufete (Alicante)
Béns d’Avall (Sóller, Mallorca)
Callizo (Aínsa, Huesca)
DINS Santi Taura (Palma, Mallorca)
Eirado (Pontevedra)
En la Parra (Salamanca)
Espacio N (Esquedas, Huesca)
L'Aliança 1919 d'Anglès (Anglès, Girona)
La Salita (Valencia)
Miguel González (Pereiro de Aguiar, Orense)
Mu•na (Ponferrada, León)
Odiseo (Murcia)
Quatre Molins (Cornudella de Montsant, Tarragona)
Raíces-Carlos Maldonado (Talavera de la Reina, Toledo)
Saddle (Madrid)
Silabario (Vigo)

Green Stars: award for sustainable gastronomy

This year a new category has been added to the Michelin Guide: the Green Star. It is a distinction that seeks to reward and echo the best sustainable practices in the gastronomic world. A total of 21 establishments have been awarded this distinction, most of which have already received stars, such as Azurmendi or Aponiente previously mentioned 3 starred restaurants. The restaurants O Balado (A Coruña), Somiatruites (Barcelona), Casa Albets (Lleida) and El Llar de Viri (Asturias) stand out for being restaurants awarded a Green Star without having received a star previously.

Michelin Guide Spain and Portugal 2021: Green star for sustainability and 3-starred restaurants mantain their stars