A whole year of work has demonstrated the quality of the restaurant El Celler de Can Roca, owned by the Roca brothers, which achieved its third Michelin Star, the highest category. The San Miguel Market in Madrid witnessed how the three brothers helped Catalonia regain its Michelin hegemony, after tying with the Basques two years ago.
The presentation of an award like this means that a great team of haute cuisine professionals have been working very hard for a long time. More than 20 years of tradition mean that the award-winning restaurant has a long experience in which they have gained fame, prestige and, above all, quality. A quality that has been recognized for yet another year, since El Celler de Can Roca already had two stars and has become the fifth best restaurant in the world. Quite an achievement, without a doubt.
The event was attended by great chefs who could not resist being part of a ceremony as important as this one. The nerves and tension that accumulated throughout the night ended in a burst of emotions, very positive for these and other restaurants, a total of 17, which obtained their first Michelin Star.
With these figures and with seven Spanish restaurants having the highest rating from the French guide, Spain reinforces its position, making a place for itself among other countries internationally, such as Germany, Italy or Tokyo. Even so, there is still a long way to go, since our country has "only" 130 restaurants (data from 2009) compared to 547 in France.
El Celler de Can Roca from this moment accompanies the rest of the restaurants with triple recognition which, in order of award, are: Juan Mari Arzak, Arzak restaurant (San Sebastián), Santi Santamaría, restaurant Can Fabes (San Celoni), Ferrán Adriá, El Bulli restaurant (Rosas), Martín Berasategui, Martín Berasategui restaurant (Lasarte), Carme Ruscalleda (Sant Pau) and Pedro Subijana (San Sebastián).
Other restaurants such as Casa Marcial in Arriondas (Asturias), Lasarte in Barcelona, La terrace del Casino (Madrid), and Les Cols (Olot) have obtained their second star.
The Etxebarri Axpe (Vizcaya), the Enoteca del Hotel Arts in Barcelona, A Estación de Cambre (A Coruña), M.B. from Guía de Isora (Tenerife), Bo,Tic, from Corça (Gerona), Julio Fontanar dels Alforíns (Valencia), La Fonda Alejandro de Roquetas del Mar (Almería) and the Torreó de L'India de Xerta (Tarragona) with the first Michelin Star.
However, we could see that restaurants that had already obtained this award have lost the star: the Tristán restaurant, in Portals Nous (Mallorca), Kursaal in San Sebastián, El Gallery Arts & Food in Gijón , Lillas Pastia of Huesca, the Chaflán of Madrid, the Solar de Puebla of Santa Cruz de Bezana, Read's, of Santa María del Camí, (Mallorca), the Taberna of Rotilio de Sanxenxo (Pontevedra) and Alejandro del Toro (Valencia).
What is clear is that if before there were many tourists who came to our lands for the gastronomy and a good wine, it is much clearer than with the figures that have been achieved in this edition of the Michelin Star, we will gain in visits and prestige.
