Les Cols on its first day of reopening after closing due to the pandemic
There has been a lot of talk these weeks about whether or not the publication of the Michelin Guide was pertinent in this year so forgettable, terrible for a sector on the verge of collapse , without much desire to party. I won't beat around the bush: of course I will. More than ever. Because, despite our differences ( his historical stinginess with Spain and a certain slowness to embrace change ) we must never forget that we are talking about the most prestigious gastronomic guide on the planet (the only one that matters, really) and also one of those marks that is infinitely bigger than a mark: it is a way of understanding the art of restoration that is already part of our lives. I can't imagine mine without Michelin.
That's why this year this is not the time for disagreements but to applaud an overwhelming certainty: la rouge has been around since 1923 (this is when the first volume of “Recommended hotels and restaurants” appeared), taking us by the hand to the best dining experiences in our memory ; always being an indestructible ally for the sector and a warm travel companion for the gastronomad.
For this reason, I insist, we can only applaud very loudly your decision to go ahead , his firm conviction (and that of each of his inspectors) of continue to be a bastion for the hotelier . And it is that perhaps there is no better way to demonstrate that there is light at the end of this unthinkable tunnel: with the illusion of its Stars.
"A pitch-black tunnel that we all long to finish, but wow, it has served us – albeit okay, maybe it didn't have to be this way – to discover other 'Michelin-style' avenues of enjoyment. Who was going to tell us that in December 2020 we would see the Michelin Guide gala in our homes and having dinner thanks to one of the delivery formats created in these months by so many starred chefs. We want to go back to theaters, of course, but this sticking the big bouffe on the sofa also has its point; hoot. So thank you chefs for continuing to stir the wand of creativity." (David Moralejo, director of Condé Nast Traveler).
That said, in 2021 there will be no new three stars (the three from 2019, Aponiente and Abac are renewed) but there will be three new and brand new bistars : Bo.TiC in Corçà, led by the chef Albert Tailor ; Cinc Sentits in Barcelona, run by chef Jordi Artal and the Culler de Pau restaurant, in O Grove, with chef Javier Olleros making his mark behind the stove.
Five Sentits in Barcelona
Also, 21 establishments receive their first Star (19 in Spain and 2 in Portugal), 53 are added to the restaurants that have the bib gourmand award and the great novelty of the gala: 21 receive the new MICHELIN Green Star . Will the Green Star be able to find its place in the gastronomic imaginary of the lover of good food? In the words of the guide itself, the new recognition “ seeks to reward the effort of these establishments and echo the best gastronomic practices in the field of sustainability . In this edition of the MICHELIN Guide Spain & Portugal 2021 they are 21 restaurants distinguished with the MICHELIN Green Star for their efforts in promoting sustainable practices in the sector”.
The Greenhouse in Madrid, Azurmendi in Larrabetzu (Vizcaya), Andreu Genestra in Capdepera (Mallorca), Ricard Camarena in València, Els Casals in Sagàs (Barcelona) or Les Cols in Olot are some of the green restaurants what will they wear a Green Star for the first time in 97-year history ; sustainability is a path that they could not stop walking, so bravo for joining the green. We all have to.
Outside Masia Les Cols
MICHELIN STARS 2021 (LIST)
Two Michelin stars
- Bo.Tic (Corçà)
- Cinc Sentits (Barcelona)
- Culler de Pau (O Grove) One Michelin star
one michelin star
- Ambivium (Peñafiel, Valladolid)
- Amelia (Donostia, San Sebastian)
- Atempo (Sant Julia de Ramis, Girona)
- Baeza & Rufete (Alicante)
- Bens d'Avall (Soller, Majorca)
- Callizo (Ainsa, Huesca)
- DINS Santi Taura (Palma, Majorca)
- Eirado (Pontevedra)
- In the Vine (Salamanca)
- Space N (Esquedas, Huesca)
- L'Aliança 1919 d'Anglès (Anglès, Girona)
- The Salita (Valencia)
- Miguel González (Pereiro de Aguiar, Ourense)
- Mu.Na (Ponferrada, Leon)
- Odysseus (Murcia)
- Quatre Molins (Cornudella de Montsant, Tarragona)
- Roots-Carlos Maldonado (Talavera de la Reina, Toledo)
- Saddle (Madrid)
- Syllabary (Vigo)
- 100 Ways (Lisbon)
- Eneko Lisbon (Lisbon)
The new Michelin green stars
- Andreu Genestra (Capdepera, Majorca)
- Aponiente (The port of Santa María, Cádiz)
- Azurmendi (Larrabetzu, Vicaya)
- Albets House (Lladurs, Lleida)
- Torres Brothers Kitchen (Barcelona)
- Culler de Pau (O Grove, Pontevedra)
- The Greenhouse (Madrid)
- The Llar de Viri (San Román de Candamo, Asturias)
- Els Casals (Sagas, Barcelona)
- Eneko (Larrabetzu, Vizcaya)
- The Bicycle (Hoznayo, Cantabria)
- The Pharmacy (Matapozuelos, Valladolid)
- L'Antic Molí (Ulldecona, Tarragona)
- Les Cols (Olot, Girona)
- Lluerna (Santa Coloma de Gramenet, Barcelona)
- O Balado (Boqueixón, A Coruña)
- Pepe Vieira (Raxo, Pontevedra)
- Refectory (Sardón de Duero, Valladolid)
- Ricard Camarena (Valencia)
- Sollo (Fuengirola, Malaga)
- Somiatruites (Igualada, Barcelona)