Category : Selection Process, Star Chefs
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David de JorgeMichelin Stars: none yet, but he’s a TV star David de Jorge is the right hand of Martín Berasategui and a genuine media beast. He tries to claim a natural and -in his words- “no-bullshit” cooking style for everyday’s life. He also hosts one of the most promising spanish cooking TV show these days, from behind Restaurant Martín Berasategui. More info: |
Category : Selection Process, Star Chefs
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Pedro SubijanaMichelin Stars: Student of the renowned master of chefs Luis Irizar, has managed to highlight his restaurant Akelarre with highest honors at prestigious gastronomic guides. His role as culinary master has been equally prolific in both European and American institutions and on television where he has recorded more than 1400 shows since 1992. More info: |
Category : BasqueStage, Selection Process, Star Chefs
Over the next week, we’d like to introduce you to the people who make up the jury for BasqueStage. They are distinguished chefs, and in previous rounds have included such notables as Thomas Keller and Juan Mari Arzak. They are tastemakers not just in the Basque Country culinary scene, but also on the worldwide stage.
Today, we will introduce you to the president of this year’s jury and the chef who currently hosts BasqueStages, Martín Berasategui. Over the following days we will present the remainder of the jury, so stay tuned for a roster of some of the region’s most talented cooks.
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Martin BerasateguiSammic Scholarship Jury PresidentMichelin Stars: After a lifetime dedicated to restoration, seasoned with awards and international recognition, Martin is one of the cornerstones for understanding contemporary cuisine. As Sponsor of BasqueStage, he has been entrusted to lead the jury in the task of assessing the candidacies and selecting two young chefs that will be awarded with Sammic Scholarships. More info: |
Joan Roca. Pedro Subijana. Quique Dacosta.
Besides being celebrities in the culinary field, these chefs share another common thread.
These three star chefs form the first half of the second 2011 Sammic Scholarship. They have helped decide which two lucky winners get an all-expense paid stage at Martín Berasategui’s restaurant in Lasarte, Spain.
Joan Roca
Joan Roca is head chef at El Celler de Can Roca, the restaurant in Catalunya currently ranked number two in the world. He and his brothers founded the restaurant, which is in Girona, Spain, in 1986. They create a cuisine based in nostalgia, childhood aromas and flavors, but very much of today.
Pedro Subijana
Student of the renowned master of chefs Luis Irizar, Pedro Subijana has created a restaurant in San Sebastián, Akelarre, that has been endowed with highest honors by prestigious gastronomic guides. He is recognized as a s culinary master, by audiences around the world. He also has a prolific television career, having recorded more than 1400 shows since 1992.
Quique Dacosta
Quique Dacosta’s restaurant, of the same name, is located in Denia, near Valencia, and boasts two Michelin stars. Dacosta is a widely-recognized and rewarded Spanish chef, with national and international culinary accolades under his belt, including chef of the year by Lo Mejor de la Gastronomia.
The announcement, coming tomorrow, will be made from Restaurant Martín Berasategui, by chef himself. Stay tuned for the big day!
Chef Martin Berasategui has gotten his 7th Michelin Star. Spanish 2011 Michelin Guide was introduced yesterday in the world culinary capital, San Sebastian.
Chef Martin Berasategui, thanks to the 7th Michelin Star he has been awarded with for his restaurant in Sevilla, is now the Spanish chef with most Michelin Stars.
- Martin Berasategui, Lasarte (3 stars)
- Restaurant Lasarte, Barcelona (2 stars)
- Restaurant Abama, Teneriffe (1 star)
- Restaurant Santo, Sevilla (1 star)
Chef Martin Berasategui is part of BasqueStage project, and we are all proud of it. Congratulations Chef!
Yesterday was a big day. Chef Martín Berasategui gave a great speech at San Sebastian Gastronomika, which we tweeted live and at the end of which the names of the winners of I Sammic Scholarship were announced.
The organizers are proud of each one of the candidates and the demanding jury studied the best of them. But only 2 had to be the Winners, and at last we heard their names:
We are getting everything ready to welcome them. At the same time, BasqueStage team is already planning the next edition of Sammic Scholarships. If you did not win this time or did not manage to apply for the first edition, stay alert for 2nd Sammic Scholarship contest!
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David de JorgeMichelin Stars: none yet, but he’s a TV star David de Jorge is the right hand of Martín Berasategui and a genuine media beast. He tries to claim a natural and -in his words- “no-bullshit” cooking style for everyday’s life. He also hosts one of the most promising spanish cooking TV show these days. More info: |
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Daniel BouludMichelin Stars: Raised on his family’s farm in the village of St Pierre de Chandieu, Daniel Boulud remains inspired by the rythm of the seasons and menus driven by fine ingredients. Since arriving in the US in 1982, Boulud has become renowned for the contemporany appeal he adds to soulful cooking rooted in French tradition More info: |
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Hilario ArbelaitzMichelin Stars: At the Zuberoa Restaurant, Hilario Arbelaitz offers a flavoursome, imaginative cuisine with strong contrasts, using the finest local products. Hilario sets out to woo diners with his exquisite creamy dishes and his cuisine might be considered to mark the highest level of gastronomic craftsmanship. More info: |
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Thomas KellerMichelin Stars: Perennial winner in the annual Restaurant Magazine list of the Top 50 Restaurants of the World. He is the only American chef to have been awarded simultaneous three star Michelin ratings for two different restaurants. More info: |
