There are no new three-star restaurants in the 2022 Michelin Guide to Spain and Portugal, which was launched at a recent ceremony in Valencia. A total of 31 Spanish restaurants received new stars; for most, it was their first, but four of them have now become two-star establishments.
In the last edition of the guide, there were 11 three-star restaurants, and this situation remains unchanged for the 2022 edition. They are: Arzak, which has held this honor for three decades, and counts on Elena Arzak at the helm; Akelarre (chef Pedro Subijana); Martín Berasategui (run by the chef of the same name); Lasarte Barcelona (also run by Berasategui, with Paolo Casagrande); Celler de Can Roca; Quique Dacosta; Azurmendi (chef Eneko Atxa); Aponiente (Ángel León); ABaC (Jordi Cruz); DiverXo (Dabiz Muñoz); and Cenador de Amós (Jesús Sánchez).
These top-rated restaurants (the stars go to the establishment, not the chef) are the only ones on the peninsula, given that Portugal has no three-star venues. The last restaurant in Spain to be granted the top accolade was Cenador de Amós, in the 2020 guide.
Just four new Spanish restaurants will have two stars in 2022, and they are located in San Sebastián, the Balearic Island of Mallorca, Toledo and Madrid.
A total of 27 establishments all over Spain walked away from the ceremony with one Michelin star. The Valencia region took six, with many female chefs among the winners: Lienzo (María José Martínez), Fierro (Carito Lourenço) and Kaido Sushi Bar in Valencia city; Arrels (Vicky Sevilla) in Sagunto, Atalaya (Alejandra Herrador) in Alcossebre and Peix & Brases in Dénia.