This Tuesday, November 26, as the clock indicated 7:00 p.m., a shower of stars fell once again on the gastronomic map of Spain. At that time, it beganduring the award gala Michelin stars 2025 who welcomed Víctor Villegas Congress Auditorium Murciaa city that hosted the ceremony for the first time in history.
The reason why the stars made the trip to the city this year is none other than “Michelin’s fascination with territories with unique heritage, a region where ancient civilizations have been discovered over time and culinary traditions accompanied by local products have shaped a dynamic gastronomy,” explains Elisabeth Boucher-Anselin, director of international communications for the MICHELIN Guide.
Around 700 guests gathered under one roof to celebrate the great night of gastronomy. The gala could not begin otherwise than with the special mention that Ricard Camarena, Begoña Rodrigo and Quique Dacosta, leaders of the From Valencia to Valencia initiative, shared from the stage and were presented with a very moving video of all their colleagues professionals.
Ricard Camarena, Begoña Rodrigo and Quique Dacosta, in memory of those affected by DANA at the start of the ceremony.
The emotion was served, on a platter, from the beginning until the last minute that we had to wait to discover that the The Casa Marcial restaurant is the new three star in the 2025 Michelin Guide.
Added to ranking 3 more two-star restaurants and 32 restaurants that add their first star. There is still a tendency to reward young projects which engage in their village and decentralize the big city, as is the case of the brothers Iris and Bruno Jordán who obtained their first star, or the Avila Carlos Casillos who received the special Young Chef 2025 – as well as highlighting projects that are progressing under the protection of major hotel projects.
Casa Marcial new tri-star from Spain
The Casa Marcial restaurant has won its third Michelin star. With this new award, the chef joins the list of triple stars, which until this afternoon totaled 15. all They kept their three stars.
To meet the new addition that occupies the top of the Guide, you must go to Asturias. With the Picos de Europa on the horizon and a garden of seasonal produce at its feet, the house in which the Manzano brothers grew up is hidden in the small village of La Salgar. Until there, after a course of winding roads and paths with a green cover extending on each side, awaits this family business that Nacho and Esther Manzano have kept alive.
Casa Marcial has almost three decades of history, where dishes such as Tempered Calamari, Ink Sauce, Beans and Mole, Pitu Stewed My Mother’s Way with Crispy Crest and Pate of its offal or its impressive beans, They are on the list of classics and can be tasted in their menu, which costs around 220 euros.
The 32 new Michelin-starred restaurants are as follows:
- Ama (Tolosa, Gipuzkoa)
- Ibai by Paulo Airaudo (San Sebastian, Guipuzcoa)
- Ricardo Temiño (Burgos)
- Simpar (Santiago de Compostela)
- Handles
- House Arcas (Vilanova)
- The Nogales era (Sardas, Huesca)
- New house (Sant Martí Sarroca, Barcelona)
- Citrus del Tancat (Alcanar, Tarragona)
- Esperit Roca (Sant Julà de Ramis, Girona)
- Ramis (Girona)
- Fishology (Barcelona)
- Maé (Barcelona)
- Prodigi (Barcelona)
- Kitchen & Bar Theater (Barcelona)
- Vormar (Portbou, Girona)
- Hanging houses (Cuenca)
- Chispa Bistrot (Madrid)
- Epilogue (Tomelloso, Ciudad Real)
- Gofio (Madrid)
- The House of Manolo Franco (Valdemorillo, Madrid)
- Pabu (Madrid)
- Sen Omakase (Madrid)
- Velasco Abella (Madrid)
- Flower (Malaga)
- Phrases (Murcia)
- Mesón Sabor Andaluz (Alcalá del Valle, Cádiz)
- Origin (Carcaixent, Valencia)
- Donaire (Adeje, Tenerife)
- Il Bocconcino (Adeje, Tenerife)
- Kamezi (Lanzarote)
- Muxgo (Gran Canaria)
The 3 restaurants upgraded from one to two Michelin stars are:
- Levante (Chiclana de la Frontera)
- Lu Cocina y Alma (Juanlu)
- Retiro Da Costiña (Santa Comba, A Coruña)
And the restaurants which obtained the third Michelin star in the 2025 Guide are:
Michelin Guide Spain 2025, in figures
Once the count is done, here is what the Michelin Guide Spain 2025 looks like, in figures.
- Three MICHELIN stars: 15 restaurants (1 new)
- Two MICHELIN stars: 35 restaurants (3 new)
- One MICHELIN star: 257 restaurants (32 new)
- Estrella Verde: 58 restaurants (9 new)
- Bib Gourmand: 213 restaurants (15 new)
- Recommended: 752 restaurants (86 new)
Michelin Special Awards 2025
This is a series of recognitions awarded over the past three years. The first prize awarded during the evening was Room Prize 2025, awarded to Cristina Díaz, head chef of the Maralba restaurant (Almansa, Albacete).
Then, Quim Vila from Vila Viniteca delivered the Sommelier Special Prize to José Luis Paniaguain front of the three-star warehouse Atrium (Cáceres), who gave thanks for having the privilege “of being a prophet in my country”.
The third special prize awarded was the Special Young Chef Prize 2025, which was entrusted this year to the chef of Barro, Carlos Casillas d’Avila. Finally the The 2024 MICHELIN Chef Mentor Special Prize was awarded to Pedro Subijana.
The difficulty of the third star
Aponiente was one of the last restaurants to obtain the third Michelin star in Spain
The first restaurant to earn a third Michelin star in Spain was Zalacaín in 1987. Today there are 16 restaurants that have their own third Michelin star, the last to have done so were Noor de Paco Morales and Enjoy Eduard Xatruch, Oriol Castro and Mateu Casañas.
The absence of a new three-star is not unprecedented. Neither the 2021 Guide nor the 2022 Guide had any new three Michelin stars among their pages, which is why Spain now has three editions without this new addition at the top of its ranking.
Are there foolproof criteria for obtaining a Star?
From the Michelin Guide they state that “There is no secret mathematical formula: the only thing we look for is truly exceptional cuisine. Some MICHELIN stars are innovative, others traditional. There are restaurants that offer daily menus, others with a la carte proposals… and there are both formal and We believe that not all the restaurants we offer will please anyone and that is how it should be The only thing we say. is that “these are the restaurants with the best cuisine in which to live the most remarkable culinary experiences.
