Martín Berasategui Olazábal is a

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chef expert in

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and owner of an

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. Since 2001 it has been awarded three Michelin stars. He holds twelve stars in total, more than any other Spanish chef.

Biography

At the age of 14, Berasategui began to work in his parents' restaurant, Bodegón Alejandro. When Berasategui began his culinary career, there were no Michelin star restaurants in the Basque Country. He was sent to France to train as a

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when he was 17. At the age of 20 he took over his parents' restaurant, and earned his first Michelin star there by the age of 25. Berasategui opened his eponymous restaurant in

(outside San Sebastián) in 1993. It was awarded a third Michelin star in the 2001 ''Michelin Guide''. The restaurant was voted 29th-

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by '' Restaurant'' in both 2008 and 2011, the highest the restaurant has appeared on the list. As of 2013, he holds more Michelin stars than any other Spanish chef. In addition to his three at Restaurante Martín Berasategui, he holds three at Restaurante Lasarte in Barcelona and another two at M.B. in Tenerife (the largest of the Canary Islands). His restaurant M.B. in the Ritz Carlton Abama resort in Tenerife gained its first Michelin star in the 2010 guide. He most recently received one Michelin star for Oria, the sister restaurant of Lasarte that is also located in the Monument Hotel in Barcelona. In addition to his four Michelin-starred restaurants, he owns a further six around the world including two in the

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and one in Mexico, and is opening a further restaurant in Costa Rica in 2014. It was announced in 2013 that the François Rabelais University would be awarding an honorary doctorate to Berasategui in culinary studies. It is the first time that the university has awarded honorary doctorates to chefs, with Mikuni Kiyomi,

Philippe Rochat Philippe Rochat (29 November 1953 – 8 July 2015) was a Swiss chef and the owner of the ''Restaurant de L'Hôtel de Ville'' in Crissier, Switzerland. The restaurant, formerly owned by Frédy Girardet, won three Michelin Guide stars, and was vo ...

and Pierre Wynants also receiving the awards.

References

External links

Official website
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