Eleven restaurants in the Basque Country join the list of Repsol Sun holders

The San Telmo museum in San Sebastián hosted last night's presentation gala for the 2020 Repsol Suns, awarded to haute cuisine chefs. This is something we know a lot about in the Basque Country.

In fact Sonia Pérez Ezquerra, Basque minister for tourism, trade and consumer affairs, declared at the beginning of the gala that, "It is no surprise that it is held in the Basque Country," as "Gastronomy is one of the strongest traits of our identity."

These words were soon borne out by the eleven new suns earned by these Basque restaurants: Arrea! (Kanpezu), Bailara (Bidania-Goiatz), Bodega Katxiña (Orio), Casa Garras (Karrantza), Casa Julián - Matías Gorrotxategi (Tolosa), Félix Manso Ibarla (Irun), Galerna Jan-Edan (San Sebastián), Ganbara (San Sebastián), Iraeta (Zestoa), Kirkilla Enea (Zarautz) and Porrue (Bilbao).

These eleven restaurants join nearly sixty who have won accolades at previous editions of the prestigious guide's awards, some of them with three suns, as in the case of Azurmendi, Etxebarri and Nerua.

The list of restaurants with Repsol suns in the Basque Country can be consulted here.