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: |
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: |
Starting today and until next Friday, we would like to inform you about each Chef jury memberfor the 2010 Sammic Scholarship. They will be ultimately deciding who are the two lucky winners that get an all-paid stage at Martín Berasategui’s restaurant in Lasarte, Spain.
As you probably know, Chef Berasategui himself will be announcing these two winners next Monday, 22nd of november, during the international congress San Sebastián Gastronomika. We are doing our best to give you all a comprehensive coverage of the congress itself and Martin Berasategui’s intervention and announcements.
Everyone involved with this project, from the staff members of Basque Stage, Chef Berasategui and his team and all 33 candidates and respective friends & families are excited to know the final veredict.
This decision will not be taken lightly and, as you will see these next days, led by Chef Berasategui, seven of the world’s most influential Chefs will be involved in deciding who makes it to San Sebastian starting January 2011.
So please, stay tunned these next few days and learn with us about these star Chefs, their backgrounds and their relationship with San Sebastián and Basque Stage.
You can also join our Facebook page, where we would like you to participate in an interesting poll for you to guess the total amount of Michelin stars that the members of the jury gather togheter.