Martín Berasategui
Spain's most-decorated active chef, with nine Michelin stars across four restaurants.
- Michelin stars
9- Repsol Soles
11- Restaurants
- 7
- Born
- 1960 · San Sebastián
Martín Berasategui is Spain's most-decorated active chef with nine Michelin stars across four restaurants in 2026. His flagship in Lasarte-Oria has held three stars since 2001. In Barcelona he directs Lasarte (3 stars, with Paolo Casagrande as on-site head chef), runs the casual sibling Bera and the rooftop Terraza Verbena at the Monument Hotel (both led by head chef Gabriele Milani), and advises Fonda España at Hotel España in El Raval.
From @martinberasategui on Instagram
🚀 112 | "PONGA USTED EL PRECIO" Cuando inauguró el restaurante en Lasarte, la propuesta más grande de la carta no tenía precio. Aparecía en la carta: ponga usted el precio que Martín le confeccionará el mejor menú que le puede hacer. Y para bodas, lo mismo: ponga usted el precio del día más importa
🚀 112 | MI FIRMA Cuando iban a inaugurar su restaurante en Lasarte le enseñaron unas letras preciosas para la imagen corporativa. @martinberasategui les pidió una cosa. Sin decirle a nadie lo que estaba haciendo, no diseñó su firma, imitó la de su padre en homenaje silencioso al único que no ha co
🚀 112 | GARROTE 💪🏼 Con 20 años @martinberasategui se plantó ante su madre y su tía y les dijo que él llevaba el bodegón familiar. Ahí nació el garrote que Martín lleva usando desde el mismo día en que era el chico que se perdía por las calles de la parte vieja de San Sebastián cuando no le conocía
Biography
Early years
Born in 1960 in San Sebastián, Berasategui grew up at his family's Bodegón Alejandro in the city's old town, where he began cooking at 14. Between 15 and 27 he spent his free time training in France — at Les Prés d'Eugénie under Michel Guérard and at Le Louis XV in Monaco with Alain Ducasse, among others — building the technical foundation of his cuisine.
Career
In 1993 he opened the eponymous Martín Berasategui restaurant in Lasarte-Oria, just outside San Sebastián, with his wife Oneka Arregui. The first Michelin star came six months later, the second in 1996, and the third in 2001 — a status the restaurant has held continuously ever since. He has since expanded to M.B. at The Ritz-Carlton, Abama in Tenerife (two stars), Ola Martín Berasategui in Bilbao (one star), and Lasarte in Barcelona (three stars), among other ventures.
Philosophy
Berasategui is associated with technically meticulous Basque cuisine that prioritises product purity, restrained seasoning, and a focus on aromatic clarity. His tasting menus are built on long compositional arcs rather than single signature dishes.
Restaurants
On Guidavera
4Accolades
- ·9 active Michelin stars across four restaurants (2026)
- ·National Gastronomy Award
- ·La Liste #1 Spanish restaurant (Martín Berasategui, 2026)
- ·Three Michelin stars at Martín Berasategui (Lasarte-Oria) since 2001
Frequently asked
How many Michelin stars does Martín Berasategui have?
Berasategui holds 9 active Michelin stars in 2026 across four restaurants: Martín Berasategui in Lasarte-Oria (3 stars), Lasarte in Barcelona (3 stars), M.B. at The Ritz-Carlton, Abama in Tenerife (2 stars), and Ola Martín Berasategui in Bilbao (1 star).
Where can I eat Berasategui's cuisine in Barcelona?
Four venues. Lasarte (Carrer de Mallorca) has held three Michelin stars under his gastronomic direction since 2017, with Paolo Casagrande as head chef. At the Monument Hotel on Passeig de Gràcia he runs two more casual concepts — Bera, the ground-floor restaurant that opened in April 2026 in the former Oria space, and the rooftop Terraza Verbena — both led day-to-day by head chef Gabriele Milani. He also advises Fonda España at Hotel España in El Raval, which reopened in May 2025 with Edu Rodas as head chef.
Is Martín Berasategui at his Barcelona restaurant every day?
No. Berasategui is the gastronomic director, not the daily kitchen chef. At Lasarte in Barcelona, Paolo Casagrande leads the kitchen day-to-day. Berasategui sets the culinary direction across all of his venues from his base in Lasarte-Oria.