Pilar Pedrosa
Chef of Villoldo in Madrid, the Castilian casa de comidas that carries her family's Palencia cooking tradition into the capital.
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Pilar Pedrosa is the chef and co-owner of Villoldo in Madrid: the 2013 outpost of the Pedrosa family's Estrella del Bajo Carrión hotel-restaurant in Villoldo, Palencia, founded by their father Anselmo in 1975. Villoldo Madrid holds 1 Repsol Sol and won the Academia Madrileña de Gastronomía's 2022 Premio a la Cocina Regional en Madrid. Pilar and her son Alfonso Fierro, both trained under Martín Berasategui, refined the family's Palencia recipes for the Madrid kitchen, while Mercedes runs the group's wine list and business side.
Biography
Early years
Pilar Pedrosa is one of three sisters (Pilar, Mercedes "Merche", and Paula) from the village of Villoldo in the Tierra de Campos region of Palencia. Their father, Anselmo, opened the family's Estrella del Bajo Carrión hotel-restaurant there in 1975 and died seven years later; the three sisters took over running the family hotel-restaurant themselves through the 1980s.
Career
On 23 August 2013, Pilar opened Villoldo in Madrid's Salamanca neighbourhood with her son Alfonso Fierro, bringing the family's Palencia casa de comidas recipes to the capital, while another son, Anselmo Fierro, handles front-of-house. Her sister Mercedes runs the wine list and business side of the wider family restaurant group, which also includes the original Estrella del Bajo Carrión and other establishments in Palencia and Madrid. The restaurant won the Academia Madrileña de Gastronomía's Premio a la Cocina Regional en Madrid in 2022.
Philosophy
Villoldo's menu is built around locally sourced, seasonal Palencia produce (grilled Torquemada peppers, Saldaña beans, region-raised pigeon), well before that kind of sourcing was fashionable. Pilar, and later her son Alfonso Fierro, both trained under Martín Berasategui, have refined the family's traditional Castilian recipes without abandoning them.
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Accolades
- ·Premio a la Cocina Regional en Madrid, Academia Madrileña de Gastronomía (2022, Villoldo)
- ·1 Repsol Sol (Villoldo, Madrid)
Frequently asked
Does Pilar Pedrosa hold a Michelin star?
No. Villoldo, the Madrid restaurant she co-runs, holds 1 Repsol Sol and won the Academia Madrileña de Gastronomía's Premio a la Cocina Regional en Madrid in 2022.
Where does Pilar Pedrosa cook?
At Villoldo, Calle Lagasca 134 in Madrid's Salamanca district, which she opened with her son Alfonso Fierro on 23 August 2013 as the Madrid outpost of her family's Palencia hotel-restaurant, Estrella del Bajo Carrión.
Who runs Villoldo alongside Pilar Pedrosa?
Her sister Mercedes ("Merche") Pedrosa, who runs the wine list and business side of the family's wider restaurant group and its original Estrella del Bajo Carrión hotel-restaurant in Palencia.
What is Pilar Pedrosa's culinary background?
She's part of the Pedrosa family, which has run the Estrella del Bajo Carrión hotel-restaurant in Villoldo, Palencia since 1975. She trained under Martín Berasategui alongside her son Alfonso Fierro while refining the family's traditional Castilian recipes.
When did Villoldo open in Madrid?
Pilar Pedrosa opened Villoldo in Madrid's Salamanca district on 23 August 2013, with her son Alfonso Fierro, bringing her family's Palencia casa de comidas recipes to the capital.
Where is Pilar Pedrosa from?
She's from the village of Villoldo in the Tierra de Campos region of Palencia, where her family has run the Estrella del Bajo Carrión hotel-restaurant since 1975.