Yesterday morning (Friday), the mayor of Adeje, José Miguel Rodríguez Fraga, met with the winning ‘Sol Repsol’ chefs based at restaurants in the municipality. The Sol Repsol award is given as a recognition of culinary excellence and the overall experience offered by a restaurant, and is considered to be equivalent in Spain to the Michelin stars.
There are currently 11 Sol Repsol awards in seven of the municipality’s restaurants. Mayor Fraga said, "we recognise the importance of gastronomy as a vital component shaping the quality tourist destination that is Costa Adeje. Gastronomy is one of the elements that is becoming increasingly important in the tourist experience, which is also another of the attractions of our destination".
One of the restaurants, El Rincón de Juan Carlos, has now won three of these awards. Based in the Corales Royal Hideaway hotel in La Caleta, and run by brothers Juan Carlos and Jonathan Padrón, it is currently the only restaurant in the Canary Islands with more than two Repsol’s to its credit, making the restaurant a gastronomic reference point in the archipelago.
This year, four new Sol’s have been awarded to restaurants that have created culinary magic in Adeje. Chef Babacar Fall, who heads up the kitchen in Char in La Caleta, receives his first Sol, as do Niki Pavanelli and Riccardo Della Bella, working in Il Bocconcino, and San-Ho’s chef Adrián Bosch, all restaurants also located in the Corales Royal Hideaway hotel.
In addition to these, Rubñen Cabrera received his second award for the gastronomy at La Cúpula, in the Jardines de Nivaria hotel. The other holders of the Repsol Sol awards are Nub (Andrea Bernardi and Fernanda Fuentes) and Kensei (Victor Planas), both located in the Bahía del Duque hotel.
