There are 2 more Michelin stars in Portugal. One is from chef Ljubomir

There are two more restaurants that join the constellation of Portuguese Michelin stars, for a total of 28. The 100 shapes, in the heart of Bairro Alto, of the media chef Ljubomir Stanisic is he Eneko Lisbondo chef Vasco Eneko Atxa, 43, who settled in Alcântara just over a year ago.

For the achievement, chef Ljubomir Stanisic stated that the distinction recognizes “the work of many years” and has a “triple meaning” in a “particularly difficult” year, marked by covid-19.

“It is an achievement after a particularly difficult year, of lack, of struggle, of hunger. It is a prize that tastes like cava and caviar in a year of bread and water”, Monica Franco, wife and advisor to Ljubomir Stanisic, told Lusa. “It’s a dream come true, the team is” very excited, “he added.

Chef Ljubomir Stanisic hosted the television show Nightmare in the Kitchen, audience leader on TVI, for several years, and in the summer he moved to SIC. The Bosnian-born chef recently went on a hunger strike with the Assembly of the Republic in conjunction with the Survive the Bread and Water movement to ask the Government for measures to help the restaurant, bar and club sectors that have been affected for the pandemic. In addition to the restaurant 100 ways, it has a bistro with the same name in Lisbon.

Eneko Atxa He already has three Michelin stars on his resume at Azurmendi, in Larrabetzu, Spain, a restaurant that is on the list of the 50 best restaurants in the world, which is an example of sustainability (twice voted the most sustainable in the world). But not only, there are two more stars, one in Eneko Bilbao and another in Eneko, in Larrabetzu (within Bodega Gorka Izaguirre). Eneko London and Eneko Tokyo have already opened. Then join the chefs The Spanish Martín Berasategui and Sergi Arola who have a star in their restaurants in Portugal.