For the first time ever Portugal will have its own MICHELIN Guide with the Algarve chosen to host the first Gala in celebration. The highly anticipated MICHELIN Portugal Guide 2024 will celebrate the remarkable gastronomic evolution, the growing excellence and consistency found in Portugal, as recognized by the Guide’s esteemed inspectors.

Portugal currently boasts an impressive culinary landscape, with seven restaurants holding two MICHELIN Stars, 30 restaurants with one MICHELIN Star, 38 Bib Gourmand awards, and three projects recognized with the prestigious MICHELIN Green Star. The Algarve as a region has the greatest concentration with no less than eight MICHELIN starred restaurants.

The MICHELIN Portugal Guide 2024 meticulously curates the best dining experiences in the country across these categories, with a special emphasis on sustainability through the MICHELIN Green Star. This newly established distinction acknowledges restaurants and chefs who demonstrate exceptional dedication and commitment to sustainable gastronomy and the future of our planet.

According to Luís Araújo, head of Portugal Tourism Board: “We all value our gastronomy, but especially the tourists who visit us. The two things they most praise in Portugal are the friendliness of the people and the second is the gastronomy.”

To celebrate the launch of the MICHELIN Portugal Guide 2024, an exclusive Gala event will take place on February 27th, 2024, in the prestigious NAU Salgados Palace & Congress Centre in Guia, Albufeira. Renowned chefs Dieter Koschina, from Vila Joya (two MICHELIN Stars), and Rui Silvestre, from Vistas Rui Silvestre (one MICHELIN Star), along with a group of other talented chefs from the Algarve, will curate the Gala dinner. Guests will have the opportunity to savour emblematic dishes and experience the finest products of Portuguese gastronomy.

João Fernandes, President of Algarve Tourism commented: “It…

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