Jewish house, the favorite restaurant of the Spanish in 2020 according ElTenedor

Chef Sergio Bastard's restaurant in Santander tops the TOP100 2020, the list of restaurants that have succeeded the most in 2020 and that each year ElTenedor elaborates based on the opinions of the thousands of users who reserve and eat every day with the app
The Community of Madrid with 18 restaurants within the ranking is the region with the most representation in Spain. Meanwhile, Catalonia manages to add up to 15 restaurants, while the Valencian Community registers a total of 11
The TOP100 of ElTenedor restaurants 2020 is presented by American Express, as a sign of their commitment and support to the restaurant industry

We live some unusual months, loaded with difficult moments that have forced us to get the best of ourselves, testing our creativity and ability to adapt to changes. In this context, Spanish restaurants are a true example of work and sacrifice to continue offering the best gastronomic proposals, which in many cases have been transformed with the main objective of continuing to be accessible to all diners, but without losing an iota of quality.

That is why ElTenedor, the leading reservation platform in Europe, has not wanted to stop recognizing one more year the work and quality of these restaurants through their TOP100 2020, a benchmark ranking in the gastronomic sector chosen by the guests who book, enjoy and share their experience in the ElTenedor app, which this year is presented by American Express, as a sign of their commitment and support to the restaurant industry. Based on your comments and evaluations, the prestige has been recognized, work and dedication of the restaurants that have succeeded the most in Spain during this difficult year.

To make this list, TheFork has taken into account different criteria such as the grades obtained by the restaurants during this 2020, the volume of views during this year, visits to the restaurant file and reservations generated. In this way, the TOP100 restaurants are also part of the selection INSIDER ElTenedor, where the best restaurants of the moment stand out, those who have stood out for something special, including also those awarded by the MICHELIN Guide in Spain.

This year has been The Jewish House the one that heads the list of the TOP100 of ElTenedor, presented by American Express. A restaurant located in an old 19th century Indian house in Santander and run by the Catalan chef Sergio Bastard. Your kitchen, recognized by the MICHELIN Guide with the distinction "MICHELIN Plate: a quality kitchen ", mix originality and tradition in equal parts, with an established technique and using local Cantabrian products as protagonists of all its elaborations. A set of ingredients that have placed it as the favorite of the Spanish of the 2020.

In the words of Sergio Bastard, Chef of the restaurant Casona del Judío, “For us it is a real pride to head the list of the TOP100 of ElTenedor. A recognition that comes from those to whom we dedicate our day to day: diners. And precisely in this 2020 so hard for everyone. Without a doubt it is an honor that highlights the work that La Casona del Judío and all the Cantabrian restaurants do ".

Practically the entire Spanish geography is represented in this ranking, although with special protagonism of the Community of Madrid that has managed to include 18 of its restaurants on this list, 13 of them located in the interior of Madrid capital. Among the restaurants that top the list of this region are Horcher (12) Y Madrid home by Martin Berasategui (22).

Nevertheless, It is the Cantabrian community that has two of the favorite restaurants of the year: Jewish house (1) Y Gazebo Amos by Jesús Sánchez (2), that repeats position also this year. This podium is completed by the well-known restaurant The Portal of the Echaurren by Francís Paniego (3) in La Rioja, also present in last year's TOP100.

Other restaurants that remain in the Top10 of the 2020 son El Bohio (4), led by Pepe Rodríguez, winner of the last edition of the Top100 of ElTenedor, Y Martin Berasategui (6), which topped the list in 2018. On the other hand, It remains in this list restaurants such as Estate (10), recently awarded its first MICHELIN star and managed by chef Carlos Maldonado.

“With this ranking we want to highlight and reward the diners' favorite restaurants, why, in the end, they are the largest jury in the world ", states Abraham Martin, Marketing Director of ElTenedor Spain. "Through your reservations, of their experiences, reviews…, we have drawn up a list that shows the latest gastronomic trends and the most successful proposals in Spain over the past year ".