Gastronomic director of the Condes Hotels since 2005, Martín Berasategui has spent 41 years devoted in body and soul to what he loves most in the world: cooking. Today, he is one of the great chefs of the culinary world and holder of 12 Michelin stars, three for his restaurant Martín Berasategui in the town of Lasarte, northern Spain, and three for Restaurante Lasarte at  Monument Hotel Barcelona.

A tireless worker and researcher, he is precise with his gestures, prudent with the oven, accurate with the blade, refined in his sense of smell, wily in the market and uncompromising at the stove in his pursuit of perfection. In his style of cooking, he always seeks balance between the best natural ingredients and the cooking process.