Mugaritz is a restaurant

Restaurant

A restaurant is an establishment which prepares and serves food and drink to customers in return for money. Meals are generally served and eaten on premises, but many restaurants also offer take-out and food delivery services...

 in Errenteria

Errenteria

Errenteria is a town located in the province of Gipuzkoa in the Basque Autonomous Community, North of Spain, near the French border. The river Oiartzun cuts its way through the town, one that has undergone severe pollution up to recent times on its lower...

, Spain

Spain

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 with 2 Michelin stars. Chef

Chef

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 Andoni Aduriz apprenticed at El Bulli

El Bulli

elBulli was a Michelin 3-star restaurant near the town of Roses, Catalonia, Spain, run by chef Ferran Adrià. The small restaurant overlooked Cala Montjoi, a bay on Catalonia's Costa Brava, and has been described as "the most imaginative generator of haute cuisine on the planet" and does a great...

. Mugaritz was voted 4th best restaurant in the world by Restaurant (magazine)

Restaurant (magazine)

Restaurant is a British magazine aimed at chefs, restaurant proprietors and other catering professionals that concentrates on the fine dining end of the industry. It produces an annual list of what it considers to be the best 50 restaurants, based on the votes of 600 "chefs, restaurateurs, critics...

 in 2008, up from 7th place in 2007. In 2011 the restaurant had climbed to the 3rd place. Aduriz uses the term techno-emotional cuisine to describe applying science to cooking.

The name of the restaurant is from muga eta haritza, Basque language

Basque language

Basque is the ancestral language of the Basque people, who inhabit the Basque Country, a region spanning an area in northeastern Spain and southwestern France. It is spoken by 25.7% of Basques in all territories...

 for "the oak

Oak

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 at the border" between Astigarraga

Astigarraga

Astigarraga is a town located in the province of Gipuzkoa, in the Autonomous Community of Basque Country, in northern Spain. It's famous for its hard cider and the cider houses-External links:* Information available in Spanish and Basque....

and Errenteria.

External links

• Official website
• Luciana Bianchi, Top chefs dining at Mugaritz