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REVIEW: Does the Basque region’s Asador Etxebarri really serve the best seafood dish in the world?

IT'S a food pilgrimage that thousands of people make each year but as far as the French go, Asador Etxebarri is nothing to get excited about. They're wrong!

11 Dec, 2023 @ 10:45

Food & Drink·Lead·Olive Press Travel·Other News·Restaurants

Spain's leading supermarket Mercadona continues to win more customers leaving its rivals floundering|

‘Finally!’: Mercadona fans in Spain are very excited by the supermarket’s latest gluten-free products

MERCADONA has set social media alight with its latest food offering. It comes after the supermarket giant announced this week that it is expanding its gluten-free stock to include a very popular

6 Dec, 2023 @ 11:45

Food & Drink·Lead

Cheese festival is coming to Spain’s Estepona: Four-day event this month will also feature wine, olives, pate and more

GOURMET cheese lovers based on the Costa del Sol are in for a treat this month. The ‘Feria del Queso Popi Sabor a Malaga’ is once again coming to the city of

6 Dec, 2023 @ 09:21

Andalucia·Food & Drink·For Foodies·Malaga·Olive Press Travel

The best restaurants in Ronda: This food guide for one of Spain’s most iconic cities will leave you spoilt for choice

HE had to pinch himself when he read the Olive Press story last month. It only made a column on our food and drink page, but it was an honour that needed

2 Dec, 2023 @ 07:03

Food & Drink·Lead·Olive Press Travel

Celebrity chef Dani Garcia is preparing a luxury NYE dinner on Spain’s Costa del Sol – but you might want to leave your wallet at home

A TOP Marbella chef has put together a New Year’s Eve dining experience on his home patch but you will need to have deep pockets to enjoy it. Dani Garcia is one

1 Dec, 2023 @ 18:00

Andalucia·Food & Drink·Lead·Marbella

WATCH: Spanish Embassy in UK reviews Marks & Spencer’s ‘controversial’ chorizo paella croquettes that sparked international backlash dubbed ‘croquetagate’

THE SPANISH Embassy in the UK has got involved in a now week-long debate about Marks & Spencer’s ‘controversial’ chorizo paella croquettes, which not only sparked an international online conversation that was

1 Dec, 2023 @ 15:36

Food & Drink·Lead·Must Read

REVIEW: The bet pays off for Paco Roncero at Madrid’s Terraza del Casino

MADRID has gone through a food revolution since I lived there in the early 1990s when it was literally all about roast suckling pig, pinchos de tortilla and there was just one

1 Dec, 2023 @ 10:30

Food & Drink·Madrid·Olive Press Travel·Travel News·Travel: Madrid·Where to eat

Two restaurants in Spain get first-ever coveted 'three star' Michelin award

The 11 restaurants in Spain that LOST their Michelin stars this week

WHERE THERE are winners, there must also, sadly, be losers. And while 31 restaurants in Spain were announced this week to have won their first Michelin stars, another 11 have lost the

30 Nov, 2023 @ 18:07

Food & Drink·Lead

Spain now has 15 restaurants with an incredible 3 Michelin stars – but how many are near YOU?

THE Spanish Michelin Guide for 2024 has been revealed, bringing the country’s roster of three Michelin star restaurants to an impressive 15. Noor in Córdoba and Disfrutar, in Barcelona, were awarded their

29 Nov, 2023 @ 13:19

Andalucia·Cordoba·Food & Drink·For Foodies·Lead·Olive Press Travel

These 31 restaurants in Spain have won Michelin stars for the first time – including on the Costa del Sol

TWO Costa del Sol restaurants are among 31 Spanish venues to be awarded Michelin Stars this year. BACK, in Marbella, has been awarded its first ever star while nearby eatery Skina, received

29 Nov, 2023 @ 12:30

Andalucia·Food & Drink·Lead·Malaga·Marbella·Olive Press Travel

‘What have you done?!’ British ambassador to Spain joins chorus of shock over Marks & Spencer’s Chorizo Paella Croquetas

IN THE long list of British crimes against Spanish cuisine, there is a new addition. Marks & Spencer is selling what it is billing as ‘Spanish chorizo paella croquetas’, seemingly having learned

26 Nov, 2023 @ 16:28

Food & Drink·For Foodies·Lead

Spanish chef Dabiz Muñoz is crowned best in the WORLD for the third year running – here’s where you can enjoy his food in Spain

MADRID’S Dabiz Muñoz has been crowned the best chef in the world for the third time in a row. Muñoz once again triumphed at the seventh staging of The Best Chefs Awards

21 Nov, 2023 @ 12:30

Food & Drink·Lead·Madrid

This fruit grown in Spain has THREE times more vitamin C than an orange and a range of health benefits

IN A COUNTRY like Spain, fruit is easily available as part of the so-called Mediterranean Diet with oranges, tangerines, grapefruits and lemons that are full of healthy vitamin C. But there is

20 Nov, 2023 @ 12:45

Food & Drink·Health·Lead

Pret A Manger lands in Spain! Coffee shop chain loved in Britain to open 70 stores across the Iberian Peninsula

THE BRITISH sandwich and organic coffee retailer Pret A Manger is to open its first Spanish outlet at Barcelona Airport. Pret- founded more than 30 years ago in London- is being backed

17 Nov, 2023 @ 14:15

Barcelona·Food & Drink·Lead·National News

POP THE CORK!: According to a trio of global wine bibles and two specialists, these are Spain’s best 35 wines

SPAIN is gradually shedding its inferiority complex regarding wines, and it is high time. Alongside the country’s world-beating culinary skills, its winemaking acumen is now up there with the world’s best in

17 Nov, 2023 @ 14:09

Food & Drink·For Foodies·Lead·Olive Press Travel

Argentinian-style restaurant is becoming Valencia’s uncontested home for potato lovers

CALLING themselves The One and Only Potato Bar is bound to get attention. And Papanato, in the heart of Valencia, does a lot more than just cook chips. The Argentinian Resto-bar specialises

15 Nov, 2023 @ 09:21

Food & Drink·For Foodies

Cava taste buds to be tickled with some of Spain’s best sparking wines at the Valencian Cava Festival

THE Valencian Cava Fair returns to Valencia City’s Colon Market building on Carrer de Jorge Juan between this Friday and Saturday. Seven wineries will offer visitors the chance to sample some of

14 Nov, 2023 @ 14:39

Food & Drink·Valencia·Valencian Community

How this exotic fruit can help prevent cardiovascular diseases – as it is grown on Spain’s Costa del Sol for the first time

AN exotic fruit that prevents cardiovascular disease has been grown on Spain’s Costa del Sol for the first time. Originally from South America, the plant has finally borne fruit six years after

8 Nov, 2023 @ 12:30

Andalucia·Costa del Sol·Food & Drink·Lead

Meet the Scottish Andaluz who is introducing a new and sustainable way of catching Cadiz’s famous tuna

A TARIFA fisherman of Scottish descent has brought a sustainable and pioneering new method for catching the region’s famous bluefin tuna. Juan Carlos Mackintosh, 61, has eschewed the huge nets of the

5 Nov, 2023 @ 15:00

Andalucia·Cadiz·Food & Drink·Lead

Is lemon water good for you? How one of Spain’s most popular drinks could benefit your kidneys

SPAIN is one of the world’s biggest consumers of lemons and drinking lemon water brings a variety of benefits with suggestions that it could slow down the formation of kidney stones. The

5 Nov, 2023 @ 08:00

Food & Drink·Health·Lead

Revealed: These are the biggest myths about wine – and some might surprise you

FOR some of us, navigating our way around the wine section can be a daunting task. With so many amazing Spanish varieties, how are we supposed to know which is the best

4 Nov, 2023 @ 14:57

Food & Drink·Lead

With the autumn tuna season upon us, SO/Sotogrande debuts a new tasting menu straight from the nets of the Barbate fishermen

CHEF Leandro Caballero is serving up a treat at his Cortijo Santa María 1962 restaurant in Sotogrande, classic tuna territory. With the autumn tuna-fishing season underway, Caballero has introduced a stupendous ‘Tuna

4 Nov, 2023 @ 14:00

Cadiz·Food & Drink·For Foodies·Lead

WATCH: ‘Send her to jail!’ Outrage in Spain as video shows market stall worker in China hacking at a leg of jamon

ANOTHER bastion of Spanish cuisine has been brutalised in the eyes of Spain’s netizens – this time from China. A video has gone viral of a female market stall worker chopping up

3 Nov, 2023 @ 17:56

Food & Drink·Lead

REVIEW: The ‘bottomless brunch’ at Marbella’s Nomad offers some serious bang for your buck (with impressive vegan alternatives too) – just don’t eat beforehand!

GETTING brunch on the weekend is nothing new, with the trend having exploded on the culinary scene in recent years. Marbella is no exception, with eateries around the resort offering their own

3 Nov, 2023 @ 16:55

Food & Drink·Lead·Olive Press Travel·Restaurants

These are the 10 best restaurants in Spain – according to Tripadvisor

THE Travellers’ Choice Awards has just revealed Spain’s top ten restaurants, as chosen by visitors. In the latest edition of the awards, Tripadvisor recognises restaurants with consistently good reviews, landing them in

2 Nov, 2023 @ 10:58

Food & Drink·For Foodies·Lead·Must Read·Olive Press Travel

Burger from Spain which has DOUGHNUT buns is named the best in Europe – but could YOU stomach it?

A VALENCIA restaurant chain has been named as offering the best hamburger in Europe at the ‘Champions Burger’ event held in Barcelona. Jenkin’s has three outlets on Gran Via, Blasco Ibañez, and

30 Oct, 2023 @ 14:03

Barcelona·Food & Drink·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

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