sommelier
Martín Berasategui
Martín Berasategui, a three Michelini star restaurant in San Sebastián, Basque Country, was a life changing, both professional and personally.
At the begining I worked as a chef in the kitchen helping the chef of partie, but very quickly it became my team to lead. For six months that was my role.
After that, when I thought I couldn’t climb any higher, I realized I had to take another path, a much higher summit appeared and tempting to climb and crown. A peak called sommelier.
After I was given the opportunity to be with the team of sommeliers in full service, that new horizon of gastronomy captivated me and decided to grab it and not let it go.
From that decision and without forgetting the path traveled months and years ago, I started with a new training around salon and wine service, working long hours, with effort and attitude, I managed to position myself at the top of the European sommelierie. Of course side by side with my mentor Antonio Casares who trusted me from day one and Joan Casajuana, my favorite partner.
I became Head Sommelier in one of the most important restaurants in the world and the best Sommelier in the Basque Country in 2018. All this was the result of my travels, on my weekends visiting vineyards and winemakers that fascinated me and complementing it with the best studies. I want to thank enormously to Martin Berasategui and his wife Oneka Arregui for opening their heart with so much love and trust.
