Barcelona will distinguish the hotel excellence of Spain

The team of Food Design Company just announced, during the press breakfast held at the Simultaneous Restaurant of the Hotel Catalonia Barcelona Plaza, los 20 candidates by category to the THELOBBY Awards 2025: Best Gastronomic Hotel, Best Director of F&B and Best Hotel Lobby in Spain, awards created to recognize projects and spaces that stand out for their proposal based on the common dialogue between hospitality, gastronomy and guest experience.

The event also included a live intervention by Eduardo Serrano, president of AIDABE (Ibero-American Association of Food and Beverage Directors) who has revealed the list of 20 candidates for best director of F&B of Spain and has highlighted “the importance of recognizing and valuing the creative vision and commitment to excellence that define the new Spanish hotel industry through the figure of the directors of F&“B of the best gastronomic hotels in the country”.

The awards ceremony along with a program of “Master Talks” and “Multi Talks” will be held next 4 November on stage Lab Forum, between the 15:00 and the 19:00 h, at Fira Barcelona, under the framework of activities of Gastronomic Forum Barcelona.

Los 20 candidates by category are:

Best Gastronomic Hotel in Spain

1. Mandarin Oriental Ritz Madrid, Madrid
2. Retuerta LeDomaine Abbey, Valladolid
3. Atrium Restaurant Hotel, Caceres
4. Terra Dominicata Hotel & Winery, I climbed, Tarragona
5. Torre del Marqués Hotel Spa & Winery, Teruel
6. Akelarre, San Sebastian
7. Finca Cortesin, get married, Málaga
8. Mandarin Oriental Barcelona, Barcelona
9. Cap Rocat, Cala Blava, Mallorca
10. The Residence, A Belmond Hotel, Mallorca
11. Four Seasons Hotel Madrid, Madrid
12. Rosewood Villa Magna, Madrid
13. Marbella Club Hotel, Marbella
14. Spirit Rock, Girona
15. Hotel Can Ferrereta, Santanyi, Mallorca
16. Pepe Vieira Restaurant & Hotel, He snapped
17. Canfranc Station, a Royal Hideaway Hotel, Huesca
18. Royal Hideaway Corales Resort, Tenerife
19. The Barcelona EDITION, Barcelona
20. Hotel Peralada Wine Spa & Golf, Peralada

Best Director of F&B from Spain

1. William Geoghegan, InterContinental Barcelona
2. Raul Garcia, The Edition Barcelona
3. Rodrigo Ofner, Roman Bridge, Marbella
4. Alberto Falsetta, Hotel Peralada Wine Spa & Golf, Peralada
5. Alejandro Santofimia, Rosewood Villa Magna, Madrid
6. Teresa Zaballa, The Edition Madrid
7. Pol Fortaner Corbera, Hotel Arts, Barcelona
8. Andrea Fernández Barreiro, St. Regis Mardavall Mallorca Resort
9. Victor Caride, Royal Hideaway Corales Resort, Tenerife
10. Marco Mancini, Marbella Club Hotel, Marbella
11. Miguel Sánchez Aguirreola, Saint Catherine, a Royal Hideaway Hotel, Gran Canaria
12. Raquel Collazo, Hotel Miramar, Barcelona
13. Steven Márquez, Matt Hotel & Beach Resort, Marbella
14. Airam Lorenzo, Gran Meliá Torre Melina, Barcelona
15. Carlos Cruz, Hotel Maria Cristina, San Sebastian
16. Toni Bujosa, The Residence, A Belmond Hotel, Mallorca
17. Enrico Petrella, Mandarin Oriental Ritz Madrid
18. Beniamino Campolo, Mas Salagros Ecoresort & AIRE Ancient Baths, Barcelona
19. Cristina Barba, The Artist Grand Hotel of Art, Bilbao
20. Jose Ledo, Castillo Hotel Son Vida, Mallorca

Best Hotel Lobby in Spain

1. The Barcelona EDITION
2. Mandarin Oriental Ritz Madrid
3. Barceló Torre Madrid
4. The Madrid EDITION
5. Almanac Hotel, Barcelona
6. Rosewood Villa Magna Madrid
7. SLS Barcelona
8. Hotel Urban, Madrid
9. Hotel Maria Cristina, San Sebastian
10. Four Seasons Madrid
11. Saint Catherine, a Royal Hideaway Hotel, Gran Canaria
12. Grand Hotel Miramar, Malaga
13. Hotel Borneta, Barcelona
14. Hotel Fénix Gran Meliá, Madrid
15. Our Hotel, Mallorca
16. Great English Hotel, Madrid
17. Bonay House, Barcelona
18. Marbella Club Hotel, Marbella
19. The Residence, A Belmond Hotel, Mallorca
20. Hotel The Artist, Bilbao

A project that celebrates the gastronomic hospitality industry in Spain

Powered by the Food Design Company team, THELOBBY – Hotel & Gastro Talks has the support of AIDABE and Gastronomic Forum Barcelona, gathering the next 4 November to some of the most influential professionals on the national and international scene to share vision, knowledge and innovation around the connection between luxury hotels and fine hospitality.

Among the confirmed protagonists are reference names such as Paco Morales (Noor, 3 MICHELIN stars and National Gastronomy Award), Paolo Casagrande (Lasarte, 3 MICHELIN stars), Fernando Turnes y Victor Caride (Royal Hideaway Corales Resort, Tenerife), Juan Carlos Padron (Juan Carlos Corner, 2 MICHELIN stars), José Miguel Herrero (Department of agriculture, Fishing and food), Will Browning (Sustainable Restaurant Association), Inés Miró-Sans (Hotel Casa Bonay), Javier Maseda (Maseda Studio), Raul Garcia (The Barcelona EDITION) y Second Lopez (Minor Hotels), among other leaders who are redefining the relationship between haute cuisine and the new hospitality.