Paco Budía, Íñigo Rodríguez and the restaurants S’Espartar, Nudo and Sa Caleta, winners of the Ibiza Gastronomy Awards

The Academy of Gastronomy of Ibiza and Formentera has announced its awards for this year in Ibiza and Formentera. Chefs Paco Budía and Íñigo Rodríguez are recognised with the awards for gastronomic relevance and innovation, respectively, while the prize for best restaurant goes to S’Espartar, “one of the temples of traditional Ibizan gastronomy”.

In addition, the Nudo “has become the surprise of this year in Ibiza”, which has earned him the award for “culinary innovation”, said the Academy of Gastronomy in a statement.

Íñigo Rodríguez. Vicent Marí

The academics have also “wanted to reward the excellence in the service offered by Jordi Cardona at the family restaurant in Sa Caleta“.

Finally, the academy indicates that it recognizes the “work of the early Cofradía de Pescadores de Ibiza y Formentera (Ibiza and Formentera Fishermen’s Association)which for some decades has been divided into those of Ibiza, Sant Antoni and Formentera, which has completed one hundred years of history”.

Terrace of the restaurant S’Espartar. D.I.

The awards will be presented this year on Monday, August 21 at 10.30 a.m. at the Ebusus cultural center (on Paseo de Vara de Rey in Ibiza), in a ceremony in which the new mayors of Sant Josep, Ibiza and Sant Joan will be appointed as “ex officio academics”.

In Formentera, The Academy of Gastronomy awarded the Bodegas Terramoll, the Sol Restaurant and the Tanga restaurant.

The award for best chef went, according to a note from the Academy of Gastronomy, to Antonio D’Angeloantonio develops a fusion cuisine based on Italian and Japanese gastronomy. But he fuses them with dishes from Spanish, Chilean or Mexican recipes”, says the note. This chef arrived in Formentera after working for fifteen years at Nobu.

In a communiqué, they detailed at the time that Sol Restaurant, in Cala Saona, is “an example of how a beachfront restaurant can offer quality gastronomy based on traditional Mediterranean cuisine. Dishes based on the freshness of the product and the flavors of the island with an impressive sunset,” they said.