Mallorca’s golf reputation on the up and up

Lunch on the terrace at Alcanada golf club - nice work when you can get it.

Mallorca’s reputation as a golfing destination is already well established with 19 top-quality courses all within an hour of each other. But Mallorca now also boasts seven chefs whose cuisine has been deemed worthy of a Michelin star - the hallmark of fine dining quality and restaurants around the world.

And one of the island's top chefs, Fernando P Arellano, now even boasts two Michelin stars for his Zaranda restaurant based at the five-star hotel Castell Son Claret.

Among the seven is Macarena de Castro at Restaurante Jardín in Alcúdia, who offers her own creative twist on local recipes, while Rafael Sánchez of Es Fum at the St. Regis Mardavall has held the star since 2013.

An authentic Mallorcan version of outstanding cuisine is produced by island native Tomeu Caldentey - the first Mallorcan to gain the coveted recognition in 2004 - at Bou restaurant in the five-star Protur Sa Coma Playa Hotel & Spa in Sa Coma.

Marc Fosh, of Simply Fosh in Palma, became the first British chef in Spain to be recognised with a Michelin star with his healthy Mediterranean cuisine, while Andreu Genestra - originally from Inca, Mallorca - has built himself an impressive reputation at his self-named restaurant at Capdepera.

Mark Fosh of Simply Fosh.

Meanwhile, in Deià, Josef Sauerschell first  gained a Michelin star in 1991, lost it in 1999, but then regained it in 2002 and has held it ever since at his establishment, Es Racó d'es Teix.

Marc Fosh's Simply Fosh. Lovely stuff.

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