The Team

The work team which composes Yandiola has changed in order to try and answer to every needs that may require our clients. Thanks to them, we grow and learn day by day.

 

From the events department made up of Raquel López and Lorea Sancho, through the lounge with the chief Raquel Cifrián, to our head cook Luis Miguel Calderón.

 

Mertxe Rubio, Ivan Sanchez, Maria Vargas, Carolina Herrera, Ricardo Morales are also part of the team as the visible faces in this restaurant and behind, in the kitchen: Iván Flores, Olaia Castellanos, Javier Iturriaga, Orzuri Gonzalez , Mihaela Rusu and Ahmed Raissouni.  Without excluding our fantastic productors, who we consider an important part of our group and contribute to the nature of our cooking.

 

The group management is composed of Ricardo Pérez and Borja Etxebarria.

 

 

Highlights of the awards and distinctions:

 

• Vice Champion of Spain in the 3rd certamen of high cuisine for young chefs in 1996

• Prize Pil-Pil for the best cod plate in 2003

• National award for the best cod in 2004

• Gold medal for the best restaurant in Bilbao in 2004

• First place at the Alcorta-Martín Berasategi award in Bizkaia and Vice Champion at the National award in 2007

• Prize Best Of Wine Tourism 2011 in the restaurants category

• Prize Ipar Kutxa for professionalism in making Txakoli from Bizkaia (2nd edition)