Dinner at a Michelin restaurant and visit to a winery

Intense weekend for Javier Bardem y Penelope Cruz at the San Sebastian Film Festival. On Friday night, the interpreter of Monsters: The Story of Lyle and Erik Menendez received the Donostia 2023 Award and during his speech he moved Penelope Cruz. After the gala, the protagonists of Ham, Ham They went to Akelarre, one of the best restaurants in the area.

The restaurant, located in the Guipuzcoan town of Villabona, belongs to the prestigious chef Pedro Subijana. The restaurant’s menu is full of typical Basque dishes such as cod flower, beef carving, mosaic of barnacles and mussels. So, as expected, the restaurant boasted of the moment when the Bardem Cruz couple chose their restaurant for dinner after the Opening Gala of the San Sebastian Festival.

“Congratulations, Javier Bardem, on the Donostia Award! It is an honour to celebrate this moment with you and Penélope Cruz in our home with your family.. Gracias for sharing your joy with us y for continuing to inspire with your talent and humanity“, they stated on the restaurant’s Instagram profile.

Along with this short note praising the artists’ friendliness and naturalness, the establishment also published a nice snapshot of Penelope and Bardem posing with the three-star Michelin chef. In the snapshot, the Hollywood stars pose smiling, with the award in hand and dressed in the same clothes they wore at the festival.

During these days, Javier and Penelope also visited the Hika txakoli winery, located in Villabona, Guipuzcoa. Although it is a young and modern winery, it prides itself on producing an exclusive and elegant txakoli, designed to be enjoyed in good company. During their visit, they were accompanied by their friend, the director and screenwriter Fernando Leon of Aranoa.

Javier Bardem’s anger at the San Sebastian film festival

Not everything has been rosy for Javier Bardem this weekend. This Saturday, the actor threw a peculiar tantrum during an event in honor of the director of Ham, Ham, Luna ricewho died in 2013.

Shortly before his death, Bigas Luna expressed the wish that the protagonists of Ham, Ham to know the real ham. However, the actor was surprised to discover that the event in memory of Bigas had a promotional focus. Bardem expressed his discomfort and declared that it was an “ambush”.