{
  "country": "Spain",
  "code": "ES",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-09-13",
  "source": "https://happychef.cloud/en/press-contacts/es.html",
  "national": {
    "description": "Spain has one of Europe's most food-obsessed national press landscapes: the leading quality dailies El País, El Mundo, ABC and La Vanguardia all run dedicated gastronomy verticals, and wire agencies such as EFE distribute restaurant and chef news nationwide within hours. Alongside this sits a mature specialist trade press — Hosteltur, Alimarket, Restauración News and Gastroeconomy — written specifically for hospitality professionals, and a thriving ecosystem of digital-native gastronomy media such as Directo al Paladar and 7 Caníbales that often move faster than traditional outlets on restaurant openings and trends.",
    "tip": "El Comidista (El País's gastronomy vertical) and Directo al Paladar are the fastest, most restaurant-friendly consumer outlets to pitch first; for trade-facing news, Hosteltur is the single most-read title among hospitality professionals.",
    "sources": [
      {
        "name": "El País",
        "type": "newspaper",
        "email": null,
        "website": "https://elpais.com",
        "notes": "Spain's leading national daily; gastronomy runs through its El Comidista vertical"
      },
      {
        "name": "El Comidista",
        "type": "blog",
        "email": null,
        "website": "https://elcomidista.elpais.com",
        "notes": "El País's dedicated, highly-read gastronomy and restaurant vertical"
      },
      {
        "name": "El Mundo",
        "type": "newspaper",
        "email": null,
        "website": "https://www.elmundo.es",
        "notes": "Major national daily; Metrópoli supplement covers restaurant openings"
      },
      {
        "name": "ABC",
        "type": "newspaper",
        "email": null,
        "website": "https://www.abc.es",
        "notes": "Spain's oldest national daily; runs the De Rechupete gastronomy section"
      },
      {
        "name": "La Vanguardia",
        "type": "newspaper",
        "email": null,
        "website": "https://www.lavanguardia.com",
        "notes": "Barcelona-based national-reach daily; Comer section covers restaurant news"
      },
      {
        "name": "Agencia EFE",
        "type": "wire",
        "email": null,
        "website": "https://efe.com",
        "notes": "Spain's leading wire agency, distributing to press nationwide; pitch its lifestyle desk"
      },
      {
        "name": "RTVE",
        "type": "tv",
        "email": null,
        "website": "https://www.rtve.es",
        "notes": "National public broadcaster; MasterChef España and cooking strands"
      },
      {
        "name": "Hosteltur",
        "type": "trade",
        "email": null,
        "website": "https://www.hosteltur.com",
        "notes": "Leading Spanish tourism and hospitality trade publication, over 30 years in the industry"
      },
      {
        "name": "Restauración News",
        "type": "trade",
        "email": null,
        "website": "https://www.restauracionnews.com",
        "notes": "Trade news site dedicated specifically to the restaurant and foodservice sector"
      },
      {
        "name": "Alimarket",
        "type": "trade",
        "email": "cliente@alimarket.es",
        "website": "https://www.alimarket.es",
        "notes": "Trade intelligence covering food distribution and the HORECA/hospitality channel"
      },
      {
        "name": "Gastroeconomy",
        "type": "trade",
        "email": "info@gastroeconomy.com",
        "website": "https://gastroeconomy.com",
        "notes": "Independent trade journalism focused on the business side of restaurants and hospitality"
      },
      {
        "name": "Directo al Paladar",
        "type": "blog",
        "email": "miguel.ayuso@webedia-group.com",
        "website": "https://www.directoalpaladar.com",
        "notes": "Spain's leading gastronomy digital media, part of the Webedia group; director Miguel Ayuso"
      },
      {
        "name": "7 Caníbales",
        "type": "blog",
        "email": null,
        "website": "https://7canibales.com",
        "notes": "Gastronomy digital magazine written by veteran Spanish food journalists"
      },
      {
        "name": "Sobremesa",
        "type": "magazine",
        "email": null,
        "website": "https://www.sobremesa.es",
        "notes": "Spain's longest-running food and wine magazine, published since 1988"
      }
    ]
  },
  "regions": [
    {
      "id": "cataluna",
      "name": "Catalonia",
      "nativeName": "Catalunya",
      "description": "Catalonia has one of Spain's most sophisticated dining cultures, reflected in strong daily coverage from El Periódico de Catalunya and the Catalan-language Ara, plus dedicated city-listings coverage from Time Out Barcelona.",
      "tip": "El Periódico de Catalunya and Time Out Barcelona are the strongest first contacts for restaurant openings and reviews in Barcelona.",
      "sources": [
        {
          "name": "El Periódico de Catalunya",
          "type": "newspaper",
          "email": null,
          "website": "https://www.elperiodico.com",
          "notes": "Barcelona-based daily covering the Catalan restaurant and hospitality scene"
        },
        {
          "name": "Ara",
          "type": "newspaper",
          "email": null,
          "website": "https://www.ara.cat",
          "notes": "Catalan-language daily with dedicated lifestyle and gastronomy coverage"
        },
        {
          "name": "Time Out Barcelona",
          "type": "magazine",
          "email": null,
          "website": "https://www.timeout.es/barcelona",
          "notes": "City listings and culture magazine, strong for restaurant openings"
        },
        {
          "name": "Catalunya Ràdio",
          "type": "radio",
          "email": null,
          "website": "https://www.ccma.cat/catradio",
          "notes": "Catalan public radio broadcaster with lifestyle and culture programming"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "madrid",
      "name": "Madrid",
      "nativeName": "Madrid",
      "description": "As the capital, Madrid is thoroughly covered by the national press, but dedicated city titles like El Mundo's Metrópoli supplement and Time Out Madrid focus specifically on restaurant openings, reviews and listings.",
      "tip": "Metrópoli and Time Out Madrid are the two best-targeted outlets for a Madrid restaurant launch.",
      "sources": [
        {
          "name": "Metrópoli (El Mundo)",
          "type": "magazine",
          "email": null,
          "website": "https://www.elmundo.es/metropoli.html",
          "notes": "El Mundo's Madrid culture and restaurant listings supplement"
        },
        {
          "name": "Time Out Madrid",
          "type": "magazine",
          "email": null,
          "website": "https://www.timeout.es/madrid",
          "notes": "City listings magazine covering restaurant openings and events"
        },
        {
          "name": "Telemadrid",
          "type": "tv",
          "email": null,
          "website": "https://www.telemadrid.es",
          "notes": "Regional public broadcaster for the Community of Madrid"
        },
        {
          "name": "Madridiario",
          "type": "blog",
          "email": null,
          "website": "https://www.madridiario.es",
          "notes": "Digital-native news site covering Madrid city life and hospitality"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "andalucia",
      "name": "Andalusia",
      "nativeName": "Andalucía",
      "description": "Andalusia's major cities each have their own long-established daily, including Diario de Sevilla, Diario Sur in Málaga and Ideal in Granada, alongside regional public broadcaster Canal Sur.",
      "tip": "Diario de Sevilla and Diario Sur are the most-read regional dailies for restaurant and hospitality news in Andalusia.",
      "sources": [
        {
          "name": "Diario de Sevilla",
          "type": "newspaper",
          "email": null,
          "website": "https://www.diariodesevilla.es",
          "notes": "Leading daily for Seville and western Andalusia"
        },
        {
          "name": "Diario Sur",
          "type": "newspaper",
          "email": null,
          "website": "https://www.diariosur.es",
          "notes": "Málaga's leading daily, covering the Costa del Sol dining scene"
        },
        {
          "name": "Ideal",
          "type": "newspaper",
          "email": null,
          "website": "https://www.ideal.es",
          "notes": "Leading daily for Granada and eastern Andalusia"
        },
        {
          "name": "Canal Sur",
          "type": "tv",
          "email": null,
          "website": "https://www.canalsur.es",
          "notes": "Andalusia's regional public broadcaster (TV and radio)"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "pais-vasco",
      "name": "Basque Country",
      "nativeName": "Euskadi",
      "description": "The Basque Country, home to San Sebastián's world-renowned dining scene, is covered by El Correo, Diario Vasco and Deia, with Diario Vasco in particular giving strong ongoing attention to gastronomy.",
      "tip": "Diario Vasco is the essential contact for restaurant news in San Sebastián and Gipuzkoa; El Correo has the widest reach across Bizkaia.",
      "sources": [
        {
          "name": "El Correo",
          "type": "newspaper",
          "email": null,
          "website": "https://www.elcorreo.com",
          "notes": "Bilbao-based leading daily for the Basque Country"
        },
        {
          "name": "Diario Vasco",
          "type": "newspaper",
          "email": null,
          "website": "https://www.diariovasco.com",
          "notes": "San Sebastián-based daily with strong gastronomy coverage"
        },
        {
          "name": "Deia",
          "type": "newspaper",
          "email": null,
          "website": "https://www.deia.eus",
          "notes": "Bilbao-based Basque daily"
        },
        {
          "name": "EITB",
          "type": "tv",
          "email": null,
          "website": "https://www.eitb.eus",
          "notes": "Basque public broadcaster (TV and radio)"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "comunidad-valenciana",
      "name": "Valencian Community",
      "nativeName": "Comunitat Valenciana",
      "description": "Valencia's dining and rice-culture scene is covered by long-running dailies Levante-EMV and Las Provincias, plus Información for the Alicante area.",
      "tip": "Levante-EMV is the top regional pick for a Valencia-based restaurant story.",
      "sources": [
        {
          "name": "Levante-EMV",
          "type": "newspaper",
          "email": null,
          "website": "https://www.levante-emv.com",
          "notes": "Leading daily for the city and province of Valencia"
        },
        {
          "name": "Las Provincias",
          "type": "newspaper",
          "email": null,
          "website": "https://www.lasprovincias.es",
          "notes": "Long-established Valencia daily"
        },
        {
          "name": "Información",
          "type": "newspaper",
          "email": null,
          "website": "https://www.diarioinformacion.com",
          "notes": "Leading daily for Alicante province"
        },
        {
          "name": "À Punt",
          "type": "tv",
          "email": null,
          "website": "https://www.apuntmedia.es",
          "notes": "Regional public broadcaster for the Valencian Community"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "galicia",
      "name": "Galicia",
      "nativeName": "Galicia",
      "description": "Galicia's strong seafood and gastronomic tradition is served by well-established regional dailies including La Voz de Galicia, the largest-circulation regional paper in Spain, and Faro de Vigo.",
      "tip": "La Voz de Galicia offers by far the widest regional reach for restaurant PR in Galicia.",
      "sources": [
        {
          "name": "La Voz de Galicia",
          "type": "newspaper",
          "email": null,
          "website": "https://www.lavozdegalicia.es",
          "notes": "Galicia's largest daily by circulation"
        },
        {
          "name": "Faro de Vigo",
          "type": "newspaper",
          "email": null,
          "website": "https://www.farodevigo.es",
          "notes": "Leading daily for Vigo and southern Galicia; one of Spain's oldest newspapers"
        },
        {
          "name": "El Correo Gallego",
          "type": "newspaper",
          "email": null,
          "website": "https://www.elcorreogallego.es",
          "notes": "Santiago de Compostela-based regional daily"
        },
        {
          "name": "CRTVG (TVG)",
          "type": "tv",
          "email": null,
          "website": "https://www.crtvg.es",
          "notes": "Galicia's regional public broadcaster"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "islas-baleares",
      "name": "Balearic Islands",
      "nativeName": "Illes Balears",
      "description": "The Balearic Islands' tourism-driven dining scene is covered island-by-island, with Última Hora and Diario de Mallorca for Mallorca, Menorca.info for Menorca and Periódico de Ibiza for Ibiza and Formentera.",
      "tip": "Última Hora is the best-read option for Mallorca; use Menorca.info or Periódico de Ibiza directly for restaurant news on the smaller islands.",
      "sources": [
        {
          "name": "Última Hora",
          "type": "newspaper",
          "email": "diario@ultimahora.es",
          "website": "https://www.ultimahora.es",
          "notes": "Palma-based daily covering Mallorca, Menorca and Ibiza/Formentera"
        },
        {
          "name": "Diario de Mallorca",
          "type": "newspaper",
          "email": null,
          "website": "https://www.diariodemallorca.es",
          "notes": "Leading daily for Mallorca"
        },
        {
          "name": "Menorca (menorca.info)",
          "type": "newspaper",
          "email": "redaccion@menorca.info",
          "website": "https://menorca.info",
          "notes": "Leading news outlet for Menorca"
        },
        {
          "name": "Periódico de Ibiza",
          "type": "newspaper",
          "email": "redaccion@periodicodeibiza.es",
          "website": "https://www.periodicodeibiza.es",
          "notes": "Leading news outlet for Ibiza and Formentera"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "islas-canarias",
      "name": "Canary Islands",
      "nativeName": "Canarias",
      "description": "The Canary Islands' large tourism and hospitality sector is served by island papers such as Canarias7 and La Provincia in Gran Canaria and El Día in Tenerife, alongside regional broadcaster RTVC.",
      "tip": "Canarias7 has the widest circulation for restaurant and hospitality news across the archipelago.",
      "sources": [
        {
          "name": "Canarias7",
          "type": "newspaper",
          "email": null,
          "website": "https://www.canarias7.es",
          "notes": "Widest-circulation daily in the Canary Islands, based in Gran Canaria"
        },
        {
          "name": "La Provincia",
          "type": "newspaper",
          "email": null,
          "website": "https://www.laprovincia.es",
          "notes": "Leading daily for Las Palmas de Gran Canaria"
        },
        {
          "name": "El Día",
          "type": "newspaper",
          "email": null,
          "website": "https://www.eldia.es",
          "notes": "Leading daily for Tenerife"
        },
        {
          "name": "RTVC",
          "type": "tv",
          "email": null,
          "website": "https://www.rtvc.es",
          "notes": "Canary Islands regional public broadcaster"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}