On 15 July, our coordinator, Miguel Muñoz, and our project secretary, Ramiro Rosón, were invited to attend the XXXIX Gastronomy Awards ceremony, organised by the Diario de Avisos Foundation, in an event held in the municipal auditorium of El Sauzal. These gastronomy prizes stand out for being the oldest ones awarded by a Spanish media and because they became national in 2023.
The jury of the XXXIX National Gastronomy Awards, chaired by José Luis Conde, awarded the following prizes on this occasion:
-Manuel Iglesias Award: Alexis García, of Cien por Cien Hojaldre in Santa Cruz, for a career, accompanied by his partner Marlene Hernández, in which he has become the Best Master Artisan Pastry Chef in Spain in all categories.
-Best National Restaurant Award: La Salita (Valencia), by Begoña Rodrigo, who, after winning the first Top Chef television programme, has become one of the most renowned chefs in this country.
-Best Confectionery Award: Panadería Pastelería Zulay, owned by the Medina brothers, Rubén, Bryan and Aday, who have managed to update and expand the family bakery, which opened in 1937 on the island of La Palma.
-Best Restaurant Award: Etéreo, by Pedro Nel Restrepo and Viviana Sarriá, who, after five years of effort and dedication, have turned this restaurant into a benchmark in the capital of Tenerife.
-Best International Restaurant Award: Kensei (Contemporary Japanese), headed by chef Víctor Planas, who has catapulted this restaurant to become one of the best in Spain.
-The #ConsumeCanario Award: Casa Romántica Centro de Interpretación del Producto, located in the Agaete Valley in Gran Canaria, won this award, sponsored by GMR Canarias and the Regional Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries of the Government of the Canary Islands, for its inalienable philosophy of proximity and sustainability.
-Best Work in Wine Award: Patricia Perdomo, who represents the generational change in the island's wineries. This award is sponsored by the Casa del Vino de Tenerife and the Tenerife Rural Foundation.
-Best Work in the Dissemination of Gastronomy: Juan Echanove, who has been able to explain and make his country known through the diversity of its gastronomy.
From our business initiatives, we would like to thank the Diario de Avisos Foundation and the El Sauzal Town Hall for opening their doors to us for this event, and we would like to congratulate all the organisers, sponsors and collaborators. Gastronomy represents one of the most important attractions of the Canary Islands' tourist offer and, for this reason, its promotion is a necessary strategy for the archipelago to strengthen its position as a quality tourist destination in Europe and the rest of the world.
In La Laguna, 4th September 2024.
The coordinator,
Miguel Muñoz
-The national gastronomy awards of Diario de Avisos highlight the excellence of the islands. Article published in Diario de Avisos, 15 July 2024:
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