Today the 64th edition of the Dénia Red Prawn International Creative Cooking Competition takes place at the Municipal Market. Of the 8 renowned cooks and chefs registered, only XNUMX finalists remain, who will compete today to be the best in treating the town's star product and thus win the award.
The selection process for the final of the contest was carried out by a panel of gastronomic professionals who evaluated the proposals of these chefs based on red shrimp. Now the finalists will have to face the palates of food critics, renowned chefs and even a gastroinfluencer.
The prizes will be awarded at 13:30 p.m. The first place winner will receive 2.500 euros, the second, 1.500 and the third, 1.000, as well as a sculpture by the artist Toni Marí for each of them.
Participants
The eight finalists chosen are: Víctor Suárez, Haydée restaurant (Orotava, Tenerife); César Mogollón, Ambivium restaurant (Peñafiel, Valladolid); Ariel Mungia, Raza restaurant (Valladolid); Federico Guajardo, El Carreter restaurant (Dénia, Alicante); Martín Comamala, restaurant 539 Plats Forts (Puigcerdá, Gerona); Ignacio Carballo, Kitchen Club restaurant (Madrid); Eugenio González, Kanaloa restaurant (Marbella) and Cristina Gómez, Fierro restaurant (Valencia).
Renowned jury
The jury will be made up of Carolina Álvarez, head chef of Quique Dacosta Restaurant (Dénia, Alicante); the gastroinfluencer Pablo Cabezali; the gastronomic critic Igor Cubillo; the three-star chef Quique Dacosta, from Quique Dacosta Restaurante (Dénia, Alicante); Óscar García, chef of the Baluarte restaurant (Soria); Álvaro Garrido, chef at the Mina restaurant (Bilbao); Andreu Genestra, chef of the Andreu Genestra restaurant (Mallorca); María Gómez, chef at the Magoga restaurant (Cartagena, Murcia); Óscar Molina, chef of the restaurant La Gaia by Óscar Molina (Ibiza) and María Ritter, director of the Repsol Guide.
You missed putting Quique Dacosta… hahahaha… when will there be an article that tells his story? How does someone who is not from Denia manage to get where he has arrived? If anyone knows, would you be so kind as to explain it? Thank you.