Federico Guajardo, the Hotel Los Angeles, repeated as selected in the cooking contest Red Gamba de Dénia

Dénia will be represented in the IV International Competition of Creative Cuisine Red Gamba de Dénia to be held on February 24 in the Mercat Municipal Denia. This time the local representative will be Federico Guajardo, chef of the restaurant of the Hotel Los Angeles, Which already participated in 2013 edition of clinching a deserved second prize.

The names of the eight finalists IV International Competition of Creative Cuisine Red Gamba de Dénia the mayor of Dénia has made it known, Ana KringeAs part of the culinary fair Madrid Fusion.

But Guajardo is not the only one who repeats three other finalists have already participated at some time in the contest. They are Germán Espinosa, Executive chef Vermell Restaurant Sant Cugat del Vallés (Barcelona), finalist in 2012; Alvaro Garcia Abad, Executive chef El Plantio Golf Resort Alicante, finalist in 2013 edition representing the restaurant Rock Aspe (Alicante) and Juan Manuel Salgado, Head of departure BiBo Dani García Restaurant Marbella (Málaga), finalist 2014 edition with your plate on tenterhooks.

The other finalists are Rubén Cabrera, The gourmet restaurant the Dome, of the five-star hotel Jardines NivariaIn Adeje (Tenerife); Óscar Rodríguez, Restaurant owner The Jardines del PlazaIn the town of Zaragoza Borja; Daniel García Peinado, Executive chef of Restaurant Alamar of the hotel Las Arenas (5 stars) Benalmádena (Málaga) and Rafael Arroyo, Head chef at Restaurant the Cloister Hotel AC Palacio de Santa Paula (5 stars) of Granada.

The prejurado responsible for selecting the eight finalists has been formed by Ana Kringe, as president; Rafa Soler, director of the competition; Fernando Gonzalez of Raset Group and vice president of Aehtma; Evarist Miralles, cook and teacher; Tona Romans, the restaurant Casa Pepa, a Michelin star; Lopez chef, restaurant chef Peix i Brases, winner of the first edition of the competition; restorers Diego Mena, Raúl Andrade and Iván Grau, with Rafa Casterá as secretary.

The day of the contest, responsible for deciding the winner's name will be next to its president, chef Quique DacostaJosé Carlos Capel, food critic of the newspaper El País and president of Madrid Fusion; Julia Pérez, food critic, author of the blog Gastroactitud; Jesús Trelis, gastronomic journalist The Provinces; Ricard Camarena Valencia chef, Michelin star; Pedro Morán, of Casa Gerardo Prendes (Asturias), also Michelin star; Sergio Adelantado, vice president Valencian Academy of Gastronomy and Juan Echanove, author of the blog A blog to eat and actor.

Experiential end of week

During the presentation of the finalists it has also proceeded to draw for a weekend in Dénia Experiential week between 72 Competition candidates from among those who have been winner Juan Manuel Salgado Dominguez and his assistant, Dani García Restaurant.

Together you can enjoy free lodging, dining and cultural visits, lunches and dinners at restaurants in town, including Quique Dacosta, and activity at sea.