Rubén Cabrera of Rte. Gastronomic Dome IV contest winner Gamba Roja

The tinerfeño Rubén Cabrera won the first prize at the IV International Competition of Creative Cuisine Red Gamba de Dénia held at the Mercat Municipal.

His plate, 'Red Prawn of Dénia: Land of the Sea'It was the highest rated by a demanding jury awarded second prize to the recipe 'Gamba Dénia textures: acevichado cannelloni, crispy and sparkling mijas gazpachuelo' prepared by Daniel García Peinado, executive chef of Restaurant Alamar Vincci Selección Aleysa in Benalmádena (Málaga), and the third Germán Espinosa, executive chef of Restaurant Vermell Sant Cugat del Vallés (Barcelona) for your recipe 'Injected Dénia prawn, sobao of olive oil and tomato'.

From early morning the Municipal Mercat was a hotbed of comings and goings, cooks, assistants and many onlookers who wanted to experience firsthand this important gastronomic event.
After receiving each a number of participation, cooks had two hours to prepare meals, which were presented to the jury 10 minutes intervals for tasting.

The jury was chaired by the chef Quique Dacosta and completed with José Carlos Capel, food critic of the newspaper El País and President of Madrid Fusion; Jesús Trelis, food journalist provinces and author of the blog Stories apron; the chef Ricard Camarena Michelin star; Pedro Morán, chef and manager of Casa Gerardo in Prendes (Asturias), also Michelin star; Sergio Adelantado, vice president of the Valencian Academy of Gastronomy and Julia Pérez Lozano, food critic, author of the blog Gastroactitud.

Past 13 hours was announced the verdict, awarding the winner of 2.500 euros first prize and a check worth EUR 600 hospitality equipment; 1.500 euros for the winner of the second prize and third-placed 1.000 euros, plus a sculpture by the artist Jávea Toni Marí the three finalists.

According to the winner, Rubén Cabrera, the secret of his course was that all parties had shrimp recipe and carefully decorated. For the winner was his first culinary award from the four that have already been submitted, valuing positively the experience in Dénia.

Rubén Cabrera was accompanied by her sister, who has become the first woman to participate in the contest. Until this issue had not participated any woman, not as a chef and as an assistant.

A versatile product and a very "starry" future

Quique Dacosta, meanwhile, praised the technical complexity of all the dishes this year, which has dominated the evolution of technology. According to the chef, the jury intended to send a message to create competition trend around the red shrimp.

Prawn is a very versatile despite conditional may seem a priori product, but this issue has shown that the product not being pigeonholed, especially if it is associated with the imagination of chefs.

For future editions, Dacosta is committed to continue making this event a party for citizens from a consolidated product, a point that is reached because all parties believe in it.

The director of the contest, on the other hand, affirmed that this has been the year in which more people have come to the contest, and said that next year we will have a jury "very, very, very crashed".

Homage to the Fishermen's Association

Before the awards ceremony, the Mayor of Dénia, Ana Kringe, made a special recognition for the Fishermen's Guild "for its daily work, for being a key and constant element in boosting the local economy, for keeping our identity alive as a seafaring people and for the great weight it has had in development and consolidation of our municipality as a tourist destination ".

Its president, Juan Antonio Sepulcre, received the award with special mention to customers Dénia fish market.