Near 150 chefs from all over Spain He will attend the promotional gala of the Suns of the Repsol Guide, one of the most important awards of Spanish gastronomy, in the city of Alicante. Will be February 27 at ADDA assumes a challenge achieved through collaborative work by Generalitat Valenciana, Provincial Council and Alicante City Council who managed to pick up this action and leave the Basque Country three years later.
The cooperation agreement between the three institutions and the Repsol Guide was painted black and white yesterday at the Santa Bárbara Castle in Alicante, which will also host a series of restoration-related events at that time.
there in the Community of Valencia Based 54 restaurants with a total of 81 variations (4 by three, 19 by two and 31 by one), of which 26 in the province, 7 in the city of Alicante. It’s an extraordinary number because “this community and Alicante experienced a gastronomic revolution, especially in Marina Alta,” he stressed at the presentation ceremony. María Ritter, director of Repsol Guide.
“We did not hesitate when they called us to speak and we are happy that it is a city that has achieved happiness. quality tourism formula; There are many chiefs of ambassadors, there is infrastructure and institutions have help.”
One of the goals is “to involve the community because we want it to happen. a party for everyone and attained citizenship,” he said.
Regional Tourism SecretaryFrancesc Colomer, “Alicante’s choice for this gala recognition of a city and a province It is a company with exceptional gastronomic values and talent and tradition, which makes sacrifices to remain a reference at national and international level”. family. gastronomy of this destination, which represents one of our most valuable tourist offers.
Likewise, “an event of this kind is also a additional motivation for all young talents This is to educate and bet on gastronomy as an option for the future.” And he said it would be a “hard celebration, no one here is giving anything, it’s a time to celebrate, but the party comes after work and after us.” I won very hard to become a gastronomic tourism destination”.
If he is president of the Diputación de Alicante, Carlos Mazonemphasized the ability to “reinvent and improve” Alicante cuisine. “The industry offers more and more attractions, plus quality and more innovationThis has made the province one of the national references.” In this sense, Mazón emphasized the “motivation, determination and quality of Alicante professionals and business people”.
The mayor of Alicante described it as “a new award for the great work of Alicante professionals in the hospitality industry”: Louis Barcala This event. A sector that influences the “constant pursuit of gastronomic excellence and the defense of our key features in this sector: product, quality, service and professionalism”. The mayor said, “We will soon celebrate a new edition of Alicante Gastronómica, one of the largest fairs in the industry in Spain, and now we are adding our location as the host of this major international benchmarking event, which forms the basis of the joint effort to consolidate Alicante as a top goal. gastronomy”.
Deputy Mayor and Chairman of the Alicante City & Beach Tourist Board, Mari Carmen Sanchezstressed that “Alicante’s gastronomic richness is one of our cornerstones in promoting tourism with its flagship rice dishes”. “The fact that we are hosting the Soles Repsol gala in our city recognizes the important work of the industry and will also be a world-class event, bringing together the best of Spanish gastronomy.”
The chefs attending the event celebrated this opportunity that gave Alicante cuisine more visibility and replaced it. For Kiko Moya with Three Repsol Suns L’Escaleta de Cocentaina, this fact “talks about the importance of our gastronomy and Alicante’s importance on the national stage”, “it’s something we’ve won among all professionals”, “we have to believe it from the outside. it’s already a fact, a gastronomic force,” he said.
María José San Román of Monastrell with Sustainable Sun describes this news as a dream. I have attended previous galas in the Basque Country and always thought why not here.” He finds the holding of the gala in Alicante “fantastic” because it is “the only serious and increasingly reliable Spanish guide with a new and very successful philosophy”.
“Of course I want another sun,” said San Román, “the young people are betting on it and the presence of women is sought because in the end women have to be eliminated, because it cannot be otherwise because women are half of the workforce in hospitality“.
The cook, who is “optimistic by nature”, aspires to “everything”. “Always work to be better and if that makes them give me another sundown then great and if not it’s because we didn’t live up to their expectations, but in the end I try to improve every day in what I do and it seems so right now. It seems that the work done in the guide we have been doing for so many years is reflected.