Today we have lived the grand finale of the contest "Best Arroces 2018" organized by Unilever Food Solutions and with the support and collaboration of the Federation of Chefs and Confectioners of Spain (FACYRE), the Spanish Federation of Hotels and Restaurants (FEHR), Rational, Bra, macro, HIP and DiegoCoquillat.com.
The event, presented by journalist and humorist Ramón Arangüena, He began to 10 hours The Palacín de León ' with lit the stove by six finalists to begin to develop the best rice dishes in Spain of this year.
Until the end of this second edition came six regional winners whose proposals have passed hundreds of restaurants that they have been submitted to the contest. some finalists elected by the votes of the consumers themselves since this event, besides looking for the best rice in Spain, manages to attract new customers to participating restaurants.
The final of the contest "Best Arroces 2018"
Earlier this year, was presented at the HIP 2018, by the chef awarded two Michelin stars; Kiko Moya and the winner of the last edition; Sara Nicholas Restaurant Voramar, the dynamics of the contest that launched until the great day of final, in which during two intense hours we have seen finalist chefs have developed their proposals.
Regional winners this time have reached this final have been:
- César Rodríguez Valverde Restaurant Solraig of Castelldefels (Barcelona).
- Catalina Pons Humbert The tops of the restaurant square Bunyola (Mallorca).
- Miguel Angel Rodriguez Morales Restaurant La Victoria de Jaén.
- Gabriel Camacho Cabrera The Deal Gastrobar restaurant Madrid.
- Alberto Lamana Milagro Arguedas Bardenas Restaurant (Navarra).
- José Antonio Casado Navarro Gula restaurant in Adeje (Tenerife).
All present were able to enjoy an exceptional showcooking in which the finalists showed us the keys to a perfect rice. One of those Spanish dishes as he explains himself Kiko Moya "They have the ability to surprise the world".
During the morning also wanted to intervene Ferrán Moseguí, Director de Marketing de Unilever Food Solutions, to explain the purpose of this initiative and thank all participants and collaborators for their involvement in the contest.
Once they presented their dishes before the jury, this time composed of Jose Luis Yzuel (President of the FEHR), Diego Olmedilla (Director General of Facyre), Peio Cruz (Executive chef of Unilever Food Solutions) and chefs Kiko Moya Y Antonio Arrabal, and after intense deliberation, we knew the winner for Best Rice Spain 2018 which fell into the hands of Catalina Pons, from Fogons Square, Palma de Mallorca, with a delicious rice Carbonero.
Since the digital newspaper DiegoCoquillat.com want to congratulate the winner and give our most sincere congratulations, like the other finalists. We are convinced that after passing through this experience successes will be even more significant.
In the same way We thank Unilever Food Solutions you have received our support and we hope to celebrate with them many more editions of this competition, which has become a national benchmark.
To end, nuetras share with readers the best content we've published in our social networks…
All ready to start final #MejoresArroces in Leon. Good luck to the finalists!🥘🥘 #FinalArroces pic.twitter.com/APbXwnvdd1
— Diego Coquillat (@diegocoquillat) October 31, 2018
🥘All at their posts, Get ready, ready, the! #MejoresArroces🥘 pic.twitter.com/k3NvOH21Fc
— Diego Coquillat (@diegocoquillat) October 31, 2018
🥘The emcee #FinalArroces Ramón Arangüena #MejoresArroces2018 @UnileverFS_es pic.twitter.com/GbIB3H84Iu
— Diego Coquillat (@diegocoquillat) October 31, 2018
All ready to start final #MejoresArroces in Leon. Good luck to the finalists!🥘🥘 #FinalArroces pic.twitter.com/APbXwnvdd1
— Diego Coquillat (@diegocoquillat) October 31, 2018
These are the finalists: #RestauranteSolraig #ElsfogonsdePlaça #Restaurantebardenas #Restaurantelavictoria #ElTratoGastrobar #RestauranteGula #FinalArroces #MejoresArrocesLeón #MejoresArroces2018 pic.twitter.com/om6V2esg4p
— Diego Coquillat (@diegocoquillat) October 31, 2018
🥘 Diego Olmedilla de @aplusmk agradece a Unilever esta gran iniciativa y todo lo que lleva a cabo para apoyar la gastronomía española #FinalArroces #MejoresArrocesLeón #MejoresArroces pic.twitter.com/lGG7uzNROI
— Diego Coquillat (@diegocoquillat) October 31, 2018
🥘Llegamos al ecuador del tiempo de cocinado ¡Mucha suerte a los seis finalistas! #MejoresArroces #FinalArroces @UnileverFS_es @FEHRhosteleria @facyre @rationa_ag @expohip @makroesp @cocinaconbra @ramonaranguena pic.twitter.com/R0nws1jNxE
— Diego Coquillat (@diegocoquillat) October 31, 2018
🥘 Los chef que forman parte del jurado #FinalArroces #MejoresArroces Kiko Moya @kikomoyachef Peio Cruz @ChefPeioUFS Antonio Arrabal @ArrabalChef 👌😍 pic.twitter.com/sv8CZay1CR
— Diego Coquillat (@diegocoquillat) October 31, 2018
🥘El jurado comienza a probar el primer arroz terminado #FinalArroces #MejoresArroces @kikomoyachef @ChefPeioUFS @jlyzuel l @ArrabalChef @diegoolmedilla @LeonAyto @AntonioSilvan_ pic.twitter.com/9YoDzhhrTp
— Diego Coquillat (@diegocoquillat) October 31, 2018
Así de suculentos están quedando los #MejoresArroces en la final de #MejoresArroces2018 #RestauranteSolraig #ElsfogonsdePlaça #Restaurantebardenas #Restaurantelavictoria #ElTratoGastrobar #RestauranteGula pic.twitter.com/XYgyR32IrH
— Diego Coquillat (@diegocoquillat) October 31, 2018
🥘Hacemos un repaso visual de todos los platos terminados. ¡¡¡Enhorabuena a todos los finalistas!!! El jurado se ha retirado a una sala privada a deliberar… no lo tiene fácil. @UnileverFS_es @FEHRhosteleria @facyre @rationa_ag @expohip @makroesp @cocinaconbra pic.twitter.com/JSLHSY7FSq
— Diego Coquillat (@diegocoquillat) October 31, 2018
🥘Gracias a los partners que han hecho posible un año más el concurso #MejoresArroces #FinalArroces @UnileverFS_es @FEHRhosteleria @facyre @rationa_ag @expohip @makroesp @cocinaconbra @diegocoquillat pic.twitter.com/kM5TkKA3fn
— Diego Coquillat (@diegocoquillat) October 31, 2018
Ranking definitivo de los #MejoresArroces 2018
¡¡Felicidades a tod@s!!1⃣ 🏆Catalina Pons🏆
2⃣ 🥈 José Antonio Casado🥈
3⃣ 🥉Cesar Rodriguez🥉
4⃣ Miguel Angel Rodríguez
5⃣ Alberto Lamana
6⃣ Gabriel Camacho#FinalArroces #MejoresArrocesLeón @AntonioSilvan_ @LeonAyto pic.twitter.com/8VwfDgFzx7— Diego Coquillat (@diegocoquillat) October 31, 2018