Catalina Pons of Restaurante Plaza Fogons (Palma de Mallorca) wins the final of the best rice in Spain 2018

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.

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