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The Tenerife municipality celebrates the 28 October “Candelaria among Rice”, a day with professional competition, workshops, tastings and a subsequent gastronomic route
Candelaria will celebrate on Wednesday 28 October its first gastronomic day dedicated to rice, an initiative that will bring together chefs and restaurants in the municipality around one of the most versatile ingredients in cooking. Under the name “Candelaria entre Arroces”, the Plaza de Los Pescadores will host, of 9:00 a 14:30 hours, a workshop program, presentations and tastings that will culminate in a professional competition between seven local establishments.
Organized by the Candelaria City Council, with the collaboration of ACYRE Canary Islands, The day is part of the activities of the Local Product Club and aims to promote the use of local products and give visibility to the municipality's restoration.
The main attraction will be the I Professional Competition “Candelaria entre Arroces 2026”, that will take place between 12:30 and the 14:30 hours. Restaurants will participate Rome, Light and Salt, The Wine House, The Dock, The Racking, The Burrow of Lapín and El Bollullo Oasis, that will compete for recognition as the best rice in Candelaria.
Workshops with local chefs and fishermen
Programming will begin at 9:00 hours with the presentation of the participating chefs and their gastronomic proposals.
At 10:00, Paul Pastor, gastronomic advisor of the municipality, will teach the workshop «The soul of rice. Bottom, broth and salmorreta, dedicated to broth-making techniques and the preparation of salmorreta, a characteristic stir-fry of Levantine rice.
At 10:45 it will be the turn of Suso Marrero, chef at El Ancla restaurant, who, together with fishermen from Puerto de Candelaria, will address the relationship between artisanal fishing and rice cooking.
The program will continue at 11:45 con Samuel Hernandez, from the Zoco restaurant, and his presentation “Rice in depth”. At 12:35, Leidy Garcia, from the Aroma y Sabor restaurant, will offer a workshop on the secrets of Peruvian chaufa rice.
The event will be open to the public, who will be able to attend the activities and taste the rice prepared by the restaurants participating in the contest.
A gastronomic route until December
The meeting will continue with the “Candelaria among Rice” Route, that will develop from 11 from November to 8 from December in the seven participating establishments.
During that period, The restaurants will incorporate the proposals submitted to the contest into their offer, allowing the public to discover different interpretations of rice and prolonging the gastronomic activity beyond the day of the 28 October.
