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From buffet to haute cuisine, the revolution of Canarian hotels

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The exclusive Hotel Botánico hosts the Culinary Hotel Awards, the awards that celebrate the transformation of Canary Islands hotels into gastronomic benchmarks

| for years, hotel gastronomy in Canary Islands It was considered a secondary aspect within the tourism sector. Many establishments were criticized for turning their backs on local products and offering standardized cuisine., designed to satisfy, unexcited, to visitors. The winks to the Canarian, when they existed, They used to stay in the realm of folklore.

But that perception has changed significantly.. Hoy, More and more hotels in the archipelago are betting on haute cuisine, They claim the flavors of the islands and work in coordination with local producers to offer top-level culinary experiences. The result is a new era for Canarian hotel catering, more aware, creative and committed to her territory.

The climax of this transformation will come this Monday with the delivery of the Culinary Hotel Awards, awards that were created with the purpose of recognizing the best gastronomic hotels in Canary Islands, rewarding culinary excellence, innovation and commitment to high-level hospitality.

This contest will bring together the Monday, 13 October, in the exclusive Botanical Hotel & The Oriental Spa Garden from Puerto de la Cruz (Tenerife), to the most outstanding professionals in the sector and highlights those establishments capable of turning the gastronomic experience into a unique hallmark within the hotel world.

The event, organized by Iberian Press, editor at Canary Islands of the newspapers The Day y The Province, which has been strongly committed to gastronomic information through José Luis Reina, one of the most influential food journalists on the islands, It seems like the most important meeting point for the protagonists of the growing Canarian gastronomy, rewarding the luxury of those hotels that have turned the Islands into a first-rate culinary destination.

The jury of the Culinary Hotel Awards

A total of ten people make up the jury for this first edition of the Culinary Hotel Awards, to which we must add four judges whose identity has not been revealed. The latter are in charge of evaluating the jury's proposals.. For months they have carried out inspection work in all establishments.

The gastronomic journalist and coordinator of the Culinary Hotel Awards is part of the jury, José Luis Reina; Mulchand can, gastronomic marketing advisor and also coordinator of the awards; Laura Bouzon, hospitality entrepreneur and actress; Roberto Santana, businessman, co-owner of Envínate; Icíar Pérez y Juan Carlos Pérez-Mayor, owners of Moral restaurant; Carlos Delgado, manager of Prensa Ibérica in the Canary Islands; the presidents of the Gastronomy Academies of Tenerife and Las Palmas, Lourdes Fernandez y Alfredo Montes, respectively, and the director of Canarian dish and gastronomic communicator, Jaime Puig.

The nominees for the Culinary Hotel Awards

Best International Cuisine

  1. The Bocconcino (Royal Hideaway Corales, Tenerife)
  2. Duke (Iberostar Grand Mencey, Tenerife)
  3. Kensei (Duke's Bay, Tenerife)
  4. La Brasserie by Pierre Résimont (Duke's Bay, Tenerife)
  5. Despised (Inside by Meliá, Tenerife)

Best Food and Beverage Director

  1. Manuel Vazquez (Botanical Hotel, Tenerife)
  2. Miguel Sanchez (Saint Catherine, a Royal Hideaway Hotel, Gran Canaria)
  3. Victor Caride (Royal Hideaway Corales, Tenerife)
  4. Jake Woodhouse (Ritz Carlton Abama, Tenerife)
  5. Carlos Mazorra (Lopez Costa Meloneras, Gran Canaria)

Best Rooftop

  1. Alis Rooftop (Saint Catherine, a Royal Hideaway Hotel, Gran Canaria)
  2. Belvedere (Cordial Plaza Mayor of Santa Ana, Gran Canaria)
  3. Maresía Atlantic Bar (Royal Hideaway Corales, Tenerife)
  4. Zambra SkyBar (GF Victoria, Tenerife)
  5. Atelier Coktail Bar (Bohemia Suites, Gran Canaria)

Best Executive Chef

  1. Jorge Peñate (Gran Meliá Palacio de Isora, Tenerife)
  2. Victor Bossecker (Royal Hideaway Corales, Tenerife)
  3. Gustavo Guerra (Secrets Bahía Real, Fuerteventura)
  4. Daniel Mayor (Hotel Faro, a Lopesan Collection, Gran Canaria)
  5. Juan Miguel Cabrera (Duke's Bay, Tenerife)

Best Breakfast

  1. Ico Palace (Lanzarote)
  2. Royal Hideaway Corales Resort (Tenerife)
  3. Villa Cortes (Tenerife)
  4. César (Lanzarote)
  5. Saint Catherine, a Royal Hideaway Hotel (Gran Canaria)

Best Sommelier

  1. Joan Casajuana (M.B, Tenerife)
  2. Diego Tornel (Bevir by Lopesan, Gran Canaria)
  3. Ivan Monreal (Ico Palace, Lanzarote)
  4. María José Plasencia (Juan Carlos Corner, Tenerife)
  5. Roberto Godoy (Coral, Tenerife)

Best Brunch

  1. Saint Catherine, a Royal Hideaway Hotel (Gran Canaria)
  2. Agáldar (Gran Canaria)
  3. Duke's Bay (Tenerife)
  4. Royal River (Tenerife)
  5. Iberostar Anthelia (Tenerife)

Best Head of Room

  1. Rafael Hurtado (Poems by Hermanos Padrón, Gran Canaria)
  2. Silvia Bejarano (Bevir by Lopesan, Gran Canaria)
  3. Stefania Giordano (Kensei, Tenerife)
  4. Raquel Navarro (Juan Carlos Corner, Tenerife)
  5. Mari Pino Pérez (The Guayres, Gran Canaria)

Best Hotel Director

  1. Fernando Turnes (Royal Hideaway Corales, Tenerife)
  2. Alfonso Giron (Saint Catherine, a Royal Hideaway Hotel, Gran Canaria)
  3. Cristina De Juan (Duke's Bay, Tenerife)
  4. Juliana Salla (Ritz Carlton Abama, Tenerife)
  5. Robert Heitzig (Seaside Grand Hotel Residence, Gran Canaria)

Best Boutique Hotel

  1. César (Lanzarote)
  2. Ico Palace (Lanzarote)
  3. Hacienda de Abajo (The Palm)
  4. Kamezí Boutique Villas (Lanzarote)
  5. Suites 1478 (Gran Canaria)

Best Pool Bar

  1. Materia (Royal Hideaway Corales Villas, Tenerife)
  2. Sunway (The Terraces of Abama Suites, Tenerife)
  3. Eden (Hard Rock Hotel, Tenerife)
  4. Guilty (Tivoli La Caleta, Tenerife)
  5. La Palmera Pool Bar (Salobre Hotel Resort, Gran Canaria)

Best Sustainable Kitchen

  1. Muxgo (Gran Canaria)
  2. The terrasse by Jorge Peñate (Tenerife)
  3. Taste 1973 (Tenerife)
  4. Crater (Tenerife)
  5. bever (Gran Canaria)

Best Gastronomic Hotel

  1. Royal Hideaway Corales (Tenerife)
  2. Saint Catherine, a Royal Hideaway Hotel (Gran Canaria)
  3. GF Victoria (Tenerife)
  4. Ritz Carlton Abama (Tenerife)
  5. Duke's Bay (Tenerife)

Best Chef

  1. Diego Shattenhofer (Taste 1973, Tenerife)
  2. Adrian Bosch (Coral, Tenerife)
  3. Blazing Holly (M.B, Tenerife)
  4. Juan Carlos Padron (Juan Carlos Corner, Tenerife)
  5. Victor Suarez (Haydee, Tenerife)

Best Restaurant

    1. Juan Carlos Corner (Tenerife)
    2. M.B (Tenerife)
    3. Poems by Hermanos Padrón (Gran Canaria)
    4. Coral (Tenerife)
    5. Taste 1973 (Tenerife)

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