The best cook and the best pastry chef in the Canary Islands

José Manuel Fernández Lamas in the kitchen and chef mode of the restaurant Wolf Island which is located in the Hotel Princesa Yaiza of Lanzarote y Priscila Medina Quintero in the pastry and pastry modality of the Hotel GF Victoria in Adeje were the winners of the 7º Regional Contest of Cooks and Pastry Chefs of the Canary Islands 2024 which was carried out in the Chinyero Visitor Center of Santiago del Teide with what they will represent Canary Islands, soon, in it National Cooking and Pastry Competition, which will take place in Torrelavega (Sneaky).

It should be noted that in the cooking category, the second and third prizes remained at home thanks to the good work of two chefs from the municipality, such as Ronald Reina of the Codeso Restaurant y Victor Manuel Curbelo of the Gran Hotel Costa Adeje, respectively, which makes the quality and qualitative leap that gastronomy has had in Santiago del Teide in recent times.

For its part, in the pastry category, the third prize went to Agustin Rodriguez, pastry chef Dolçe Tita Modernist Pastry located in Reef while the second prize went to David Jonay Luis Sanz, pastry chef Hard Rock Hotel Tenerife located in Paradise Beach.

Besides, won special prizes Yaqueline García Palacios, restaurant chef Aroma and Flavor located in Adeje in the cooking mode and Maria Florencia Nicolini, pastry chef Bahia del Duque Hotel in the pastry mode.

This contest was organized by the City Council of Santiago del Teide y ACYRE Canary Islands, in collaboration with the Department of Commerce of the Island Council of Tenerife y Tourism of Tenerife. In this sense, The Mayor was present at the presentation of the event and during its development. Emilio Navarro, the Minister of Commerce of the Cabildo of Tenerife, Kristen Martin, the councilor of Commerce, German Jimenez and the president of Acyre Canarias, Paul Pastor.

Regarding the development of the contest, Cooking participants had to create their recipes using seasonal tuna and goat meat. For your part, The pastry chefs had the challenge of making a dessert with tropical fruits from the island with honey and almonds. Santiago del Teide.

In addition to the contest, This culinary day included the development of different workshops, presentations and tastings open to the public, taught by important national and international leaders in the field of cooking and innovation. We can highlight the presentation on the truffle, on sustainable fishing, on fermentation of tropical fruits, wine tasting and robotics and Artificial Intelligence in hospitality.