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The Botanical Hotel & The Oriental Spa Garden hosted the Culinary Hotel Awards gala, that highlight the gastronomic excellence of the Canarian hotels
| Beatriz She is the director of a hotel of more than 500 rooms in Lanzarote. A hotel that is committed to local products and sustainability. But its gastronomic offer has not yet been fully developed., despite the fact that it has been established for three decades in one of the main tourist areas of Lanzarote. That hotel was not nominated in any of the 15 categories contemplated in the Culinary Hotel Awards, the prizes with which the newspapers The Province/Diario de Las Palmas y The Day, of Iberian Press, distinguish the gastronomic excellence of the islands' accommodations.
But Beatriz was at the gala held in the exclusive Botanical Hotel & The Oriental Spa Garden of the Puerto de la Cruz. And he was there because he believes that these awards will empower the hotels on the islands. She is convinced that they will serve as an incentive to improve the gastronomic offering in these establishments..
Many of them may also have thought so. 400 guests, prominent representatives of the sector , but also politics, the economy and society of the islands, who enjoyed an elegant evening in the magnificent gardens of Eden located in front of the Botanical driven, time has, by Alonso de Nava y Grimón, VI Marquis of Villanueva del Prado.
In total 15 categories and 75 nominees. All of them, and they, with more than enough merits to carry the distinction of better whatever. The procedure chosen to reward the winners, otherwise, added a touch of emotion to the gala. Nobody knew or intuited what could happen.. Perhaps the promoters of the event, a device displayed in José Luis Reina, one of the most influential gastronomic journalists in the Canary Islands, in charge of the specialized sections in the aforementioned media.
The pioneers of the Culinary Hotel Awards
During the gala, with success European time, It must be said - it started around eight in the afternoon and shortly after ten at night it was ready- the winners were revealed:
Best International Cuisine: Il Bocconcino – Royal Hideaway Chorales (Tenerife); Best Food and Beverage Director: Jake Woodhouse – The Ritz-Carlton Abama (Tenerife); Best Rooftop: Zambra SkyBar – GF Victoria (Tenerife); Best Executive Chef: Jorge Peñate – Great Meliá Palacio de Isora (Tenerife); Best Breakfast: Ico Palace – Lanzarote; Best Sommelier: Diego Tornel – Bevir by Lopesan (Gran Canaria); Best Brunch: Saint Catherine, a Royal Hideaway Hotel – Gran Canaria; Best Head of Room: Rafael Hurtado – Poems by Hermanos Padrón (Gran Canaria); Best Hotel Manager: Fernando Turnes – Royal Hideaway Corales (Tenerife); Best Boutique Hotel: Caesar – Lanzarote; Best Pool Bar: La Palmera Pool Bar – Salobre Hotel Resort (Gran Canaria); Best Sustainable Kitchen: Muxgo – Gran Canaria; Best Gastronomic Hotel: Royal Hideaway Corales – Tenerife; Best Restaurant: El Rincón de Juan Carlos – Tenerife; Best Chef: Diego Schattenhofer – Taste 1973 (Tenerife).
In addition, the Special Award for Best Career, which fell to the well-known German businessman Wolfgang Kiessling.
A mirror to look at yourself in
The post-gala was also short for many. Among them, Beatriz, that the next morning he had to get up early to return to his hotel in Lanzarote on an early flight. Y, by the way, get around the stressful TF-5 they suffer, daily, thousands of Tenerife residents.
In that relaxed atmosphere, Beatriz She confessed that she was more convinced than ever of betting on opening gastronomy in her establishment - something that will happen in a short period of time.- y, who knows, whether to return next year to the second edition of the Culinary Hotel Awards as nominated in any of the categories.
The day that happens, when someone who has been motivated by seeing the effort for the gastronomic commitment in hotels recognized receives an award, the circle will have closed. And the category of Best Opening of the Year may even be born.
But, for now, let us enjoy the excellence of all who are. What, fortunately for the quality of the tourist destination Canary Islands, they are strapping.
PHOTO: María Pisaca Gámez/ El Día/ Prensa Ibérica. Assigned
