Following the success of the First Porsche Gourmet Culinary Competition held last year in Sevilla (in conjunction with Porsche’s 50th anniversary), this second edition has been extended to include western Andalucía. The competition begins in Córdoba city (3-16 February), then moves on to Cádiz province (10-23 February), followed by Huelva province (3-16 March) and finishing up in Sevilla city (10-23 March). A select panel of judges from each city or province will choose the winners of the Porsche Gourmet Award for “best dish” and the Porsche Gourmet Culinary Covap Award for “best dessert”. The closing ceremony will be held in Sevilla late March (date to be announced).
I’ll update the info here when the competitors in each city and province are announced and will also keep you posted on Sevilla Tapas FB and @SevillaTapas. The Twitter hashtag for the event is #PorscheGourmet14.
Promo video from last year’s Porsche Gourmet Competition
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The web site on the poster does not work – omit the www or try this – http://www.creativospublicitarios.es/concursogastronomico/
Since we will be in the area, maybe we’ll check it out.
By the way, if you or your tour groups are interested, there is a ruined city & palace just 5 miles west of Cordoba from the 900s A.D. called Medina Azahara (nice name, eh?).
Thanks Lyle. I hadn’t realised the link on the poster wasn’t working. And I’m still waiting for the lists of participants in Córdoba.
I’ve always wanted to go to that palace. Found out there’s a bus from Córdoba, so that’s easy. And yes, GORGEOUS name!
Per the website, here are the 10 selected entrants –
Garum 2.0 + Casa Pepe de la Judería + Puerta Sevilla + Bodegas Campos + Fusion by Sojo + Taberna del Río + El Churrasco + El Choto + Bodegas Mezquita + Casa Palacio El Bandolero
And the judges are impressive.
I’m not sure who won, except for all of us diners. We wound up (by chance) eating at two of the entrants — El Choto (best Rabo de Toro I ever had, and the nicest people), and Bodegas Mezquita (Cespedes) (very nice, cozy). But first we ate at Salmoreria Umami, due solely to your blog, and we loved it. The food was very inventive, the Jamon de Bellota was the best we ever had, and the people could not have been nicer. So thanks for your wonderful review and recommendation.
Hi Lyle
Sounds like you had a great time. After sending a couple of emails to the organisers and not getting a reply I kind of gave up on finding out more about this. Also couldn’t find the list on their website. But it sounds like you had fun. El Choto is new to me, will have to check it out next time I go to Córdoba.