This is the best tapas in Spain and they make it in Valladolid

Spain and the world already have their 2021 pinchos and tapas champions. Or, what is the same, the winners of the XVII National Contest of Pinchos and Tapas

and the V World Tapas Championship, competitions held in the

, in the Castilian town, and whose winners have been announced today.

Alejandro San José,

from the Habanero Taquería restaurant (in Valladolid), have won the first prize thanks to

.

Valladolid has dedicated the award - "what has been the milk", he commented as soon as he received it - to "all the

who have suffered a lot these years with the pandemic. It has been a pleasure to see people approach the tables and savor the skewers ", he recognized excitedly.

Xuxo de porc amb anfos, second best tapa in Spain.

Its cover represents the union of two

: Mexican and Spanish.

It is an

nixtamalized

,

marinated in a yucatan recipe and made in a wood-fired oven, with habanero chili mayonnaise, gaucamole, radish, xnipec, burnt tortilla powder and coriander sprouts.

The second prize went to a regular at the contest, Igor Rodríguez Sanz, from the

Restaurant

, in Mallorca, who presented the

bite

The bronze went to Mitxel Suárez Suso, from

(Álava), and his

Txingurri, the third best Spanish.

The world champion comes from the American continent. This is the Mexican

, from the Viñedo San Miguel restaurant, who has competed with the

tapa

In second place was

from Valladolid Suite 22, 2020 Spanish Tapas champion and who has competed on behalf of our country with his

The third place went to Ecuador,

(Tapatú dining room) and his pincho

The jury of the national contest has been made up of renowned gastronomy professionals, among others,

(from the Madrid dining room El Qüenco de Pepa and president of the Federation of Cooks and Confectioners of Spain) and

(chef and owner of the Cantabrian restaurant

, a whole three Michelin stars) who has served as president. Sánchez, in addition, has co-chaired together with

(in charge of Arzak, in San Sebastián, also

) the jury of the world competition, which has had the presence of chefs from restaurants from 16 countries, from Argentina to Ukraine, passing for the

Japan and Spain.

Ceremonial Chile, the best tapa in the world.

Getting here has not been easy.

Since last

, chefs from all the autonomous communities, specialized in this miniature kitchen format, have presented their

creative, original and, above all, rich proposals

to the contest

.

Of these, 45 were chosen by a selection committee to move on to the final phase (which took place between Monday 8 and Wednesday 10 November), which was finally

.

skewers

not only in the proposal, the technique or the presentation, but also in their names:

,

,

?,

,

...

Corchifrito, the world runner-up tapa

And what did the committee value?

The culinary quality, originality, aesthetics and commercial application of each proposal.

But the pinchos and tapas have not been limited to the contest.

From Saturday 6

Valladolid has become the world headquarters of these miniature snacks, since the tapas presented in the contest can be

restaurants of the city that has acted as godparents of the contestants.

And in this international key that the contest has been showing for a long time, it has even had a

Aya / Huma / Devil's Head, the third best cover in the world.

According to the criteria of The Trust Project

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