The public of the Route distinguished with their votes the Kiosco Playa La Salemera, in Villa de Mazo, as the establishment that won the Popular Prize for its “Intense to Mar”Plated in a colorful scallop shell, very showy and with suggestive touches typical of modern cuisine.

The professionals of the 32 establishments attached to the Route attended the closing ceremony with their tapas with which the organization prepared an exhibition that served as a welcome to all attendees.

The H10 Taburiente Playa Hotel in Breña Baja was the place chosen for the awards ceremony, which was carried out by the president of the Delegation of the Chamber of Commerce of La Palma, Mauro Fernández Felipe, the mayor of Breña Baja, Borja Pérez Sicilia, and the Minister of Economic Promotion of the Island Council of La Palma, Jordi Pérez Camacho. The event will also be attended by the mayors of Villa de Mazo and Breña Alta, José María Pestana Hernández and Jonathan de Felipe Lorenzo, respectively, the Councilor for Market and Consumption, Juan José Neris Hernández, the presidents of the Association of Entrepreneurs of the Small and Medium Enterprises of Breña Alta and Breña Baja, Ruyman Martín Martín and Martina González Franco, respectively, and the secretary of the Businessmen Association of the Historic District, Laura Acosta Concepción.

During the event, in addition to the awards to the winning establishments of the sixth edition of the Route, the representatives of the organization handed over the vouchers corresponding to the prizes for accommodation for two people in hotel establishments, vouchers for cultural activities, leisure, sports and free time, direct discounts on purchases and travel or accommodation, baskets of artisanal and food products, lots of cheeses and wines, a tablet or dinners in the establishments that have won the awards for the palm tree cover and the free cover.

The VI Route of Crosses and Tapas is a gastronomic initiative launched by the Delegation of the Chamber of Commerce in La Palma with the collaboration of the four town councils of the region, business associations and the support of the Island Council of La Palma.

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During his speech at the closing ceremony, the mayor of Breña Baja, Borja Pérez Sicilia, showed his institutional gratitude to the participants, described the results as a new joint success and decided to continue advancing in the line of continuous improvement and determined commitment to quality and excellence in favor of the professionalization of the sector in a municipality that, like Breña Baja, constitutes one of the main tourist references in the eastern region and, by extension, the island complex.

For his part, the president of the Delegation of the Chamber of Commerce in La Palma, Mauro Fernández Felipe, appreciated the qualitative increase of the tapas presented in this new edition of the Route, on which he stated that “they have nothing to envy those of the rest of gastronomic competitions of the Archipelago ”and urged the establishments to preserve the gastronomic and culinary heritage of the island, incorporating products of the palm-tree cuisine into their elaborations.

The Minister of Economic Promotion of the Island Council of La Palma, Jordi Pérez Camacho, guaranteed the support of the first island institution for projects that, such as the Ruta de Cruces and Tapas, merge tradition with innovation and contribute to promoting local consumption.

In this regard, he stated that “65% of the island’s gross daily income comes directly from consumption” and valued “especially the joint work of the Town Councils in promoting it, especially taking into account that the number of visitors has increased on La Palma ”. For this reason, Jordi Pérez, placed special emphasis on the importance of “taking advantage of synergies that translate consumption into wealth, promoting specific revitalization actions that, such as the Ruta de Cruces and Tapas, contribute to this”.

He highlighted the role of the Chamber of Commerce as a pivotal element of a Route that makes the region and advocated promoting inter-administrative cooperation as a strategy to promote socio-economic development not only in Santa Cruz de La Palma, Breña Alta, Breña Baja and Villa de Mazo. In addition, he thanked the involvement and effort made by the 32 participating establishments as well as the routers who consumed more than 17,500 tapas in this new edition.

Representing the jury, which in this edition was made up of the national champion of the Young Chefs Olympics, the Spainskill 2017, Ricardo Castañeda, the chef and hotel and restaurant professional Javier Santos and the second chef at the thematic restaurant Jardín de la Sal, Josué Martín, who acted as spokesperson, encouraged professionals to continue advancing in the continuous improvement of quality and aspects such as punctuality or agility of the service in the room so that, in the years to come, “this Route instead to decline, continue to grow and become a true example and pride of the promotion of local gastronomy ”.

Fuente: https://tvlapalma.com/not/4097/bar-restaurante-pulpo-gana-premio-mejor-tapa-palmera-vi-ruta