The edition of 2018 of the The Best Torrezno in the World Contest. To find the cook amateur and the most outstanding professional chef when it comes to frying and presenting the delicious fried marinated bacon.
He is the ambassador of the gastronomy of Soria, a delicacy that has become fashionable in Spain. The Guarantee Mark Torrezno de Soria and restaurant Viceroy Palafox from the Soriana village of The Burgo de Osma are its highlights. Furthermore, along with the Chamber of Commerce, call one of the gastronomic tests with the most tradition of Castilla y León
The torrezno contest in Soria
This year as a novelty there will be a semifinal outside Soria. Specifically in Saragossa, where it has been discovered that it is one of the places where more consumption of Torreznos from Soria there is out of Castilla y León
The Aragonese semifinal will be on February 18. Meanwhile, the previous weekends will be in the villas of Almazán, Burgo de Osma, Ólvega, Navaleno, San Pedro Manrique and in Soria capital. The remaining 6 semifinalists who will participate in the final will be sought in The Burgo de Osma.
Both the final and the preliminary rounds will be blind tastings where the flavor, aroma, texture and presentation will be assessed. Everything for one of the ambassador products of Soria gastronomy.
All those who own a hotel or restaurant establishment may participate in the professional category. As well as the people who have any employment relationship with them. The rest must register in the amateur category.
It should be remembered that the winner of the 2015 edition was a housewife from the people The Soria Basin. She won the award ahead of great chefs in the province.
Thus, it showed that the product is well established in the daily consumption of families in Soria. Last year she was the cook of the Bar El Hogar de San Leonardo de Yagüe, Petya Ventsislavova.
Competition process
Participants will have to decide where to hold the qualifying round. To do this, they must register before the Friday before the semifinal.
February -2 if you want to participate in Soria capital, El Burgo de Osma or Almazán.
-February 9 for the semifinals of San Pedro Manrique, Navaleno.
-February 17 for the round of Olvega and the next day, February 18 in Zaragoza
A finalist will emerge from each of the qualifying rounds amateur and another professional. The 14 finalists (7 professionals and 7 lovers) will compete in The Burgo de Osma next February 25. In the restaurant Viceroy Palafox They will have to make a live demonstration of how they make torreznos.
In this way the members of the jury will be able to see it and, later, there will be a blind tasting of each of the dishes. Not only the flavor and texture will be valued, but also the presentation of such a distinguished Soriano product.
The award for the winner and finalist of the professional category will be a diploma and a trophy. In addition to the distinctive that the Guarantee Mark Torrezno de Soria annually assigns to mbest torrezno in the world.
One of the great claims towards tourism and lovers of this product. With it he could enter the select list of establishments classified as producers of the best torrezno. The winner and two finalists of the category lovers They will have a prize of € 250 for the winner, € 100 for the first runner-up and € 50 for the second.
All the information, contest bases and how to register for the contest are on their website Torrezno from Soria.
Torrezno is one of the products that has been acquiring the most prestige in recent years in the kitchen of Castilla y León Only in the last year was it calculated that they were consumed in Spain about 10 million of them. Thanks to the million kilos of bacon made in the province of Soria.
