THE best paella in the world is cooked in the restaurant Miguel and Juanilocated in the Valencian town of L’Alcudia. This was decided this Sunday by the jury of the 63rd edition of the prestigious Sueca International Valencian Paella Competition.
This is not the first triumph achieved by this famous family tradition restaurant founded in 1989 and which is now run by the second generation of these lovers of Mediterranean gastronomy. In recent years, they have won dozens of awards in different locations in the Valencian Community and have even opened six culinary spaces in Tokyo and Yokohama since 2015. Japan.
Second prize went to Atlantis Restaurantfrom Santa Cruz de Tenerife, and the third for Socarrat Restaurantarrived from Miramar, Buenos Aires. As for the category of the best paella prepared by an international restaurant, it was Simply Spanish, from Australia, that won the award.
Regarding the national award, he won it. The pier of the fishing districtof Santander, and the best of the Valencian Community, Alexandre Plateroin Valencia. Finally, the one who had the best local paella did it again Llopisa classic. All of them received their awards from the hands of the mayor of Sueca, Julián Sáez, the contest councilor, Teresa Ribes, and the general director of Tourism, Israel Martínez.
For his part, the mayor expressed his satisfaction that the municipality “once again becomes the epicenter of gastronomic excellence, welcoming the best professionals from different countries”, whom he thanked for their “interest in coming year after year”. to compete.
Competition director Tony Landete celebrated that the initiative “is on everyone’s lips”:We have managed to make Sueca the world capital of paella and in reference to the professionalism of the competition itself and its participants. We are fully satisfied to affirm that the Sueca competition is the most international of all those organized and that it enjoys its own identity, very recognizable by all.
Regarding the recognition as “Paellero de Honor”, this year the organization highlighted the work of Ramon Carreres Ortellsformer director of the Valencian Institute of Agricultural Research (IVIA), who died in 2017. For its part, the decorative paella that can be seen every year in the hall of the room where the awards are presented, the work of Teresa Roig, this year will be dedicated to the figure of the young Swedish Olympic athlete. Patricia Perez Fos.
