The cook Ramon Rodriguezof the restaurant ‘O Cabo’ in La Coruña, obtained the title of best potato omelette in Spain at the XVII National Championship-Tescoma Trophy, organized at the Alicante Gastronomic Fair.
This culinary event, organized at the Fira Alacant exhibition center, in Elche, crowned “O Cabo” with this specialty in a final with nearly twenty candidates of seven autonomous communities. Rodríguez replaces Pedro José Román, from Cañadío (Cantabria), who obtained this title in 2023, and Alberto García Ponte, from Mesón O Pote (Betanzos), and Carlos Olabuenaga, from Tizona (Logroño), who shared it ago at two years old.
The chef of La Coruña With this reward, he pockets 3,000 euroswhile The second prize went this Sunday to Alejandro Oliveira from La Falda (Madrid), who earns 2,000 euros, and The third was made by Samu Curbeira, from Café Ankha from Ferrol, with 1,000.
The Galician Rodríguez elaborated “a very simple omelette, which has nothing special, that everyone likes” and emphasized that “the most difficult thing was the competition and the high level of all the participants.”
The team led by the chef of “O Cabo” hopes and is convinced that the public and customers will appreciate this award, which “is a great recognition to all the years of work that we have accumulated in this world of gastronomy.
The president of the jury, Rafael García Santos, assured that there was a “high level” and that a large number of tortillas exceeded the score of eight, “which demonstrates the difficulty of determining the champion of this edition” .
