Overview
- Pilar Pascual, a 23-year-old agricultural engineer honored with the Talento Joven award, urged making rural life a viable choice, invoking farmer David Lafoz and receiving the night’s longest ovation.
- Spain’s government delegate in Andalusia, Pedro Fernández, said an ambitious plan of measures will strengthen Spanish gastronomy internationally.
- Paco Morales was named Best Head Chef; Audrey Doré won Best Sommelier; Horcher’s Blas Benito and Raúl Rodríguez took Best Front of House; David de Jorge won for communication; María Ángeles Pérez Samper for research; and Francisco López Canís received the lifetime achievement award.
- The Real Academia de Gastronomía’s gala in Granada gathered sector leaders and was accompanied by roundtables and professional meetings focused on the present and future of the industry.
- A surprise prize recognized Granada’s Bar FM for its treatment of product, as local leaders framed the hosting as part of the city’s cultural projection toward 2031.