The I Gastronomic Salon de Canarias is here to stay.

COMPETITIONS, SAMPLES, TASTING, TASTINGS AND GLADLY TONIC HAS BEEN THE KEY OF THE THREE DAYS.

Although the Tenerife Cabildo has not yet made public the official data on company participation, contestants and visitors of the I Canary Islands Gastronomic Fair 2014 Gastrocanarias, The atmosphere that was breathed yesterday in the facilities of the Fairgrounds was one of satisfaction and joy at having overcome, early yesterday morning the forecasts.

It must be remembered that this first event is promoted and organized jointly by the Cabildo, through the Tenerife Fair Institution (IFTSA), and the Canarian company Interideas, promoter of the GastroCanarias communication platform, directed by journalist José Carlos Marrero.

Over the course of three days, numerous representatives from the food sector have paraded through the Fairgrounds, restoration and hospitality from all parts of the island, interested in knowing not only the winners of the contests but also the products displayed by the stands that also starred in the food fair.

All of them agreed that this meeting should continue over time until consolidation is achieved..

this fair, as stated by the journalist José Carlos Marrero, was born with a vocation to last and even, has been signed up on occasion, wanting to travel between both Canary provinces.

In a brief summary of the fair, it should be noted that a young Jorge Peñate Batista won the tenth edition of the Absolute Regional Championship of Canary Islands Chefs. The cook, representative of Tenerife, obtained the highest score from the jury.

To their 30 years, Jorge Peñate Batista, native of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, leads 14 years as a cook at the Bahía del Duque hotel and currently serves as second chef at Las Aguas, located in the hotel complex and run by Braulio Simancas.

Alberto González Margallo and Eduardo Domínguez de León, both from Tenerife, They took second and third place in this long-awaited competition..

Another of the contests that debuts in this event has been The Green Kitchen, sponsored by the airline Binter.. On this occasion it was William Lorenzo Pérez from La Palma who won this contest aimed at students of Cooking training courses., Hostelry, Restoration and Tourism.

Pérez, that their 19 years he was the youngest in the contest, He studies at the Virgen de Las Nieves Secondary School. In second place was the Gran Canarian Edelmira Quintana, student at IES Faro de Maspalomas, and the podium was completed with Juan Domingo Cabrera, from Gran Canaria and Cooking student at the Hotel Escuela de Santa Cruz de Tenerife (Hecansa).

The Canarian signature sandwich contest (City of Santa Cruz de Tenerife INGAPÁN Canary Islands Grand Prix), which had as a mandatory ingredient the roast leg that Montesano offered and Fran Alonso masterfully cut, master in the treatment of Iberian products Montesano.

The contest was won by the Gran Canaria woman based in Santiago del Teide, Ágata Da’Costa Suárez, who works at the Sun Bean hotel, who was followed by Francisco de Román Hidalgo, cooking enthusiast and Pediatrics nurse at the Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria University Hospital and the chef at the Bahía del Duque Yoseba hotel Andoni Llarena Vélez.

The gourmet dining room has been another of the initiatives that have stood out in this gastronomic meeting and that have been coordinated by the Association of Cooks and Pastry Chefs of the Canary Islands (ACYRE Canary Islands), represented by Juan Carlos Clemente and Pablo Pastor. Up to nine renowned Canarian chefs paraded through it, preparing menus appropriate for a contest of this category..

The 1st Gastronomic Fair of the Canary Islands-GastroCanarias 2014, promoted and organized by the Tenerife Fair Institution and the GastroCanarias platform, has the support and sponsorship of the Cabildo de Tenerife, through its Tenerife Gastronomy Plan, included in the Saborea Tenerife product club and dependent on Tenerife Tourism.

The Hall also has the sponsorship of the Government of the Canary Islands, the Santa Cruz City Council, Heineken and CajaSiete and the collaboration of the companies Iberostar Mencey and Binter.