Club de Gourmets, the leading magazine in Spanish gastronomy, opens a space anually for the readers to value the most relevant professionals within the gastronomic, winery world, as well as restaurants and media, among other categories. Since 1976, Grupo Gourmets, through its publications, specially Gourmetour edited along 30 years, has established a bridge between the gastronomic world and its users for them to value the most prestigious chefs, both national and international, famous restaurants, winemakers and sommeliers.
The winners of the 14th edition have been:
Best restaurant:
Gaytan restaurant, Madrid
Best chef:
Pepe Vieira, Pepe Vieira restaurant, Raxó, Pontevedra
Best maître:
José Félix Paniego, El Portal de Echaurren restaurant, Ezcaray, La Rioja
Best sommelier (ex aequo):
Cristina de la Calle, Taberna Verdejo, Madrid
Fernando Mayoral Santamaría, El Rincón de España restaurant, Burgos
Best gastronomic shop:
Delatierra, Sevilla
Best hotel:
Gran Meliá Don Pepe 5*, Marbella, Málaga
Best communicator:
Sumiller Campo- Javier Campo González, sommelier and wine write
Best entry or institution:
Raíz Culinaria, Castilla-La Mancha
Best book:
Confesiones de un sommelier, David Seijas
Best product:
Cantabrian anchovy, Bahía de la Concha, Lasarte, Guipúzcoa
Best distinction:
Le Cordon Bleu. Cookery school, Madrid.
In memoriam recognition:
José Luis Yzuel, presidente de hostelería de España.