Prawn croquette and pumpkin tartlet triumph at Hotel Tapa Tour

The usual (something reinvented) continues to succeed. A prawn croquette from Sergio de la Plata (Mandarin Oriental Ritz Madrid), and the spiced pumpkin, apricot and meringue tartlet from D’Angelo Bishop and José Cabezón (Gran Hotel Inglés) have been the winners of the Hotel Tapa Tour Madrid 2022. A contest that brings together the main hotels in Madrid. The seventh edition of this initiative that promotes tapas-style gastronomy in hotels closed tonight at the Gran Hotel Inglés in a ceremony in which the finalists for the National Award were also announced Tapa Alimentos de España and DO Ribera del Duero Pairing Award, in which hotels from all over the country participate. Signature Croquette, while the Cointreau Special Prize for Best Sweet Tapa went to the Gran Hotel Inglés team, led by D’Angelo Bishop and José Cabezón, for their cove tart spiced apricot, apricot with Cointreau and meringue.Not everything is foodThe Barceló Emperatriz hotel has been proclaimed winner of the 2022 Tapa Tour Best Hotel Experience Award thanks to the public vote that scored, in addition to gastronomic aspects, others such as the environment or the attention received, the organization has informed. As for the finalists who will compete in the Grand Final of the National Tapa Alimentos de España Award and the DO Ribera del Duero National Pairing Award, whose final will be held at the Salón Gourmets 2023, the jury made up of outstanding chefs from the capital he has chosen the ‘doblegat’ tapas (Mallorca), smoked Mahón cheese cake, pine nuts, honey and quince (Mallorca) and Madrid stew (Madrid). Also muffin stuffed with chicken a la pepitoria (Madrid), sea and mountain chicken and shrimp from Palamós (Barcelona) and A Fuego Negro (Madrid). And what kind of toothpick are you? The contest was advertised with the following slogan : “And what toothpick are you?”, to encourage customers to participate and decide which tapa they thought was the most successful. This Hotel Tapa Tour has also announced the nominees for the National Award for Best Hotel Maître: Antonio Llorens (Hotel Spa Porta Maris by Melia, Alicante), Cristina M. Gómez (Hotel Gran Mirador Iberostar, Tenerife), Esteban Carvajal (Dolce by Whyndham, Sitges), Álvaro Sanz Domínguez (CoolRooms Palacio de Atocha, Madrid) and Ana Clara Pineyro (Hotel Playa de Palma Iberostar, Palma de Mallorca). Completing the list are Abel López Millán (Hotel RIU Plaza España, Madrid), Ángel Gutiérrez (Hotel Orfila, Madrid), Marco Cruz Vallejo (Hotel Heritage, Madrid), Daniel Giganto (Hotel Alfonso V by Vamuca, León), María Dolores Bordón (Hotel Lopesan Costa Meloner as, Gran Canaria). The seventh edition of the Hotel Tapa Tour, which has been held in Madrid from September 15 to 25 in 20 4 and 5-star hotels, has registered a new participation record with some 6,000 tapas sold. Promoted by Aragonese journalist Nona Rubio to claim the hotel as a gastronomic meeting point, has the support of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, the Regulatory Council of the DO Ribera del Duero, the Tourism Area of ​​the Madrid City Council or the Hotel Business Association of Madrid (AEHM), among other entities.