The student Diego Chavero from the Escuela Superior de Hostelería y Agroturismo de Extremadura with the dish “Merienda en Málaga” has won the final of the 2nd Icelandic Cod Cookery Schools Competition (CECBI) and has won the prize and the celebration of the next competition for Mérida, the capital of Extremadura. The winning recipe is a trompe l’oeil inspired by a “floreta”, a typical dessert from the region of Extremadura.
Fifteen cookery schools from all over Spain took part in the competition, represented by the winning students from the semi-finals of each school:
Altaviana Hotel and Tourism School
Escola d’Hoteleria de les llles Balears (Hotel Management School of the Balearic Islands)
Bilbao School of Hotel and Catering
Galdakao School of Hotel and Catering
Centro Superior de Hostelería de Galicia
Barcelona School of Hotel Management
Leioa School of Hotel Management
Madrid School of Hotel and Catering Management
CETT School of Barcelona
Higher School of Hotel Management and Tourism of Extremadura
Hotel Management School of Malaga – La Cónsula
Hotel Management School of Benalmádena – La Fonda
Salamanca School of Hotel Management
School of Hotel Management TOPI
Le Cordon Bleu School
This competition for cooking schools is organised by “Bacalao de Islandia” in Spain, Italy (in February) and Portugal.
The Iceland Cod Cookery School Competition is an annual competition that aims to promote and bring future chefs closer to one of the fundamental pillars of Icelandic culture, gastronomy and economy: cod. The competition aims to discover new ways of preparing and preparing recipes for young cooking talents to encourage the creativity and know-how of our country’s future chefs.
Iceland Seafood is one of the initial promoters of this initiative, which began a few years ago and provided, among many other things, the product used to cook the dishes in the competition. It is a way of supporting the gastronomic quarry by raising awareness of Icelandic cod among cookery students.
To find out more about this and other Icelandic Cod initiatives, visit www.bacalaodeislandia.es
