In the Palau de la Generalitat Awards were handed the X Annual National Academy of Gastronomy which awarded each year to those chefs, restaurants, professional groups and institutions related to the world of Catalan cuisine. This year, for the first time, it has also incorporated the category of best gastronomic event of the year.
Academy members have ido Catalan Cuisine by voting secret throughout the year, and its final tally, awarded as the best restaurant ABaC restaurant in 2011. Gastronomy is the cornerstone of the project ABaC Restaurant & Hotel and its restaurant now has two Michelin stars. In April 2010, along with Chef Jordi Cruz, the restaurant began a new journey that led them to gain recognition for the prestigious Guide in the 2012 edition.
Jordi Cruz earned a Michelin star at his restaurant L’Angle few months after it opened and has remained in her 2012 edition of the Guide. The cuisine, chef’s own words “is based on tradition and creativity in equal parts; of course the basis is to work with some top quality products. I’ve been seventeen years in the kitchen and this time I have tried to develop own style. “
The young chef award went toMarc Gascons, The Professional of the Year award forPau Arenòs, the award gastronomic event of the year for the restaurant l’hunger and Special Award of the Academy of Gastronomy Catalan Foundation for Alicia.
With these awards National Academy of Gastronomy Catalan want to publish the award-winning recognition for his work throughout the year in the area of each of the sections in place. They constitute an important means of dissemination of the aims and commitment that this academy has with Catalan cuisine, cultural heritage of our country, the identity of which is to preserve, support, promote and disseminate.