Lorena Medina works as a waitress at La Taberna II de Alcorcón and on Monday she became the winner of the Beer Pouring Championship held at the Salón Gourmets event, where Branduse Emanuel Ionut from Mesón Casa Juan in Arganda del Rey came in second place.
Medina and Ionut have been crowned as the best beer pourers in Spain in this competition that took place on the first day of the Salón Gourmets fair. Meanwhile, chef Manuel Andrés Pérez from Bediako Batzoki Berria in Vizcaya was named as the Best Gourmet Burger Chef in Spain at the ‘Burger Combat’ event, where he competed against five other finalists from across the country.
Additionally, the first day of the gastronomic fair also featured the ham cutting contest sponsored by Dehesa de Extremadura, which was won by Josué Falcón, a ham cutter from the Canary Islands who also received the creativity award.
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The 6 finalists, selected from 109 competitors, had an hour and a half to carve a 7-kilo ham and present dishes with slices from the maza, babilla, and punta, three different parts of a ham that pose various challenges when cutting.
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