SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE, 17 Apr. (EUROPE PRESS) –
Mariana Hernández, from ‘El Baifo Street Food’ (Santa Cruz de La Palma), has won victory with her ‘Benahoarita’ in the third edition of Burger Combat, the Spanish Gourmet/Lantmännen Hamburger Championship 2023, which has had place today Monday within the framework of the 36th edition of the Salón Gourmets, which is held at IFEMA.
Six applicants managed to reach today’s final battle, held live at the Salón Gourmets Auditorium. In it, the finalists have prepared a recipe with ingredients of their choice (meat, sauce, etc.), but with the condition of using one of the breads from the range offered by the Lantmännen Unibake group.
The winners of this edition have been Mariana Hernández, from El Baifo Street Food (Santa Cruz de La Palma), with her ‘Benahoarita’ hamburger; second classified, Sergio Sanz, from Pólvora (Madrid), with his ‘Soft Shell Crab Burger’; third place, Javier Almado, from El 2 de Gastéiz (Vitoria-Gastéiz), with ‘La Vacuna 2.0’; More Popular on networks, Sergi Mateo Lladó, from Hamburguesería Paradise (Girona), with ‘La Amante’.
Mariana Hernández has emerged as the Best Gourmet Burger Chef in Spain with her ‘Benahoarita’, a combination of Lantmännen Unibake Pretzel bread, La Palma beef matured for 15 days, vacuum-sealed goat meat stew, La Palma cheese sauce and palmera goat leg ham.
The jury has valued in its vote criteria such as the creativity of the dish, the ingenuity of the chefs when combining the ingredients, the harmony of flavors and the innovation of the recipes. It has been integrated by Daniel Salas, founder of Cocinillas and gastronomic critic of El Español; Felipe Ruano, president of ASEMAC; Íñigo Urrechu, chef and owner of the Urrechu and Zalacaín restaurants; Mikel Galán, winner of the 2nd Burger Combat; Juan Antonio de la Rica, founder and owner of Juancho’s BBQ; Sergio Fernández, executive chef of Grupo La Fábrica; María Lo, winner of MasterChef 10.
The rest of the contestants who participated in the final were Alfonso Escolar, from Autocines Restaurant (Madrid); Juan Manuel Giralda Álvarez, from Tapas Camino de Santiago (Cádiz). Last year, in the second edition of the contest, Mikel Galán, from El Búho Rojo (Bilbao) emerged as the winner with his hamburger ‘Cheese Bacon Mediterranean Gourmet! Fusion mayonnaise sauce, dry-aged txuletón blend, lamb’s lettuce and Iberian ham shavings
