Laura Suárez has won, in a grand final with six participating pastry chefs, the Absolute Regional Championship of Pastry Chefs and Chefs Canary Islandsin the Pastry section, organized by Acyre.
Laura took first place with a surprising lemon pana cotta with cardamom ice cream, sweet millet hollandaise, cilantro and semi-cured cheese. Tenerife.
As the winner, the well-known pastry chef (Best Chef in the Canary Islands 2017) will be the representative of the Canary Islands in the Spanish Cooking and Pastry Championship, which will take place in Logroñocoming on November 27 and 28, 2023
Laura Suarezwho a few weeks ago announced, together with his partner Isidro Vera, his move to the south of Tenerife to open an avant-garde sweet restaurant in the global trend of “dessert dinning”it was the first time he entered the contest.
Laura and Isidro, who until very recently ran the Habatonka bakery (La Orotava), They will thus create the first “dessert dinning” in the Canary Islands with the idea of becoming a reference throughout Spain and even in the world..
With their Habatonka brand, however, they will continue to advise different restaurants in the Canary Islands and work for individuals, with their own workshop. Very soon, Laura and Isidro will announce the location of the restaurant and its opening date.
About Laura Suárez and Isidro Vera
Laura Suarez He learned pastry making at Le Cordon Bleu Madrid, he let off steam at Diverxo*** in David Munoz (Madrid), and then he enrolled in La Cabra* (Madrid).
Returning to Tenerife, he opened the well-known Haydée with his brother Víctor, where they managed to be declared Best Chef of the Canary Islands “ex aequo” by the 2017 La Opinión-Dorada Awards. Then it was Mamanena, also with his brother, and then, together to the pastry chef Isidro Vera, to inaugurate the Habatonka pastry shop in La Orotava.
Isidro Vera He is a cook and pastry chef. He worked at the Mencey 5 * Hotel and at the Atalaya Equestrian Club until arriving at Haydée (2019), where he already held the position of pastry chef, a position he returned to in Mamanena the following year. Together with Laura, he opened Habatonka in La Orotava.
He was the third National Young Chefs Segovia Award (2012) and Absolute Regional Champion of Pastry Chefs of the Canary Islands (2019).
