You can register for the two great dinners that will be organized in San Sebastian
In addition to the grand gala, there will be two dinners with top chefs who will cook their interpretation of the tradition and avant-garde of Spanish gastronomy.
“Spain is my favorite place to eat along with Japan. The restaurant dichotomy fabulous hyper-modern Y traditional restaurants exceptional can not be found in any other country, "says Steve Plotnicki at Traveler.es.
This New York businessman and gourmet, founder of the record company Profile Records -Which he launched to groups like Run DMC-, he decided that the best thing to correct the errors that he saw in restaurant world award lists was to create his own initiative, and thus was born ** Opinionated About Dining (OAD) **, which took the name of Steve's foodie blog.
A dinner to enjoy the great stars of gastronomy
The michelin stars They paved the way in 1926 and possibly continue to be the reference award in the global culinary universe, but today not only are far from being the only gastronomic recognition , but also have a lot of competition.
One of those new initiatives that have flourished in the 21st century is OAD, which this year will celebrate the awards ceremony for restaurants in the Top 100 of your list in San Sebastián.
A golden opportunity to taste the best dishes in the world... in San Sebastián
“ OAD lists are generated by our reviewers . Unlike other guides that try to cover restaurants in a specific area, the OAD lists are a compilation of places our reviewers have visited and what they think of those restaurants. The format lends itself to include some restaurants that have been overlooked by other guides , as well as not covering restaurants that are not worth visiting,” says Plotnicki.
Both Sunday and Monday dinner ** are open to the public and you can book online to attend **.
The Opinionated About Dining awards ceremony arrives in San Sebastian
At Sunday dinner, which will take place in the Basque Culinary Center , will cook eleven chefs who enter the list for the first time. The selected restaurants are Spanish, Danish, German, British and Welsh.
The three Spanish restaurant chefs are the Argentinian Paulo Airaudo , whose restaurant Amelia is in San Sebastián, Pedrito Sánchez de Bagá from Jaén and Alberto Ferruz de BomAmb from Jávea.
“For the event I always choose destinations where OAD critics can visit important restaurants . In past editions, the event was held in Paris, Copenhagen, Barcelona and London, so it was time to bring it to San Sebastian”, says Plotnicki.
The big day of the event is Monday, when the restaurants included in the Top 100 of the list will be revealed and when some of the best chefs in Spain will meet in what will be The Night of the Grill , an evening dedicated to honoring traditional and modern Spanish cuisine.
“Dinners will be in a unique event that revolves around a theme. The theme of other editions included chefs cooking on the barbecue, with their grandmothers, or a tribute to the Sunday Roast in London . This year the event is planned to pair traditional and modern Spanish cuisine and show that they exist in the same space”, says the founder of OAD.
On Monday chefs like Abel Alvarez of the restaurant-grill ** Güeyumar ,** or Amaia Ortuzar of ganbara, They will cook in the traditional style that characterizes them along with other modern Spanish chefs, such as Quique Dacosta of the homonymous restaurant, or Eneko Atxa of Azurmendi . The event will be held at Hotel Maria Cristina .
The award-winning restaurants OAD Top 100 will come out of votes of more than 5700 people , who will have contributed more than 175,000 reviews for this year's edition.
In addition to the list of the 100 best European restaurants, Plotnicki's team produces another eight new lists, including Asian and American restaurants , in addition to Casual gourmet restaurants in Europe and America.
Voting is open to those who register and meet the basic requirements, you can try becoming an OAD reviewer here.