The third edition of Quality Gastronomic Competition will take place on the Orihuela Costa next month. Six local restaurants will take part, all of which are recipients of the SICTED ‘Quality Management Accolade’. The competition launch was announced last week by the Orihuela Councillor for Tourism, Sofía Álvarez, together with Matilde Medina, manager of the Hotel Montepiedra and representative of the participating restaurants and establishments. Each of the restaurants will offer a special menu throughout the week, at a cost of 35 euros, in which they will each use only locally sourced ingredients. Álvarez said “These are some of the very best restaurants on the Orihuela Costa. They will be preparing and serving the very best food from the very best ingredients with which they will showcase high quality speciality dishes”. “We have a commitment in Orihuela to maintain our position as a quality tourist destination this event will help us to do particularly in the area of food, wine and gastronomic tourism in particular”. The event will get underway at Restaurant Zenia Lounge on 12 June, before moving to Restaurant La Barraca (13 June) where Spanish brewery Estrella de Levante will present their new VERNA beer, Restaurant Los Angeles (14 June), Restaurant Las Villas (15 June), Restaurant Montepiedra Hotel (16 June) and Los Cúcalos Restaurant (17 June). If you wish to take part in this exclusive event it is by reservation only, with participating diners urged to make their bookings as soon as possible. The SICTED initiative is a methodology which provides a quality management system in the tourist destination which is focused on the continuous improvement and development of the destination's resources. FREE OF CHARGE, it offers the member companies/tourist services a training plan, technical assistance visits by the officially approved consultants, collective workshops, work teams which develop improvement proposals for the destination. The entire process culminates in the achievement of the distinctive Tourist Quality Commitment which is a recognition of the effort and commitment to quality and continual improvement. More information at your local tourist office.
