It is a night full of nerves and emotions especially for those who are about to get their first, second or third Michelin Starbut the gala of the well-known red guide that brings together the greatest culinary talents in Spain goes much further. In this edition, as it could not be otherwise, there has been space to remember the situation that Valencia is going through on the occasion of the recent DANA that has affected numerous families and community workers.
It was at the beginning of the gala when the presenter Ainhoa ​​Arbizu called on stage three great chefs and protagonists of a solidarity initiative with which everything they raise will go to the self-employed and small businesses affected by the tragedy. The chefs Quique Dacosta, Ricard Camarena and Begoña Rodrigo They then presented the solidarity project ‘From Valencia to Valencia’.
During the project, several chefs will cook for charity simultaneously in different parts of the world on December 13th. “We will allocate 100% of the proceeds to self-employed workers.to businesses that provide social and economic fabric to the small towns that have been devastated by this tragedy,” Camarena assured in this regard.
When Quique Dacosta’s turn to speak arrived and, after the video tribute to those affected that the Michelin Gala organization has projected, He couldn’t help but get emotional and burst into tears on stage.. Alicantino, of Extremaduran origin, has six restaurants, four of them located in Valencia. “We understood that we had to activate the productive fabric of the 69 municipalities that had been devastated and, I will say that in the same way as since all of Spain has been turning, at an international level you are going to see how “December 13th is going to become a global movement.”.
“Climate change is a reality and I like to think that every time it happens, although I hope it doesn’t, that This platform helps our colleagues get active again. just pressing the button,” the chef concluded in his speech, visibly moved.