"Culinary Contests"

#11986745

26 January 2025

On January 26, 2025, in Valls, Catalonia, the city becomes the festive epicenter of Catalonia with the celebration of the 43rd edition of the Gran Festa de la Calcotada. The event attracts over 30,000 visitors who experience a day filled with tradition, gastronomy, and local culture. Highlights include demonstrations of calcot cooking, eating competitions, and grower contests, coinciding with the launch of Catalonia's designation as a World Region of Gastronomy. The Valls Chamber of Commerce and the IGP Calcot de Valls, celebrating its 30th anniversary this year, express confidence that this recognition will internationalize the culture surrounding the calcot. They plan initiatives such as a simultaneous calcotada in ten European countries, a calcotada forum, and a cooking symposium in what is expected to be a promising season for the sector, with a harvest forecast to exceed 18 million units. In this year's competition, Adria Wegrzyn reaffirms his dominance in the Valls Calcot Eating Contest, claiming victory for the 13th time after consuming 195 calcots with a total weight of 3,275 grams in front of an eager audience. Although his record remains unbeaten since 2018--when he ate nearly 6 kg of calcots and around 300 units--Wegrzyn acknowledges the increasing difficulty of the competition: ''The first twenty minutes are great, but after that, it gets tougher,'' he says. Surrounded by family and friends, he celebrates his victory with a barbecue, maintaining a tradition that strengthens the cultural and gastronomic bonds of the region.

Restricted to Editorial Use Only.
Commercial use is not permitted without prior authorization.
Please contact us for more information.

#11579043

16 September 2024

One of the burgers participating in The Champions Burger is part of the largest gastronomic event for this product in the country and seeks to find the best gourmet burger in Spain. Different burger restaurants compete with their food trucks that travel through various cities, such as in these photos in Santander, Spain, so that customers can vote to choose the best burger in Spain in 2024.

Restricted to Editorial Use Only.
Commercial use is not permitted without prior authorization.
Please contact us for more information.

#11579044

16 September 2024

Lines of people buy different hamburgers that participate in The Champions Burger, the largest gastronomic event of this product in the country. The event seeks to find the best gourmet hamburger in Spain. Different hamburger restaurants face each other on their food trucks that travel through different cities. In these photos, the event takes place in Santander, Spain, on [specific date not provided], so that customers with their votes choose the best hamburger in Spain 2024.

Restricted to Editorial Use Only.
Commercial use is not permitted without prior authorization.
Please contact us for more information.

#11579035

16 September 2024

A young woman eats one of the hamburgers participating in The Champions Burger, the largest gastronomic event for this product in the country, which seeks to find the best gourmet hamburger in Spain. Different hamburger restaurants compete on their food trucks that travel through different cities such as Santander, Spain, so that customers can vote to choose the best hamburger in Spain in 2024.

Restricted to Editorial Use Only.
Commercial use is not permitted without prior authorization.
Please contact us for more information.

#11579057

16 September 2024

The public attends The Champions Burger in Santander, Spain, which is the largest gastronomic event in the country in terms of hamburgers and seeks to find the best gourmet hamburger in Spain. Different hamburger restaurants compete on their food trucks that travel through various cities so that customers can vote for the best hamburger in Spain 2024.

Restricted to Editorial Use Only.
Commercial use is not permitted without prior authorization.
Please contact us for more information.

#11579042

16 September 2024

A family eats different hamburgers while participating in The Champions Burger, the largest gastronomic event for this product in the country. The event seeks to find the best gourmet hamburger in Spain. Different hamburger restaurants compete using their food trucks, which travel through various cities. In these photos, the event takes place in Santander, Spain, on an unspecified date, and customers vote to choose the best hamburger in Spain for 2024.

Restricted to Editorial Use Only.
Commercial use is not permitted without prior authorization.
Please contact us for more information.

#11579056

16 September 2024

A young man delivers a hamburger to a customer at The Champions Burger, the largest gastronomic event for this product in the country, and seeks to find the best gourmet hamburger in Spain. Different hamburger restaurants compete on their food trucks that travel through different cities, such as in these photos, in Santander, Spain, on October 5, 2023, so that customers can vote to choose the best hamburger in Spain in 2024.

Restricted to Editorial Use Only.
Commercial use is not permitted without prior authorization.
Please contact us for more information.

#11479718

15 August 2024

People are posing for a photo with 500 cans of abalone at the Hong Kong Food Expo in Hong Kong, on August 15, 2024.

Restricted to Editorial Use Only.
Commercial use is not permitted without prior authorization.
Please contact us for more information.

#11425592

21 July 2024

Citizens are taking part in an activity to ''eat shrimp'' at a commercial center in Huai'an city, Jiangsu province, China, on July 21, 2024. The participants are teaming up with each other and eating a whole pot of lobster in the shortest time, with no leftovers and no waste.

Restricted to Editorial Use Only.
Commercial use is not permitted without prior authorization.
Please contact us for more information.

#11425594

21 July 2024

Citizens are taking part in an activity to ''eat shrimp'' at a commercial center in Huai'an city, Jiangsu province, China, on July 21, 2024. The participants are teaming up with each other and eating a whole pot of lobster in the shortest time, with no leftovers and no waste.

Restricted to Editorial Use Only.
Commercial use is not permitted without prior authorization.
Please contact us for more information.

#11425595

21 July 2024

Citizens are taking part in an activity to ''eat shrimp'' at a commercial center in Huai'an city, Jiangsu province, China, on July 21, 2024. The participants are teaming up with each other and eating a whole pot of lobster in the shortest time, with no leftovers and no waste.

Restricted to Editorial Use Only.
Commercial use is not permitted without prior authorization.
Please contact us for more information.

#11425596

21 July 2024

Citizens are taking part in an activity to ''eat shrimp'' at a commercial center in Huai'an city, Jiangsu province, China, on July 21, 2024. The participants are teaming up with each other and eating a whole pot of lobster in the shortest time, with no leftovers and no waste.

Restricted to Editorial Use Only.
Commercial use is not permitted without prior authorization.
Please contact us for more information.

#11425597

21 July 2024

Citizens are taking part in an activity to ''eat shrimp'' at a commercial center in Huai'an city, Jiangsu province, China, on July 21, 2024. The participants are teaming up with each other and eating a whole pot of lobster in the shortest time, with no leftovers and no waste.

Restricted to Editorial Use Only.
Commercial use is not permitted without prior authorization.
Please contact us for more information.

#11425598

21 July 2024

Citizens are taking part in an activity to ''eat shrimp'' at a commercial center in Huai'an city, Jiangsu province, China, on July 21, 2024. The participants are teaming up with each other and eating a whole pot of lobster in the shortest time, with no leftovers and no waste.

Restricted to Editorial Use Only.
Commercial use is not permitted without prior authorization.
Please contact us for more information.

#11425599

21 July 2024

Citizens are taking part in an activity to ''eat shrimp'' at a commercial center in Huai'an city, Jiangsu province, China, on July 21, 2024. The participants are teaming up with each other and eating a whole pot of lobster in the shortest time, with no leftovers and no waste.

Restricted to Editorial Use Only.
Commercial use is not permitted without prior authorization.
Please contact us for more information.

#11383504

4 July 2024

Nathan's Famous Hot Dogs restaurant at Coney Island in New York, United States on America on July 4th, 2024.

Restricted to Editorial Use Only.
Commercial use is not permitted without prior authorization.
Please contact us for more information.