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Jaén olive oil cooking prize goes to Marta Oti of Fontané
Eight cooks, eight oils from the province and 75 minutes each in San Sebastián. The provincial government that pays the €8,000 also chairs the jury, and it has not said what was on the winning plate.

Premios Nacionales de Hostelería 2026: the 18 winners in Spain
Trade body Hostelería de España has named the winners of its 20th national hospitality awards. The gala is on 18 November in Segovia, and two of the prizes stay in the host city.

Mauro Uliassi named Chef of the Year by Food and Travel Italia
The Senigallia chef and Don Alfonso 1890 took the two main titles at a gala in Salento that handed out 40 prizes in one evening, from pizzaiolo to airline of the year.

Dominik Hartmann is first vegetarian GaultMillau chef of the year
The Swiss guide gives its 2027 title to the 34-year-old chef of Magdalena in Rickenbach, a village restaurant with 18 points and two Michelin stars that stopped serving meat and fish in 2022.

Donatella Cinelli Colombini wins DoctorWine's A Life for Wine
The Montalcino producer who started Italy's open-cellars day in 1993 was handed the career award of the Guida Essenziale ai Vini d'Italia 2027 in Milan on 3 October.

Spanish Capital of Gastronomy 2027 goes to Santa Cruz de Tenerife
The first island city to win the title takes over from Jerez in January with 137 activities, a bid dossier written as a cookbook and no published budget.

Falstaff Restaurant Guide Italia 2027 crowns Piazza Duomo
The first Italian edition of the Austrian guide picks Enrico Crippa's restaurant in Alba, names Niko Romito chef of the year and gives the Cerea family the restaurateur award.

Wine List of the Year 2026 goes to Society in Melbourne
The Collins Street restaurant takes four national titles, including best list of wines by the glass. It is the third year in a row that a Victorian venue has won.

Patatas bravas contest crowns Valderrama chef Mauro Barreiro
Eighteen chefs cooked in the seventh Una de Bravas final in Palencia. The Sotogrande golf-club chef takes €1,500, and his winning dish moves to a Gibraltar hotel in November.

Michaël Arnoult named Chef of the Year at Le Chef's 40th
The three-star chef of Les Morainières in Savoie was elected by his peers in Paris. Alain Passard, Maxence Barbot and Olivier Bikao were also honoured at the Trophées Le Chef.

Michelin Guide Toronto 2026 lands tonight at Liberty Grand
The fifth Toronto edition is read out this evening, with one two-star kitchen to beat and a region that now stretches to Mississauga and Niagara.

Gault&Millau Normandy 2027 crowns David Gallienne
The yellow guide handed its regional gold to the chef of Le Jardin des Plumes in Giverny, at a ceremony in Blonville-sur-Mer that spread eleven awards unevenly.
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