The Sant Antoni City Council has announced that on January 19th the registration period to participate in the “Concurso Mundial de Arroz de Matanzas” will open, to be held on February 4th as part of the program for the Sant Antoni festivities, as reported by the Consistory in a statement.

The registration period for the Concurso Mundial de Arroz de Matanzas will open on Thursday, January 19th from 9am in the establishment Can Tina Grilo (Calle Rosell 14). Places are limited and the application for registration can only be made in person, says the City Council.

10 years of the Concurso Mundial de Arroz de Matanzas

The organization has explained in a statement that this is a special year which will celebrate the 10th anniversary and several surprises will be prepared. Again this year the gastronomic event is confirmed as one of the municipality’s and the island’s main events as a result of its great success of participation year after year.

Participating teams can be made up of a maximum of 15 people and during the contest they must cook their own Matanzas rice, a traditional Ibizan gastronomy dish. The jury will decide the winners of the championship after tasting the various rice dishes.

As in previous years, the contest will continue support charities and there will be a public and charitable Matanza rice that this year will benefit the Metastatic Breast Cancer Association (CMM).

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