Marbella chef Javier Ruiz, wins two awards at Madrid Fusión

This latter contest is one of the classics at Madrid Fusión which, this year, is celebrating its tenth anniversary.

His winning fish dish consisted of chunks of a Mediterranean species of fish, speared with one of its own spines to a small piece of toasted bread which had been soaked with gazpachuelo and seasoned with smoked sardines.

The winning sandwich, which is now available from the Marbella restaurant, contained slices of marinated and cured partridge and partridge pate with an emulsion of vegetables and wafer thin slices of radish to give a fresh crisp note. This sumptuous combination was presented between slices of pan de cerveza (beer bread).