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The Sent Soví Prize for gastronomic literature

RBA, Freixenet and the Universitat de Barcelona have arranged this event since 2001, in order to reward works in which the art of gastronomy plays a key role.

The works compete for a total prize of €24,000 and the prestige of being distinguished as the best literary recipe in prose.

Jury decision announcement: on the first Thursday of October.
The competition is open to works written in: Catalan or Spanish.
Prize money: 24,000 € distributed as follows: €6,000 in cash, €12,000 as royalties and €6,000 for a dinner for two at any restaurant in the world.
Winners from previous years:
2008 - Octavi Martí and Montserrat Casals, Dissabtes, mercat. Memòries d’Armanda
2007 - Carmen and Gervasio Posadas, Hoy caviar, mañana sardinas
2006 - Xavier Moret, El Bulli desde dentro
2005 - Jesús Ruiz Mantilla, Gordo.
2004 - Josep Muñoz Redón, La cocina del pensamiento.
2003 - Joan de Déu Domènech, Xocolata cada dia. A taula amb el baró de Maldà. Work translated into Spanish - Chocolate todos los días.
2002 - Juan Luis Arsuaga, Los aborígenes.
2001 - Marina Pino, Un feroz apetito.
Contact:
- Freixenet: Pedro Bonet / Marta Raventós 670 05 67 50
- Universitat de Barcelona: Ernest Trías / Jordi Homs 93 403 55 44
- Laura Santaflorentina, Press Officer, RBA Libros

Tip a friend

  • Los ganadores del Premio Sent Soví 2008 Octavi Martí y Montserrat Casals.

  • Los ganadores del Premio Juan Mari Arzak 2008 que se falla simultáneamente con el Premio Sent Soví.

  • Los ganadores del premio Sent Soví 2007, los hermanos Carmen y Gervasio Posadas.

  • Portada de la novela premiada “Hoy Caviar, mañana sardinas” de los hermanos Posadas.

  • Ganador del Premio Sent Sovi 2005, Jesús Ruiz Mantilla.