a man from Barcelona wins the Calçotada de Valls contest for the twelfth time

The Barcelonan Adria Wegrzyn has re-proclaimed winner of the Valls calçots eating contest (Tarragona), which was held this Sunday. Wegrzyn has been able to ingest 221 total. Is the twelfth time that Wegrzyn has lifted the trophy of the contest, in which he has participated fourteen times.

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The contest is one of the attractions of the Great Festival of Calçotada de Valls, which this year has celebrated its 41st edition without a trace of the restrictions of the last two years. The organization calculates that data prior to the pandemic have been achieved, with more than 20,000 people of public and more than 2,000 tastings of ‘calçotades’.

The Protected Geographical Indication (IGP) ‘Calçot’ from Valls maintains its forecast of reaching 20 million ‘calçots’ this season, while restaurateurs predict that the demand increase in the coming weeks.



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