XIII Concurso Sopas e Aromas e VIII Mostra de Doçaria - Águeda 2023

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Event Details

Date & Time
Saturday, November 25, 2023

Programme

  1. CERCIAG

    XIII Concurso Sopas e Aromas with 26 competing soups in three categories. Winners – Individuals: 1st A Chóra do Capitão (José Paulo Bixirão), 2nd A melhor sopa de peixe do mundo (Lina Maria Roque), 3rd Sopa de Peixe (Ana Luísa Gomes and Paula Almeida). Associations: 1st Sopa de Peixe (AFA – Associação Fermentelense de Assistência), 2nd Sopa Terra e Mar (Cruz Vermelha Portuguesa – Delegação de Águeda), 3rd Canja de Galinha (LAAC – Liga dos Amigos de Aguada de Cima). Restaurants: 1st Sopa de Leitão (Restaurante Do Capador), 2nd Sopa à Lavrador (Restaurante O Vidal), 3rd Sopa de Peixe (Restaurante O Florindo). VIII Mostra de Doçaria with around twenty regional pastry shops. Performance by Carla Blondie.

    1. XIII Concurso Sopas e Aromas: 26 soups in competition

    2. VIII Mostra de Doçaria with two dozen pastry shops from the region and other sweets made by individuals

    3. Performance by Carla Blondie

    4. Prize-giving of the soup contest

About This Event

CERCIAG opened its doors on 25 November 2023 in Águeda, Portugal, to a full house for the XIII Concurso Sopas e Aromas (soup contest) and the VIII Mostra de Doçaria (sweets show). 26 soups competed in the individuals, associations and restaurants categories, alongside two dozen pastry shops from the region and other sweets made by individuals, with a performance by Carla Blondie.

History

13th soup contest and 8th sweets show. Sopa de Leitão won the Restaurants category for the second consecutive year. The event had a full house.

On the menu

  • Chóra do Capitão

    By José Paulo Bixirão

    Chóra (traditional soup) 'of the Captain'; 1st place, Individuals category

  • A melhor sopa de peixe do mundo

    By Lina Maria Roque

    'The best fish soup in the world'; 2nd place, Individuals category

  • Sopa de Peixe

    By Ana Luísa Gomes e Paula Almeida, AFA – Associação Fermentelense de Assistência, and Restaurante O Florindo

    Fish soup; 3rd place, Individuals category

    Fish soup; 1st place, Associations category

    The famous fish soup; 3rd place, Restaurants category

  • Sopa Terra e Mar

    By Cruz Vermelha Portuguesa – Delegação de Águeda

    Land and sea soup; 2nd place, Associations category

  • Canja de Galinha

    By LAAC – Liga dos Amigos de Aguada de Cima

    Chicken broth; 3rd place, Associations category

  • Sopa de Leitão

    By Restaurante Do Capador

    Suckling pig soup; winner in the Restaurants category for the second year running; 1st place, Restaurants category

  • Sopa à Lavrador

    By Restaurante O Vidal

    Farmer's soup; by a first-time participant; 2nd place, Restaurants category

  • A Chóra do Capitão

Who's who

Organised by

  • CERCIAG Organiser and host

Taking part

  • José Paulo Bixirão 1st place, Individuals category, with Chóra do Capitão
  • Lina Maria Roque 2nd place, Individuals category, with A melhor sopa de peixe do mundo
  • Ana Luísa Gomes e Paula Almeida 3rd place, Individuals category, with Sopa de Peixe
  • AFA – Associação Fermentelense de Assistência 1st place, Associations category, with Sopa de Peixe
  • Cruz Vermelha Portuguesa – Delegação de Águeda 2nd place, Associations category, with Sopa Terra e Mar
  • LAAC – Liga dos Amigos de Aguada de Cima 3rd place, Associations category, with Canja de Galinha
  • Restaurante Do Capador 1st place, Restaurants category, with Sopa de Leitão
  • Restaurante O Vidal 2nd place, Restaurants category, with Sopa à Lavrador
  • Restaurante O Florindo 3rd place, Restaurants category, with Sopa de Peixe

On stage

  • Carla Blondie Performance

Good to know

  • Competition categories: Individuals (Particulares), Associations (Associações) and Restaurants (Restaurantes).
  • 26 soups competed; around twenty regional pastry shops and private bakers took part in the sweets show.
Everything the announcement says

Every detail, as the festival announced it.

XIII Sopas e Aromas (2023-11-25).
CERCIAG opened its doors again on 25 November to host the XIII Concurso Sopas e Aromas and the VIII Mostra de Doçaria, to a full house.
26 soups were in competition, accompanied by the participation of two dozen pastry shops from the region and other sweets from individuals.
Chóra do Capitão, by José Paulo Bixirão, was the winning soup in the Individuals category, followed by A melhor sopa de peixe do mundo, by Lina Maria Roque (2nd place), and the Sopa de Peixe by the duo Ana Luísa Gomes and Paula Almeida.
In the Associations category, the Sopa de Peixe of AFA – Associação Fermentelense de Assistência took 1st place, in a close vote in which the Sopa Terra e Mar of the Cruz Vermelha Portuguesa – Delegação de Águeda won the 2nd prize and the Canja de Galinha of LAAC – Liga dos Amigos de Aguada de Cima took 3rd place.
For the second consecutive year, the Sopa de Leitão was the big winner in the Restaurants category, giving 1st place to Restaurante Do Capador. Newcomer Restaurante O Vidal reached 2nd place with the Sopa à Lavrador and 3rd place went to the famous Sopa de Peixe of Restaurante O Florindo.
Entertainment was guaranteed by the performance of the fantastic Carla Blondie, who as always left no one indifferent.
CERCIAG expresses its enormous thanks to all the people present and all the entities that collaborated to make this evening possible.

A full house: 26 soups competed alongside about twenty pastry shops. Winners: private cooks 1st Chôra do Capitão (José Paulo Bixirão); associations 1st sopa de peixe of the AFA; restaurants 1st sopa de leitão (Do Capador, second year running), 2nd sopa à lavrador (O Vidal), 3rd sopa de peixe (O Florindo). Music by Carla Blondie.

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