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XV Concurso de Sopas e X Mostra de Doçaria Regional - Águeda 2025
Edition XV
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Event Details
- Date & Time
- Saturday, November 29, 2025 · 19:00
Programme
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pelas 19h
CERCIAG
Raso de Paredes, Águeda
Traditional soup contest for associations, restaurants and individuals with public tasting and voting; regional sweets showcase; hamper raffle.
CERCIAG
Raso de Paredes, Águeda
XV Soup Contest (associations, restaurants, individuals) with public tasting and voting; X Regional Sweets Showcase; music by DiSax Project; prize-giving.
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Sweets show (mostra de doçaria) with typical flavours of the region
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Raffle of hampers (cabazes)
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XV Soup Contest for associations, restaurants and private individuals; visitors tasted all contest soups and voted
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X Regional Sweets Show (X Mostra de Doçaria Regional)
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Live music by DiSax Project
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19h
Traditional soup contest for associations, restaurants and private individuals; public tasting and voting
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About This Event
Sopas & Aromas is a community soup event organised by CERCIAG at its premises in Raso de Paredes, Águeda, held on 29 November 2025 at 19h. It celebrates local gastronomy and conviviality in a spirit of sharing, tradition and solidarity, with the traditional soup contest open to associations, restaurants and private individuals, and a regional sweets show. The public tastes the soups and votes for favourites.
The cause
Solidarity event that reflects the supportive spirit of CERCIAG; amount or beneficiaries of proceeds not stated.
A gastronomic and solidarity initiative; it reflects CERCIAG's commitment to initiatives that value the territory, bring the population together and contribute to social inclusion.
History
A recurring, well-known event, recognised as a reference in the community; this is another edition of it.
An emblematic, recurring event; 2025 hosted the XV (15th) Soup Contest and the X (10th) Regional Sweets Show. About three hundred participants attended in 2025. The Cruz Vermelha Portuguesa – Delegação de Águeda won the Associations category for the second consecutive year.
On the menu
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sopas a concurso
By associações, restaurantes e particulares
Contest soups
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Sopa de Peixe
By Restaurante «O Florindo», Ana Luísa Gomes e Paula Almeida, and AFA – Associação Fermentelense
Fish soup; 1st place, Restaurants category
Fish soup; 1st place, Private individuals category
Fish soup; 3rd place, Associations category
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Sopa de Tomate
By Maria Teresa Paredes
Tomato soup; 2nd place, Private individuals category
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Sopa «Tortellini no Caldo»
By Vitória Castro
Tortellini in broth soup; 3rd place, Private individuals category
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Sopa Terra e Mar
By Cruz Vermelha Portuguesa – Delegação de Águeda
Land and sea soup; 1st place, Associations category
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By Centro Social e Paroquial da Borralha
Chestnut soup; 2nd place, Associations category
Also served
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papas de abóbora
Pumpkin porridge
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doçaria
Regional sweets
Who's who
Organised by
- CERCIAG Organiser and host
Taking part
- Restaurante «O Florindo» Winner, 1st place Restaurants (Sopa de Peixe)
- Restaurante «A Adega do Manel» 2nd place Restaurants (Canja)
- Restaurante «Vidal Ferreira» 3rd place Restaurants (Sopa à Lavrador)
- Ana Luísa Gomes Winner, 1st place Private individuals (Sopa de Peixe, with Paula Almeida)
- Paula Almeida Winner, 1st place Private individuals (Sopa de Peixe, with Ana Luísa Gomes)
- Maria Teresa Paredes 2nd place Private individuals (Sopa de Tomate)
- Vitória Castro 3rd place Private individuals (Sopa «Tortellini no Caldo»)
- Cruz Vermelha Portuguesa – Delegação de Águeda Winner, 1st place Associations for the second year running (Sopa Terra e Mar)
- Centro Social e Paroquial da Borralha 2nd place Associations (Sopa de Castanha)
- AFA – Associação Fermentelense 3rd place Associations (Sopa de Peixe)
On stage
- DiSax Project Live music
Good to know
- Entry ticket includes tasting of the competing soups, pumpkin porridge (papas de abóbora), sweets and entry into a hamper raffle; tickets on sale at CERCIAG (price not stated)
- Soup contest open to associations, restaurants and individuals; register soups at www.cerciag.pt/go/sopas-aromas
- Visitors vote for their favourite soups
- About three hundred participants attended
- Visitors tasted all competing soups and voted for their favourites
Everything the announcement says
Every detail, as the festival announced it.
Tradition and Flavour meet at "Sopas & Aromas" at CERCIAG (news, 2025-11-29).
CERCIAG organises, on 29 November, at 19h, at its premises in Raso de Paredes, Águeda, another edition of the renowned event "Sopas & Aromas".
Recognised as a reference in the community, the initiative celebrates local gastronomy and promotes conviviality, in an atmosphere of sharing, tradition and solidarity.
The programme includes the traditional soup contest, which challenges associations, restaurants and private individuals to present their best recipes, and a sweets show (mostra de doçaria), with the typical flavours of the region.
During the event the public can taste, vote for their favourite soups and take part in a unique experience of good humour and conviviality.
The entry ticket covers tasting the contest soups, papas de abóbora (pumpkin porridge), sweets and entry into a raffle of hampers, and can be bought at CERCIAG.
With aromas filling the space and joy marking the gathering, "Sopas & Aromas" promises another memorable night, where gastronomic tradition meets the spirit of solidarity that characterises CERCIAG.
Soup registration: www.cerciag.pt/go/sopas-aromas
Flavours of the Region Shine at CERCIAG's "Sopas & Aromas" (news, 2025-11-29).
CERCIAG's premises in Raso de Paredes, Águeda, once again hosted a memorable night with another edition of the emblematic "Sopas & Aromas" event, held on 29 November. Deeply rooted in the community and recognised as one of the most awaited gastronomic and solidarity moments of the year, it again brought together hundreds of people in an atmosphere of sharing, tradition and closeness.
About three hundred participants gathered to celebrate regional flavours, highlighting gastronomy as a cultural expression and unifying element of the community. The event also reinforced CERCIAG's commitment to initiatives that value the territory, bring the population together and contribute to social inclusion.
This year the programme included the XV Edition of the Soup Contest, which challenged Associations, Restaurants and Private individuals to present their best recipes, as well as the X Regional Sweets Show, dedicated to the region's traditional flavours. Visitors could taste all the contest soups, vote for their favourites and enjoy a rich, varied gastronomic show. Music was provided by DiSax Project.
Winning soups:
Restaurants: 1st Sopa de Peixe, Restaurante "O Florindo"; 2nd Canja, Restaurante "A Adega do Manel"; 3rd Sopa à Lavrador, Restaurante "Vidal Ferreira".
Private individuals (chosen by the public): 1st Sopa de Peixe by Ana Luísa Gomes and Paula Almeida; 2nd Sopa de Tomate by Maria Teresa Paredes; 3rd Sopa "Tortellini no Caldo" by Vitória Castro.
Associations: 1st, for the second consecutive year, Cruz Vermelha Portuguesa – Delegação de Águeda with its Sopa Terra e Mar; 2nd Centro Social e Paroquial da Borralha with its Sopa de Castanha; 3rd Sopa de Peixe by AFA – Associação Fermentelense.
This edition reaffirmed "Sopas & Aromas" as a reference event in Águeda's calendar, celebrating local gastronomic tradition and highlighting solidarity, conviviality and the value of the people and institutions that enrich the municipality's social fabric.
About three hundred people attended; music by DiSax Project. Winners: restaurants 1st sopa de peixe (O Florindo), 2nd canja (Adega do Manel), 3rd sopa à lavrador (Vidal Ferreira); private cooks 1st sopa de peixe (Ana Luísa Gomes and Paula Almeida), 2nd sopa de tomate (Maria Teresa Paredes), 3rd tortellini no caldo (Vitória Castro); associations 1st Sopa Terra e Mar of the Cruz Vermelha Portuguesa, Delegação de Águeda (second year running), 2nd sopa de castanha (Centro Social e Paroquial da Borralha).
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Location
CERCIAG, Raso de Paredes, 3750-316 Águeda, Portugal
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What's included
- Tasting of the contest soups
- Papas de abóbora (pumpkin porridge)
- Sweets
- Entry into a raffle of hampers
How to get tickets
- Entry tickets can be bought at CERCIAG.
- Soup contest entries: www.cerciag.pt/go/sopas-aromas