{"id":134611,"date":"2026-01-10T10:47:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-10T09:47:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/torrevieja.com\/events\/international-stew-with-balls-competition-2026\/"},"modified":"2026-01-30T09:31:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T08:31:09","slug":"international-stew-with-balls-competition-2026","status":"publish","type":"mec-events","link":"https:\/\/torrevieja.com\/en\/events\/international-stew-with-balls-competition-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"International Stew with Balls Competition 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><strong>ON SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 7, THE VII EDITION OF THE INTERNATIONAL COCIDO CONTEST WILL BE HELD AT THE MUNICIPAL LEISURE CENTER (CMO)<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">This gastronomic brotherhood is in charge of spreading and publicising the Traditional Cocido, and especially the Cocido con Pelotas, typical of the city of Torrevieja.<\/h3>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>About<\/strong><strong> twenty teams will participate in this contest in the different specialties of the Cocido, which are: International Cocido, Spanish Regional Cocido, Traditional Cocido con Pelotas and Cocido con Pelotas authentically Torrevejense<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>As <\/strong><strong>it is an amateur competition, professional chefs are not allowed to participate, who may, however, participate in exhibition mode or out of competition<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One more year, the Department of the Elderly of the Torrevieja City Council, together with the Gastronomic Brotherhood of the Cocido con Pelotas, organizes the International Stew Contest, this being its seventh edition.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Contest will take place on Saturday, February 7, at the Municipal Leisure Center (CMO), where the twenty teams that are expected to participate in the contest will meet in the different specialties of the Cocido which are:<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">-International Cocido<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">-Spanish Regional Stew<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">-Traditional Stew with Balls<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">-Cocido con Pelotas authentically Torrevejense<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The International Stew Competition is open to all cooking enthusiasts, of legal age, regardless of profession or nationality. 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