Two restaurants and a tourist accommodation in Alentejo among the finalists for the AHRESP Awards!

The finalists for the AHRESP Awards are now known, which distinguish the best that is done in Portugal, and across borders, in Restaurants, Accommodation and Tourism Promotion.

The initiative under the responsibility of the Portuguese Hotel, Restaurant and Similar Association aims to reward the projects, companies and professionals that stand out the most in the defined categories, thus sharing best practices with all actors in the HORECA channel.

For three months, AHRESP traveled the country from North to South, and also the islands of the Azores and Madeira, to identify projects that met the characteristics to be candidates for the Awards. The finalist list thus covers establishments from the north to the south of the country, increasing the quality of the existing offer in our country.

In Alentejo, two establishments were selected as finalists in the Restaurants category: Páteo Real Restaurant (Alter do Chão – Portalegre) and the Tombalobos Restaurant (Portalegre)by renowned Chef José Júlio Vintém.

In the category of best Tourist Accommodation, the Herdade da Malhadinha Nova (Albernoa – Beja).

Voting for the 5 finalists in each of the 10 categories takes place from April 25th to May 20th, through the AHRESP Awards website. The winners will be announced at the gala that will take place on June 21st in the Salão Preto e Prata at Casino Estoril.

The 8th edition of the AHRESP Awards was the most popular ever, with more than 400 applicationshaving gone from 16 to 13 categories – 10 of them voted by the public and 3 categories nominated by the Management and Honor Committee (Portuguese Lá Fora Award, Personality of the Year, Mário Pereira Gonçalves Award).

AHRESP renamed the Career Award category, which was renamed the Mário Pereira Gonçalves Award, in honor of the previous President of AHRESP, who led the Association for more than 40 years. The Selection Committee that evaluated the applications is made up of 39 individuals with high technical knowledge in the areas represented.

Get to know the COMPLETE LIST OF 50 FINALISTS BY CATEGORY

Gastronomic Ambassador
José Diogo Costa (Madeira)
Lamelas (Setúbal)
Casa Restaurant, Chef Victor Felisberto (Santarém)
O Palco Restaurant (Coimbra)
Stramuntana Restaurant (V. Nova de Gaia)

Best Restaurant
Ferrugem Restaurant (Braga)
Mugasa (Aveiro)
Páteo Real Restaurant (Alter do Chão – Portalegre)
Solar dos Presuntos (Lisbon)
Tombalobos (Portalegre)

Best Tourist Accommodation
Cherry Sculpture Hotel (Castelo Branco)
Herdade da Malhadinha Nova (Albernoa – Beja)
Lava Homes (Azores)
Reid’s Palace (Madeira)
Valverde Santar Hotel & Spa (Nelas)

Solidarity Establishment
Café Joyeux Portugal
Cresaçor
It’s a Restaurant
Solidarity Room Neya Lisboa Hotel
Tourism with Purpose

Environmental Sustainability
Cooking and Nature Emotional Hotel (Leiria)
Corpo Santo Lisbon Historical Hotel (Lisbon)
NEYA Porto Hotel (Porto)
Noah Surf House (Torres Vedras)
Salema Eco Camp Around the Eden (Faro)

Tourism in the Media
“Here between Us”, Centro Tourism
Between Vines
“Villages with History”, Jornal do Centro
T-Network
Village Faces

Young Entrepreneur
Afonso Magalhães
André Santos
Marco Daniel Marques Almeida
Nuno Miguel Silveiro Varela
Vitor Hugo Machado Adão

Destiny Revelation
Azores
Douro
Guard
Ílhavo
Mafra

Marks at the Table and Marks in the Bed
Book in Xisto
Cascais Food Lab
Presidential Train
Reutilbox
Wissi

Professional of the Year
Daniel Gomes
Francisco Siopa
Hugo Araújo
José Santos
Sandra Teixeira