The second edition of the Entrecôte d’Or competition in Évron (Mayenne) as part of the meat festival saw the participation of fifteen professionals. Ten butchers and five restaurateurs from the province of Maine (departments of Mayenne and Sarthe).
Fifteen entrecôtes to decide
The competition aims to highlight meat professionals who select a rib steak from their suppliers, which the jury, made up of butchers, chevillards, restaurateurs, etc., examines point by point: “Raw entrecote first (its general appearance, the fat and grain of the meat), then cooked (tenderness and flavor and olfactory and taste perceptions). The best of the raw, one could say, and not easy to tell the difference”, assures Jean-Yves Renard president.
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The public came in large numbers during the jury’s performance from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. this Sunday, 1is September 2024, curious, asking many questions, and delighted to taste the pieces following the classification of each of the fifteen entrecôtes in competition.
Two rankings
Aurélie, from Saint-Brice-en-Coglès (Ille-et-Vilaine) comments: “My husband is on the jury, president of Garçons Bouchers with 19,000 likes on Facebook. He represents the profession here.” In the audience, the comments were going well: “They look nice with fat on the edges. For cooking, no more than three minutes on each side, back and forth. They seem to like it. I wish I was sitting next to them. I thought they would be thicker.”
Ranking of restaurateurs: The Bastide d’Elva, Changé; The Croix-Verte, Neau; The Railway, Laval; The Perrier du Bignon and La Place, Laval.
Butchers ranking: The Fine Mouth Kevin Trahay, Evron; butcher’s shop Lelièvre, Montsûrs; Marault 8 to 8, Martigné-sur-Mayenne; butcher’s shop Maignan, Laval; butcher’s shop Eric Boisramé, Château-Gontier; butcher’s shop Durand Fresnay-sur-Sarthe (Sarthe), the Art of Meat, Mayenne; butcher’s shop delicatessen Boul Malicorne (Sarthe); Butcher’s shop caterer David Rivière, Laval; butcher’s shop Hervé, Le Genest Saint-Isle.
