19/09/2026
World Paella Day is this Sunday in Valencia 🥘 Free to watch, €6 to eat.
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Paella is from Valencia — born in the rice fields of the Albufera, twenty minutes south of the city. So the world championship happens here, on La Marina, every 20 September.
Twelve chefs from twelve countries cook at the same time, in front of you, competing for the best paella made outside Spain. Finalists from 10:00, winner announced around 14:00, giant screen so you actually see the pans. Portions are €6. After the prizes there's live music and DJ sets by the sea.
Two things worth knowing before you go. The original paella valenciana is chicken, rabbit, beans and rice — no seafood, no chorizo. And the best part is the socarrat, the toasted crust stuck to the bottom of the pan. If nobody scrapes it, you're with the wrong people.
📍 Plaça del Aigua, next to Tinglado 2, La Marina de València — the marina, not the beach
🚇 Metro L6 / L8 · bus 4, 30, 95
🗓️ Sunday 20 September, from 10:00
Why the 20th? It's when the rice harvest starts. The date follows the fields 🌾