The Netherlands Gramona Amuse Competition 2026
Wijnimport J.Bart and Gramona invite you to take part in the 7th Amuse Contest Netherlands. The competition evolves around creating an Amuse and perfectly pairing it with this year’s Amuse wine Gramona ‘Imperial’ Corpinnat Brut 2019.
Our renowned jury is going to decide on the winner teams.
Your task in 2026:
This year’s theme revolves around “The natural balance of local flora and fauna”.
Chefs have been looking increasingly and are proud of local produce. This can be local vegetables, fish or meats.
We invite you to play with the idea of this natural balance to create your Amuse Bouche and pair it with the 2019 Gramona ‘Imperial’ Corpinnat Brut.
With one extra rule to play with: Maximum one hot ingredient!
So now it is your turn:
Chefs, sommeliers and professionals: This is your chance, sign up as a team and convince our jury of your Amuse.
PARTICIPATION
1.- Register until the 21st of September for the 7th Amuse Contest Netherlands.
Chef and wine enthusiast can only register as a team.
Only one registration per company (restaurant, hotel, caterer) will be accepted.
The company must be in Netherlands.
Applications from individuals or freelancers are not accepted.
Choose if you would like to take part in the online voting.
2.- Receive a bottle of Gramona Imperial and a Gabriel StandArt Glas to create the perfect Amuse.
You are going to receive an e-mail with all the information for the picture and description.
3.- Send us a high-res-photo, a five-sentence description and the recipe of your Amuse the 4th of October 2026. You will receive an email from us how to do this!
Tell the jury about the ingredients you used, how you prepared your Amuse and the ingredients you used.
The presentation (plates, glassware, cutlery) can be chosen freely.
If we do not receive photos or descriptions of your Amuse, the bottle received will be billed to the restaurant.
Please do not send in starters or main dishes. Only Amuse will be accepted.
All Amuse will be presented to the jury. Seven teams will qualify for the finale on the basis of their submitted photos, description and recipe.
If you decide to take part in the online voting, your Amuse are going to be published on this website anonymously. That means, the earlier you submit, the higher your chances are to gain points in the online voting. The public voting will be online from the 6th until the 15th of October. The online voting’s winner will move straight on to this year’s finale.
The 8 finalists are being announced on the 16th of October.
GRAND FINAL
The finale takes place on the 9th of November at the Bilderberg Grand Hotel Wientjes, Zwolle.
The 8 finalists prepare and present their Amuse and Gramona Imperial live on site to the jury.
The jury ratest he Amuse regarding taste, texture, presentation, originality and pairing.
The winning teams are announced on the day.
Don’t hesitate to get in touch!
WIJNIMPORT J. BART
https://www.wijnimportbart.nl/
E-mail: pr@wijnimportbart.nl
tel. 0299 689 114