The 8th Tournament Gold Grand Prix is "Namie Yakimen Taikoku"! (Exhibitor: B-1 Grand Prix in Toyokawa)
This event is about trying to revitalize the town with local gourmet food. Each Grand Prix is decided by the weight of "disposable chopsticks" voted by the visitors. This time, 64 groups from all over the country exhibited, and a total of 581,000 people visited in two days.
Namie Yakimen Taikoku, who won the Gold Grand Prix, ranked 4th for the second consecutive year, last time and two times before. This time, he won 31,242g (8.54oz) of disposable chopsticks, and for the first time, he was in the top 3 and won the championship.
The following Silver Grand Prix was won by Aomori Prefecture "Towada Rose Grill Seminar" (30,375g (13.23oz)), and the Bronze Grand Prix was won by Chiba Prefecture "Hot Blood !! Katsuura Tantanmen Fleet" (26,785g (27.69oz)). In addition, the "Kuji Mamebu Room," which provided the well-known "Mamebu Juice" from NHK's morning drama "Ama-chan," was selected as the 5th place.
Towada rose grilled (left), Katsuura Tantanmen (right) (Exhibitor: B-1 Grand Prix in Toyokawa)
The 4th to 10th places are as follows.
4th place: Imabari Yakibuta Tamago Rice World Promotion Committee (Ehime Prefecture)
5th place: Kuji Mamebu Room (Iwate Prefecture)
6th place: Misaki Tuna Rahmens (Kanagawa Prefecture)
7th place: Izumo Zenzai Society (Shimane Prefecture)
8th place: Takahama Chicken Rice Society (Aichi Prefecture)
9th place: Tagawa Hormone Eating Rakuho (Fukuoka Prefecture)
10th place: Yokkaichi Tonteki Association (Mie Prefecture)
