The wait is over: as of this May 27, the voting for the Somos Awards 2026 is now open, the “El Comercio” gala that recognizes the protagonists of Peruvian gastronomy. As in previous editions, it will be the readers who will have the task of choosing their favorites through the digital platform enabled on our website.
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In this fourth edition, the awards will feature 37 main categories that seek to recognize everything from classic restaurants to new proposals. The public will be able to vote for their favorites in the different categories and, subsequently, the winners will be announced at a ceremony that will once again be held at the Pedro de Osma Museum, in the Barranco district.
The participation of readers continues to be one of the pillars of the contest. In the 2025 edition, more than 52 thousand people cast their votes, consolidating the Somos Awards as one of the main gastronomic recognition spaces driven by the audience.
This year will also maintain the participation of a special jury made up of specialized journalists, content creators, and other figures linked to the gastronomic sector. They will be responsible for evaluating specific categories, such as Best New Restaurant, as well as special recognitions like Female Chef of the Year, Male Chef of the Year, and the Career Award.
What’s new in 2026
Among the novelties of this edition is the return of the best huarique category. Likewise, the recognition for the best Korean restaurant is incorporated, and the award for the best specialty coffee shop in Peru is added. The category for the best Peruvian restaurant abroad is also presented, aimed at highlighting proposals that spread national cuisine outside the country.
The Somos Awards 2026 will also introduce changes in the way gastronomic content creators are recognized. From this edition onwards, there will be two differentiated categories: one focused on those who share gastronomic recommendations and discoveries, and another aimed at those who generate educational content through recipes. In addition, categories such as best rotisserie chicken and best chifa will expand their list of nominees to 15 options.
How and where to vote?
The winners of the 37 categories of the Somos Awards will be determined by popular vote. You can choose your favorites by entering this link. Voting will be open from Wednesday, May 27, 2026. Also, it will not be necessary to be a subscriber of El Comercio to participate nor to mark all categories for the vote to be considered valid.
Complete list of nominees
These are the nominees in the 37 categories of the Somos Awards 2026:
- Best bakery
Delifrance
El Pan de la Chola
La Mansión del Pan
La Negra
La P’tite France
La Panadería del Country
La Panetteria
Masa Salvaje
Oh-Jalá
Pan Atelier
Panadería Carmelitas
Panadería Cultivo
Panea
Rovegno
Talltu
- Best pastry shop
Alanya
De Astrid
Fausta
María Almenara
Mariáte
Napoléon Haute Pâtisserie
Pregón de las Once
Sienna Bakery
The Gay Baker
Yogashi Patisserie
- Best coffee shop
Amarena
Demo
Entre Migas
Intro Café Bar
La Caffetteria di Lonato
La Cristina
Lila Dasso
Lucio Caffè
Pan Sal Aire
San Antonio
- Best specialty coffee shop in Peru
Artidoro Rodríguez Café (Lima)
Ciclos Café (Lima)
Cofaine (Lima)
D’Sala Caffè (Lima)
Elevaria Café & Tostaduría (Trujillo)
Florencia y Fortunata (Cusco)
Kafi Wasi (Arequipa)
Mama Quilla – Tostaduría (Pachacamac, Lima)
Masamama (Arequipa)
Monótono Coffee (Lima)
Neira Café Lab (Lima)
Origen Tostadores de Café (Lima)
Puku Puku (Lima, Cusco, Arequipa)
Punto Café (Lima)
Three Monkeys Coffee (Cusco)
- Best pizzas
Amarcord
Calavera Pizzería
Flama
Indio Pizza
La Linterna
Masa Sobre Mesa
Partenope L’Autentica Pizza
Rossa Pizza Appassionata
Triciclo Obrador
Vecino Pizzas
- Best hamburgers
Big Boy
Boycott
Burgerboy
Café A Bistro
Fogo
Juicy Lucy
La Recontra
Mad Burger
Papacho’s
Señor Honey Burgers
- Best sandwiches
Asados Héctor
Barba Negra
El Chinito
La Lucha
La Preferida
Los Clásicos Sanguchería
Mercattino
Pandilla
Sanguchón Campesino
Zimmermann
- Best healthy food space
Bloom Café
El Imperio Fit
Em Vegan Sweets
Essentia Café
Food & Fit
La Nevera Fit
La Sanahoria
Limaná
Raw Café
Rosa Pastel
- Best hotel restaurant in Lima
El Comedor (Hotel B)
Insumo (AC Hotel Lima)
Isidro Bistró Limeño (Hyatt)
Kimo (Iberostar)
La Locanda (Swissôtel)
La Vista (JW Marriott)
Maras (Westin)
Perroquet Restaurant (Country Club Lima Hotel)
Plural (Hotel Pullman)
Tragaluz (Belmond Miraflores Park)
- Best countryside restaurant
Chaxras Eco Restaurante (Pachacamac)
Don Torcuato Restaurante (Pachacamac)
El Rancho de Robertín (Huaral)
Hacienda Las Leñas (Pachacamac)
La Gloria del Campo (Pachacamac)
La Granja Azul (Santa Clara)
La Hacienda Monterrico (La Molina)
Las Dalias Huaral (Huaral)
Sarcay Restaurante (Azpitia)
Warmy de Pepe y Laura Restaurante Huaral (Huaral)
- Best ice cream shop
Anacapri Gelateria Artigianale
Antica Gelateria del Corso
Blu: il gelato del barrio
Cafeladería 4D
Cremeria Toscana Perú
Gelateria di Troppo
Heladería Speciale
Helado de Lima
Kōun
La Fiorentina Gelateria
- Best Peruvian restaurant abroad
Amazo (Sao Paulo, Brazil)
Bolichera 21 (Mexico City, Mexico)
Callao (The Hague, Netherlands)
Causa / Amazonia (Washington D.C., United States)
CVI.CHE 105 (Miami, United States)
Jarana (New Jersey, United States)
Karai by Mitsuharu (Santiago de Chile, Chile)
La Mar (Miami, United States)
Lima London (London, United Kingdom)
Llama Inn (New York, United States)
Maz (Tokyo, Japan)
Piedra (Bogotá, Colombia)
Quispe (Madrid, Spain)
Tigre Morado (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
Yakumanka by Gastón Acurio (Barcelona, Spain)
- Best regional food restaurant in Lima
Alegría Picantería Piurana
Don Fernando
El Aguajal
El Rocoto
El Tarwi
Fiesta Restaurant Gourmet
Huambra
La Estrellita del Sur
Pueblo Viejo Tradición Chiclayana
Restaurante Huancahuasi
- Best restaurant in the Amazon region
Blanquita (Iquitos)
Bosque Guardián Lodge (Tarapoto)
El Batán del Tayta (Chachapoyas)
El Encanto de la Selva (Tingo María)
Ikíitu (Iquitos)
Kotomono 647 (Tingo María)
La Patarashca (Tarapoto)
El Tuyuyo (Pucallpa)
La Collpa (Tarapoto)
La Olla de Barro (Moyobamba)
- Best restaurant in Ica
Chalana
El Batán
El Cordon y la rosa
El Intipalka
Inti-Mar Paracas
La Estación
La Olla de Juanita
Lagunilla
Tambo de Tacama
Vaivén
- Best restaurant in Lambayeque
900 Café Bar
Chifa China
Don Humberto
El Cántaro Restaurante Turístico
El Cerezo – Cocina Lambayecana
El Rincón del Pato
Fiesta Restaurante Gourmet Chiclayo
La Picantería del Mar
Picantería El Fantástico
Restaurant El Velero
- Best restaurant in Arequipa
13 Monjas
Chicha
Cirqa
Grieta
Kao
La Benita de los Claustros
La Nueva Palomino
Laurita Cau Cau
Los Guisos Arequipeños
Los Leños Picantería
- Best restaurant in Cusco
ALQA – The Museum Restaurant
Chicha
Cicciolina Restaurant
Cusqueñísima Picantería
El Huerto Restaurant
La Cusqueñita Tradicional Pikantería
Las Manos Cocina de Culto
Mauka
Mil
Oqre
- Best cooking school or faculty
Culinary Career at Fundación Pachacútec
Tourism Training Center (CENFOTUR) – Peruvian and International Gastronomy
Faculty of Hotel Administration, Tourism and Gastronomy at USIL
Faculty of Gastronomy, Hospitality and Tourism PUCP
Institute of Gastronomy and Culinary Management (INTECI)
Gastronomic Institute D’Gallia
SISE Institute – Gastronomy
Le Cordon Bleu Peru
San Martín de Porres University (USMP) – Haute Cuisine and Gastronomy
Peruvian University of Applied Sciences (UPC) – Gastronomy and Culinary Management Career
- Best bar
Bijou Bar (John Rojas)
Booze Bar (Gerson Arteaga)
El Bar Inglés del Country (Luiggy Arteaga)
Kero Lounge by Osaka (Jean Carlo Cárdenas)
Lady Bee (Alonso Palomino, Gabriela León and Alejandra León)
María Mezcal (Aaron Díaz)
Muna Craft Bar (Manuel Cigarróstegui)
Olé Bar (Otimio Cubas)
Sastrería Martínez (Diego Macedo)
Velvet (Joel Chirinos)
- Best seafood restaurant
Almacén Cevichería
Barra Chalaca
El Mercado
La Capitana
La Mar
La Picantería
La Rosa Náutica
Navegante
Pescados Capitales
Piedra
- Best Italian food restaurant
Anima e Cuore
La Cantina de Epicuro
Osteria Convivium
Papagiani
Pasta
Restaurante Sàlve Luigi
Rocco
Symposium
Troppo
Vincenzo Ristorante
- Best tavern
Antigua Taberna Queirolo
Bruto
Cumpa Taberna Criolla
El Bodegón
Ignacio Taberna Criolla
Isolina Taberna Criolla
Juanito de Barranco
La Botica Taberna
La Perlita
Victoriano
- Best Nikkei restaurant
Costanera 700
Edo
Gaijin
Matsuei
Omatsu
Osaka
Ototo
Sala Omakase
Shizen
Tomo
- Best contemporary cuisine restaurant
Awicha
Clon
Contraste
Cosme
Menú
Picnic
Quipas
Siete
Verbena
Xoma
- Best world cuisines restaurant
52MX (Mexico)
Banh Mi (Southeast Asia)
Dhaasu (India)
Donde Felipe (Spain)
El Budare Restaurante (Venezuela)
Ezzem (Middle East)
Le Coq (France)
Ozu (Pan-Asian)
Viet (Vietnam)
Zerrano (Spain)
- Best Creole food restaurant
Candelo Comida Popular
Chicho
El Bolivariano
El Huarique de los Cuchitos
El Rincón que no Conoces
El Señorío de Sulco
Huaca Pucllana Restaurante
Jolgorio Comedor Criollo
La Nacional
Panchita
- Best rotisserie chicken
Don Melchor
Don Tito
Gran Parrillada Timbó
Hilton
Kendall Brasa
Kumar y sus polluelos
La Leña
Las Canastas
Mediterráneo
Pardos Chicken
Pollizos
Primos Chicken Bar
Tinajas Chicken & Grill
Tori Polleria
Villa Chicken
- Best chifa
Chifa Internacional
Chifa Mi Amigo
Chung Tong
Four Seas
Hakka
Hou Wha
Kion
Lung Fung
Madam Tusan
Master Kong
O-MEI
Shi-Nuá
Song Restaurante
Titi
Wong King
- Best meat restaurant
Baco y Vaca
Carnal
El Charrúa
El Hornero
Fauna
La Carnicería de Tito
La Carreta
La Cuadra de Salvador
Osso
Sapiens
- Best rooftop
27 Tapas
Amador
Ambra Rooftop Bar
Atmósfera Rooftop
Celeste Solar Bar
Nau Nikkei Rooftop
Palais Rooftop
Rooftop 128
Terraza Lima Club
Vista Corona
- Best huarique
Al Toke Pez
Café Tostado
Canta Rana
Chanfainita de la tía Ceci
Chicharronería Jano Loo
El Palacio del Sancochado
El Rey de las Papas
Huerta Chinén
La Casa de Sa Xian
Lo+o
- Best Korean restaurant
Arirang
Biwon Bistro
Casa Corea
Conamu
Gangnam Oppa
Han Kook Kwan
Kangnam Style Chicken
Nang Man
Nodaji
Seoul Garden – The Original
- Best gastronomic content creator (recommendations)
Ariana Bolo Arce (@arianaboloarce)
Cayetana Carrillo (@elzapallo.pe)
Diego Santos and Dani Domlop (@antojaddos)
Diego Ubierna (@orgastrotv)
Gabriel Mena (@elcholomenavb)
José Carlos Fuentes and Rocío Carrasco (@gulaentredos)
Kevin Cornejo and Lorena R. Madge (@los.buenos.points)
Luis López (@mirecetamagica)
Manu Rivera (@manuriverarios)
Valeria Freire and Alonso del Castillo (@the.foodie_club)
- Best gastronomic content creator (recipes)
Abel Cancho (@abelcaa)
Alexander Quesquén, Elías Valdez and Alfredo Mora (@acomer.pe)
Juan Víctor Sicha Quispe (@juansichaquispe)
Julio César Ayca (@explorandosaborespe)
Khabir Tello (@khabir.tello)
Miguel Lozano and Francisco “Pancho” Flores (@wariqueando)
Pierre Suqueyama (@pisu.cocina)
Rocío Oyanguren (@yomadrero)
Rodrigo Fernandini (@rodrigofernandini)
Waldir Maqque (@waldir.maqque)
- Best gastronomy program (digital or television)
ALC News (Jimena Agois)
Así de simple (Sandra Plevisani, María Plevisani and Mari Calixtro)
Bareando (André Gallet)
Bruto TV (Arlette Eulert)
Cocinando Historias (Javier Ampuero)
Con sabor a Perú (Israel Laura)
Majo con Sabor (María José Vigil)
Nuestro mar, nuestra cocina (Luis Cordero)
Studio Cocina (Gabriel Calvo)
Viaja y Prueba (Luciano Mazzetti)
- Favorite restaurant of the El Comercio Club
Al Asador
Baco y Vaca
Don Rosalino
Edo Sushi Bar
El Bolivariano
Embarcadero 41
José Antonio
La Baguette
La Cuadra de Salvador
Lala Restaurante
Mó Café
Restaurante Royal
Santo Pez
Segundo Muelle
Yunta
Since its creation in 2023, the Somos Awards replicate the mass voting model implemented two decades ago by the Luces Awards. The nominees represent the most outstanding works of the last year. In 2025, the contest was also recognized by WAN-IFRA as the best audience engagement project in the world, after a campaign that recorded a 271% increase in traffic to the voting page, more than 51 thousand new registrations, and a 200% increase in the reading time of related content.
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