The 2011 edition
- Date: 23 Jan 2011
- Location: Valls (Tarragona)
A morning between sauce, grills and popular culture
The programme spread activities across Plaça del Blat, Plaça de l'Oli and El Pati: grower and sauce competitions, cooking demonstrations and sardana dancing accompanied by Cobla Ciutat de Reus. The parade left Passeig dels Caputxins and passed through the centre before the traditional figures gathered again.
The public tasting took place in Plaça de l'Oli and Plaça de la Zeta. Both Xiquets de Valls human-tower groups were announced at the eating contest, bringing the town's casteller tradition into the food festival.
Documentation: Original programme of the Gran Festa 2011, preserved in VilaWeb
Calsotada.com's own memory
The day before, January 22, this website published an invitation to the festival. The author explained that he would attend to enjoy it, although his 2011 production of calçots had already been sold for almost a month. It is a concrete testimony of the activity itself, which should not be interpreted as a general lack of calçots in Valls.
On January 24, a second entry appeared with a video of the celebration and a photograph. Both publications are preserved in the archive: the first reflects the excitement prior to the day; The second allows us to return to the look with which this website shared it later.
Documentation: Calsotada.com: The Great Calçotada de Valls 2011 · Calsotada.com: video of the Gran Festa de la Calçotada
The result preserved in the winners' archive
Adrià Wegrzyn won with 265 calçots and 3,560 grams. This record completes the programme and one's own memories with information about the competition. The weight and units are kept together to allow a faithful reading of the historical result.
Documentation: Organisation: historical record of the calçots eating contest
A look at the 2011 programme
Selection of documented activities from that edition.
Growers and sauce contests
Plaça del Blat
Cooking demonstrations
Plaça de l’Oli
Sardanas with the Cobla Ciutat de Reus
El Pati
Calçotada Parade
Departure from Passeig dels Caputxins
26th Calçots Eating Contest
El Pati
Popular tasting
Oli and Zeta squares
Awards ceremony
El Pati
2011 edition programme (PDF) ↗
Brochure of the organising committee preserved in VilaWeb.
Explore more of the festival
Learn about the calçots eating contest and check its record →
Check the next edition of 2027 and discover the calçotada restaurants from Valls and Alt Camp.
Sources and documentation
- Original programme of the Gran Festa 2011, preserved in VilaWeb ↗
- Calsotada.com: The Great Calçotada de Valls 2011 ↗
- Calsotada.com: video of the Gran Festa de la Calçotada ↗
- Organisation: historical record of the calçots eating contest ↗
Information reviewed on 22 October 2026.