The world championship is played in dad's house: Argentina hosts its first international competition to find the best steaks

If there is a product that Argentina is recognized for internationally, it is its beef, which now has the chance to earn a new recognition. In the coming weeks, the first World Beef Championship (CMDC) will be held here, an event that aims to award the best Angus Beef Steak and the best Eye of Beef in the world, and in which there are already more than 100 participants from countries such as Uruguay, Brazil, Spain, Ireland, and Chile, in addition to, of course, local producers who aspire to become champions. Behind the organization of this event—which will take place on October 30 at the Central restaurant in La Rural—is the veterinarian, cattle breeder, and former president of Senasa, Luis Barcos, who, along with AmeriCarne and the company Messe Frankfurt, seeks to bring to fruition an idea that germinated in him almost 10 years ago. “This emerged as a project in 2017. When I designed and registered the intellectual property of the ‘Beef Sommelier School,’ I also did so for this ...