For the second time, he was invited to participate in "Madrid Fusión" the largest cuisine congress worldwide.
He was elected "Chef of the Year - 2010" by the magazine WINE -
A Essência do Vinho.
He was awarded the Silver Medal of Merit for Tourism by the
Portuguese government.
Was elected "Personality of the Year 2009 in Gastronomy" by the
magazine WINE - A Essência do Vinho.
By invitation of Tourism of Portugal, he participated in Fitur
2010, the International Tourism Fair of Madrid, in which he carried
out two presentations of food design.
Was one of the Portuguese chefs invited to the Montreal High Lights
Festival.
The Guide Boa Cama Boa Mesa from the newspaper Jornal Expresso,
awarded Tavares the Platinum Fork, the most praised award
granted by this guide.
By invitation of AEP - Portuguese Business Association, he
participated in Moscow Market Week, held in Moscow, where he made a
presentation on Portuguese gastronomy and products in this
event.
By invitation of Tourism of Portugal and the Portuguese Gastronomy
Association he participated in the presentation of the program
Taste Portugal, to strengthen Portugal has a premium gastronomic
travel destination.
He participated in the Meeting Held by His Excellency the President
of the Republic with Young Portuguese Chefs, which was held in the
Presidency of the Republic, and was one of the five chefs invited
to address the audience.
He was awarded the prize "Chef of the Year" by the Portuguese
Academy of Gastronomy.
Tavares was awarded the prize "Best Restaurant of the Year 2008",
by the magazine Revista de Vinhos.
He participated in "Madrid Fusión", the largest and with the most
extensive media coverage cuisine congress worldwide. He was the
first Portuguese chef invited to participate in this event.
He joined the Portuguese team that participated in "Millésime
Madrid", a meeting of superior gastronomic value with all the
Spanish top Chefs working together. In this event he was the only
Portuguese chef invited to work side by side with the restricted
group of the Maestros Millésime, formed by Spanish top chefs.
He was designated one of the 100 Contemporary Chefs by Ferran
Adrià, in the book COCO, published by Phaidon.
Tavares was awarded a Michelin star.
He was nominated "Chef of the Year" by Mesa Marcada, the
prestigious gastronomy blog, and Tavares was nominated "Restaurant
of the Year", by the same blog.
He was awarded the prize "Chef D'Avenir" by the International Academy of Gastronomy.