The 2025 edition of the Medcook Challenge, an initiative of NOVA Medical School and Diaverum Portugal, is now known.
The five best proposals have been published on NOVA Medical School's YouTube channel. Voting was split between the public (20%) and a specialized jury (80%), and the winners are now known:
1st place: MIM1;
2nd place: LCN6;
3rd place: LCN5;
4th place: LCN4;
5th place: LCN2.
Congratulations to all the winners!
This competition challenged students to submit three recipes - a starter, a main course (meat, fish, vegetarian or vegan) and a dessert - with a detailed description of the ingredients, capitations, method of preparation and nutritional calculation. The average cost per meal should be around €5 per person.
The recipes must be suitable for people with kidney disease on hemodialysis, respecting specific nutritional criteria.
PRIZES
1st place: €210 WORTEN voucher
2nd place: €150 WORTEN voucher
3rd place: €120 WORTEN voucher
Sogenave Prize: Basket of food products worth €125 to be given to an IPSS chosen by the winning group.
The other groups whose proposals are selected for cooking will receive an honorable mention.
Find out more about the regulations and all the details of this challenge on this page.