Editing Paella (section)

== In popular culture ==
[[File:Un granito por Haiti.jpg|thumb|Giant ''paella'' being served]]

=== Competitions and records ===

It has become a custom at mass gatherings in the [[Valencian Community|Valencia region]] (festivals, political campaigns, protests, etc.) to prepare enormous paellas, sometimes to win a place in the ''[[Guinness World Records]]'' book. Chefs use gargantuan ''paelleras'' for these events.

[[Valencia]] restaurateur Juan Galbis claims to have made the world's largest ''paella'' with help from a team of workers on 2 October 2001. This ''paella'' fed about 110,000 people, according to Galbis' former website.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.paellagigante.com/|title=Paellas gigantes – Catering y paellas para eventos – Comidas gigantes|work=Paellas Gigantes}}</ref> Galbis says this ''paella'' was even larger than his earlier world-record ''paella'' made on 8 March 1992, which fed about 100,000 people. Galbis' record-breaking 1992 ''paella'' is listed in ''Guinness World Records''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2007/10/071030.aspx |title=Galbis's 1992 record listed on the Guinness website |publisher=Guinnessworldrecords.com |access-date=19 February 2010}}</ref>

=== Alternative ingredients ===
Some non-Spanish chefs include [[chorizo]] in their paellas and other ingredients, which Valencians believe do not belong in ''paella'' of any type. The alternative name proposed for these dishes, although pejorative, is {{lang|es|arroz con cosas}} ('rice with things'). Famous cases are [[Jamie Oliver]]'s ''paella'' recipe (which included chorizo)<ref>Oliver, Jamie. (16 September 2015) [http://www.jamieoliver.com/recipes/rice-recipes/chicken-chorizo-paella/ Chicken & chorizo paella | Rice Recipes]. Jamie Oliver. Retrieved on 2016-10-05.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-37555389|title=Jamie Oliver's paella recipe is panned online|website=[[BBC News]]|publisher=[[BBC]]|date=30 October 2014|access-date=5 January 2016}}</ref> and [[Gordon Ramsay]]'s.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Vega|first1=Ana|title=Chefs que destrozan la comida española|url=http://elcomidista.elpais.com/elcomidista/2016/02/26/articulo/1456475765_337785.html|access-date=5 October 2016|work=[[El País]]|issue=El Comidista|date=2 March 2016|language=es}}</ref> The author [[Josep Pla]] once noted: "The abuses committed in the name of Paella Valenciana are excessive – an absolute scandal."<ref>{{cite book|author=Josep Pla|title=Catalan Cuisine, Revised Edition: Vivid Flavors From Spain's Mediterranean Coast}}</ref>

However, in an article for ''[[El País]]'', Spanish food writer Ana Vega 'Biscayenne', citing historical references, showed that traditional Valencian paella did indeed include chorizo, exclaiming, "Ah Jamie, we'll have to invite you to the [[Falles]]."<ref>{{cite news|last1=Vega|first1=Ana|title=La paella sí llevaba chorizo|url=https://elcomidista.elpais.com/elcomidista/2016/10/13/articulo/1476372723_268242.html|access-date=13 June 2018|work=[[El País]]|issue=El Comidista|date=14 October 2016|language=es}}</ref>

===Emoji===
[[File:Noto Emoji Pie 1f958.svg|thumb|Paella is often used to depict the "shallow pan of food" emoji.]]

In 2015, an [[emoji]] for ''paella'' was proposed to [[Unicode]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2015/15055-paella-emoji.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150320023305/http://www.unicode.org/L2/L2015/15055-paella-emoji.pdf |archive-date=2015-03-20 |url-status=live|title=ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 2/WG 2 PROPOSAL SUMMARY FORM TO ACCOMPANY SUBMISSIONS FOR ADDITIONS TO THE REPERTOIRE OF ISO/IEC 10646 1|last=Gonzalez Capella|first=Antonio|date=1 February 2015|work=[[Unicode]]|access-date=10 March 2017}}</ref> The [[emoji]] was approved for Unicode 9.0 as {{code|U+1F958 "SHALLOW PAN OF FOOD"}} in June 2016. [[Apple Inc.]]'s version of the emoji originally depicted Paella de marisco, but was later changed to a more traditional appearance with chicken after online controversy.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Thompson |first=Rachel |date=2017-04-12 |title=Apple has just made a major change to the paella emoji |url=https://mashable.com/article/paella-emoji-update-authentic |access-date=2023-11-03 |website=Mashable |language=en}}</ref>