Manolo Chinea appears in the awards register of the Santa Cruz de Tenerife Carnival with credits for design: 26 awards between 1986 and 2011, 12 of them first prizes.
Their award-winning work spans 6 categories, above all Rondallas and lyrical groups (10), Children's Queens (9), Senior Queens (3), Carnival Queens (2) and Musical groups (1).
Senior Queens: 1 winner wearing their designs, including Dora Trujillo de la Peña (1997, «Esplendor»).
Children's Queens: 2 winners wearing their designs, including Davinia María Marichal Suárez (1994, «El hada del país de los duendes») and Raquel González Yanes (1992, «En el país de las máscaras»).
The groups they have won awards with include Unión Artística El Cabo (9 awards), Masa Coral Tinerfeña (1 award), Teiderife (1 award) and Los Tabajaras (1 award).
Some of their first-prize creations: «Nostalgia del Viejo Carnaval» (Unión Artística El Cabo, 2004), «Su majestad el Carnaval» (Unión Artística El Cabo, 1995), «Invierno imperial» (Unión Artística El Cabo, 1994) and «Capricho del renacimiento» (Unión Artística El Cabo, 1992).
Their most successful year was 1994, with 3 awards.