The legacy of French cuisine is being honored at a major gastronomy festival in San Sebastian, Spain this week, where some of the top chefs from France have been invited to represent the past, present and future of their country’s culinary heritage.
As Hilario Arbelaitz said at this years San Sebastian Gastronomika Festival “Basque Cuisine has changed with the influence of French Cuisine. France is an example to all of us!”
This food and wine congress , on the 30th of September at Hotel Me in Barcelona, is the first international congress on the harmony and interaction between wine and cuisine and the complementary nature of both on gastronomic menus.
Catalonia and the Catalan Pyrenees in Spain are a perfect place for raising livestock. Cows, sheep and goats are raised here to produce Spanish cheeses that are very much considered to be a delicacy throughout Spain and are now slowly becoming more recognized in the United States, United Kingdom and all over Europe.
I was in Barcelona recently and amongst other things during a very busy day had the fortune to meet two of our clients after their Gourmand Breaks Secret Barcelona Tour. Gwenn Weiss and her husband Phil are ardent cooks and Gwenn has a nowadays internationally respected website, www.cookinginpajamas.com
It seems the magnificent legend of Restaurant Celler de Can Roca in Spain has no boundaries!
We are thrilled to confirm that Spanish restaurant Celler de Can Roca, our own very precious Girona based Michelin 3* restaurant, has been confirmed, yet again, as No: 2 Restaurant in the World, at the much-anticipated World’s 50 Best Restaurants Awards 2012, which was held tonight, Monday 30th April at the historic Guildhall in the City of London, in the company of the world’s finest chefs, international media and the world’s most influential restaurateurs.
Madridfusion, the highly influential three-day gastronomic conference,brings together elite chefs and experts in the culinary field to discuss avant-garde trends, the evolution of tastes and new Spanish food habits.
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Barcelona was chosen to celebrate the presentation party of the new Spain Michelin Guide 2012, which took place last night at the Palace in all its splendor. Read more
The Spanish makers of extra virgin olive oil, Castillo de Canena, based in Canena (Jaén, Andalucia), have received yet another award, one more to add to the many they have received over recent years. This one is just about the most prestigious yet!
In the 2012 edition of the Flos Olei, the definitive Italian olive oil Guide headed up by Marco Oreggia, Castillo de Canena receives an amazing 97 points out of a possible 100 – the highest number of points given to any of the 1000 olive oils reviewed. Flos Olei, considered the olive oil equivalent of Robert Parker’s guide to the world of wine, had already awarded the Jaén based olive oil 96 points in its 2011 edition.
Marco Oreggia’s well known guide to the world’s best extra virgin olive oils has a very strict evaluation process, which is based on detailed tastings of olive oils produced in as many as 20 different countries.
If you fancy learning more about Spanish olive oil and only have a day to spare then our Taste of Catalonia Gourmet Day Tours can be personally customized to include visits to some of Catalonia´s top olive oil producers to sample some of the best olive oils in Spain!
How many people we wonder would love to cook like famed Spanish Chef Ferran Adria, but really wouldn’t dare. Now comes your opportunity with a new Cookery Book just published, The Family Meal: Home Cooking with Ferran Adria. Read more
Various individuals from the wine and hospitality sectors including Ferran Centelles of El Bulli and Josep Roca of El Celler de Can Roca will give talks on “wine production and enjoyment as part of the culinary experience” at the international culinary congress, San Sebastián Gastronomika 2011 – commencing Monday, 21 November. Read more