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For four decades, the food contest par excellence of our country has been betting on the product, gastronomy and internationalization.
We are less than a week away from the beginning of the fourteenth edition of the International Food and Beverages Exhibition, known as Alimentaria.
It will be the next few days, from April 25 to 28, when around the Gran Vía de la Fira de Barcelona venue, the best and largest gastronomic bet of recent years will be concentrated to pay a clear tribute to food, companies and of course, to the people who make daily eating possible.
The number of invited international buyers has grown and with it the international image of the Fair, which continues to bet on innovation in the field of food and beverage consumption trends.
Importers and distribution operators and the Horeca channel from all over the world will meet at business meetings, such as the new Intervene Business Meetings. where the wine sector will bring together 180 key players in the international purchasing activity from Europe, Canada, Mexico, the United States, Colombia, South Korea, China, Japan and Southeast Asian countries to establish commercial ties for Spanish wines.
The most outstanding and the latest news from the different wineries and denominations of origin in the country will present and offer their products in a clear commitment to the internationalization of one of our best ambassadors abroad.
The new exhibition areas of the Food Fair
Along with the now traditional exhibition spaces of reference of the Hall, such as Intervin, Intercarn, Interlact and Restaurama, a new space for food trends and special products is presented, which comes under the name of Multiple Foods.
Within its space we can find a wide universe of products and references of current gastronomy such as the most varied showcase of canned, smoked, or pre-cooked food in Expoconser, los International Pavilions, o los de Lands of Spain, Healthy Foods y Fine Foods.
All of them will share experiences with the most prestigious royalty of EVOO, in the Olive Oil Bar, where a hundred liquid gold brands from Spain will be the protagonists of the show, along with those recently awarded in the World’s Best Olive Oils 2015 in New York and the eight winners in the Jaén Selección contest.
In accompaniment to the great economic boost that winemaking activity supposes, during the four days of the Fair, it will be held Think of wines, where you will be able to attend one of the ten master tastings, led by experts and professionals from the world of Wine such as the critic Luís Gutiérrez for Robert Parker The Wine Advocate, the founder and director of the Peñín de los Vinos de España Guide, José Peñín, or the critics Juancho Asenjo and Víctor de la Serna.
The expository action of Restaurama, will be increased with the new inclusion of specific spaces for drinks and frozen food with the new rooms for Expobebidas and at Congelexpo.
A Gastronomic Universe full of Experiences
On this 40th birthday, Alimentaria becomes much more gastronomic, and an innovative program full of creativity will be developed, in clear honor of the rise of national catering, from the avant-garde and tradition level.
Alimentaria Experience, the gastronomic space of the fair, and in it we will see the best Showcookings and Master Classes, where prestigious chefs and cooks from the current scene will delight us with their magic, and in turn, it will be an excellent showcase for new chefs who want to assert their skills and talent, and as usual at the Fair, it will take out the end of Cook of the Year Contest, in which eight promises of Spanish cuisine compete.
The sessions will be accompanied by Joan Roca, Mario Sandoval, Ángel León, Ricard Camarena, Rubén Trincado, Eduard Xatruch, Oriol Castro, Diego Guerrero, Roberto Ruiz, Andrea Tumbarello, Ricardo Sanz, Atul Kochhar, Mauro Colagreco (France) and Virgilio Martínez, along with the outstanding ladies of the kitchen Ana Merino, Beatriz Sotelo, Celia Jiménez or Yolanda León,
The new spaces that this new edition presents The Alimentaria Experience, are a clear commitment to restoration and new trends. There will be an area dedicated to the diversity of the conglomerate offered by national tourist destinations, in line with the products of origin, where quality, culinary heritage, culture and territory portray part of our DNA, showing the excellent work of the Autonomous Communities in the plane of the EnoGastronómico tourism.
In parallel Cocktail & Spirits It will take us into the exciting world of spirits with an exhibition of products and above all a spectacular staging at the demonstration bar with the experts Matías Saril, Mario Ubieto, Iván García, Daniele dalla Pola, Javier Caballero and Pepe Orts.
In order not to neglect the latest trends, this edition could not miss the best representatives of street food, the Food trucks. They will park their caravan in the surroundings of the different exhibition spaces, to offer the visitor their exquisite, as well as varied, gastronomic offer of Street food.
A Hub full of News
In turn, the Brokerage Event It will be the place for networking and commercial agreements, where technology takes on special relevance, not in vain every time food and technological progress go hand in hand, in production and R & D & i processes.
The latest trends and innovation have their place with the presentation of 300 products during the 4 days of the Event, and within the collaborative and informative plan of the Hall of knowledge The Alimentaria Hub, we will attend the 3rd Forum Creation of Shared Value sponsored by Nestlé and 11th International Congress of Mediterranean Diet.
At the level of technological startups, investors and professionals in the sector who want to learn more about the latest advances in the field of ICT in the food and gastronomy sector, the international congress will be held The Food Revolution Forum, organized by Reimagine food in which a hundred talks will bring us closer and fully introduce us to the importance and above all applicability that technology, robotics and apps have, and will have in the future of food and catering.