Gastronomic Capital for Huelva

Toledo cedes the baton to Huelva as the Spanish Capital of Gastronomy for next year 2017, ahead of the other candidate, Cuenca, in the final vote.

This is how he has revealed it “The Eagle of Toledo”, the mythical cyclist Federico Martín Bahamontes, who announced last week the deliberation of the jury, which promoted the Andalusian city to the Olympus of national gastronomy.

Now it is the turn of Huelva’s seafood cuisine, which for the first time, will be the headquarters of the Spanish capital of gastronomy, a city with a sea port and surely the accredited experience in tourism promotion accompanied by gastronomy is a good pillar to start the program of activities for next year.

The endorsement of the candidacy, which is already a reality, has been well represented at all times by the Junta de Andalucía and the support of the famous singers Martirio or Manuel Carrasco has also played a fundamental role, without forgetting the Olympic champion Carolina Martín.

A huge opportunity for Huelva, and thus extend the tentacles of its gastronomic culture, and be considered a national benchmark and give it the true value of its city, its province and its products.

We remember the cities that have run the prestigious award in recent years:

• Logroño (2012)
• Burgos (2013)
• Vitoria (2014)
• Caceres (2015)
• Toledo (2016).

A finger-licking gastronomic trident

Oil, Ham, Strawberry and Prawns are well known by all lovers of cuisine, and especially those from the coast or interior of the province of Huelva, but now it is the turn of many other great unknown of traditional food, which will come out in the light of the different events programmed by the gastronomic capital of Huelva 2017.

From the Sea to the Mountain, several denominations of origin (DO) and PGI preserve and guarantee the Huelva product of its quality and notable excellence, the IIsla Cristina GP for salting, the DO Jabugo for Iberian hams and sausages and the DO County of Huelva for the Wines, they show it.

We must not forget, apart from the aforementioned products, the exquisite fruits of the sea such as cuttlefish, coquinas or lace, which together with the Reds of the garden, such as strawberries, put the point and followed this perfect gastronomic alignment that could well lead the comebacks of the “Recre”.

Vegetables and animal raw materials such as beans, spinach, mushrooms, lamb or pork, are also a good base of the traditional Huelva diet, which although not so well known, due to its distance from the coastal tourist centers, now arrives with strength and splendor to fill all the gastronomic content of the capital.

Below we leave you a link to the web space of the gastronomic capital of Huelva, maintained and updated on the internet to be able to follow all the activities that will be programmed throughout the year they come as well as the video of their candidacy.