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A total of 48 Valencian companies participate with the Department of

Agriculture in the Gourmets 2024 show

 

 

• José Luis Aguirre heads the representation of the Generalitat on the opening day
• Show cooking will be held at the Ministry's stand through Tourism Centers of the Valencian Community
• A total of 48 companies from the Valencian Community participate with the Department of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries in the 37th edition of the Gourmets Show, the main European event dedicated to high-end agri-food products and delicatessen , which will take place in Madrid on the 22nd. to April 25.

The councilor, José Luis Aguirre, will lead the representation of the Generalitat on the opening day on Monday, visiting the venue, holding meetings with the Valencian businessmen present at the event and expressing the support of the Valencian Government for the agri-food sector.

In this sense, Aguirre has valued the commitment to differentiated quality and innovation of these companies in an increasingly competitive and globalized sector.

In addition, he added that attendance at Gourmets represents a business opportunity for the sector, which shows its delicatessen products in a forum that brings together more than 55,000 products and more than 100,000 visitors from all over the world and that has an estimated business volume close to 200 million euros.

The exhibitor of the Department of Agriculture, located in pavilion 6 of IFEMA, has an area of ​​519 square meters and hosts 48 of the 74 firms from the Valencian Community that attend the fair.

Among the co-exhibiting companies that meet at the Ministry's stand are producers and marketers of extra virgin olive oil, wine and spirits, producers of honey, truffles, nuts and spices, organic producers and producers of figurines. differentiated quality such as Valencia Rice, Jijona Turrón or Valencia Chufa.

Live cooking

During the days of the event, the Department of Agriculture will have the collaboration of the Tourism Centers to carry out show cooking with the products exhibited by the participating companies at the Valencian Community stand.

Thus, the chefs from the Dénia Tourism Centre and l'Exquisit Mediterrani, Vicent Simó and María José Peiró, will prepare visitors tastings of typically Valencian dishes, such as paellas, fideuás, creamy rice and other haute cuisine dishes.

In addition, there will be culinary exhibitions held by two Michelin-starred Castellón restaurants: the Atalaya Restaurant in Alcossebre and the Cal Paradís Restaurant in the Vall d'Alba. Its chefs, Alejandra Herrador and Emanuel Carlucci (Atalaya) and Miguel Barrera (Cal Paradís) will offer samples of some of their creations, made with local and seasonal products from the Valencian Community.