The Espai Catalunya at Gastronomic Forum Barcelona 2023 will host around a hundred Catalan companies

PRODECA - Department of Climate Action, Food and Rural Agenda is organising the joint participation of agri-food companies at Gastronomic Forum Barcelona , held from 6 to 8 November at Fira de Barcelona. With Prodeca, almost 30 Catalan producers will share the Espai Catalunya, the space organised jointly by Barcelona Provincial Council through the Xarxa de Productes de la Terra, Lleida Provincial Council and Girona Provincial Council through its agri-food quality label, Girona Excel·lent.

The Espai Catalunya is a shared space of almost 500m² aiming to increase the visibility and boost the promotion of the participating Catalan producers. The hundred or so companies from across Catalonia taking part represent  all the agri-food sectors: meat and cured meats, fine food, oil, wine, fish and seafood, and fruit and vegetables. 

Companies taking part with Prodeca:

• AQUAMARINA COSTA BRAVA – Ullà, Girona
• DOP SIURANA – Reus, Tarragona
• BASORA COMERCIAL - El Rourell, Tarragona
• ARTESANIA DE LA CROQUETA - Constantí, Tarragona
• COOPERATIVA LA GRANADELLA - La Granadella, Lleida
• CAL BOU 1885 – Granollers, Barcelona
•  VINÍCOLAS REUNIDAS – Tàrrega, Lleida
• Celler Hugas de Batlle – Colera, Girona
• ROS MARINA VITICULTORS - Font-rubí, Barcelona
• VINS I CAVES PORTELL – Sarral, Tarragona
• CISTELLER - Sant Sadurní d'Anoia, Barcelona
• DOS DEUS VERMOUTH – Terrassa, Barcelona
• COCA I FITO - El Masroig, Tarragona
• CANALS I MUNNE - Sant Sadurní d'Anoia, Barcelona
• IDENTITAT EXTRA VIRGIN OLIVE OIL - Horta de Sant Joan, Tarragona
• LA GALETA ARTESANA – Girona, Girona
• [IN]PERFECTO – Gavà, Barcelona
• VEGA DE RIBES - Sant Pere de Ribes, Barcelona
• OLI COMETES – Barcelona, Barcelona
• EL JARDÍ DELS SENTITS – Lavern, Barcelona
• MAS BURET. SOM APICULTORS - Sant Martí de Tous, Barcelona
• OLEUM NATURALE – Tortosa, Tarragona
• SOLÀ CLÀSSIC DOQ PRIORAT - Bellmunt del Priorat, Tarragona
• VINS ALGARS – Batea, Tarragona
• LA SELVATANA – Campllong, Girona
• ECORIERA - La Vall d'en Bas, Girona

12 organic producers will exhibit at Gastroteca.cat's Ecoteca stand

In keeping with its commitment to promoting small producers commercially at local fairs, two Catalan organic producers listed in the Ecoteca will take turns at the Gastroteca.cat stand.  

Gastroteca's Ecoteca is a tool for supporting the marketing of local organic food: an interactive channel serving consumers, sector professionals (producers, processors, food artisans, distributors, chefs, food lovers, culinary tourism promoters, etc.) and the organisations working around Catalan food products. Gastroteca has information on local Catalan products: where to buy them, where to taste them and recipes for cooking them, along with a calendar of food events, routes and useful links. 

La Cuina de Catalunya, a space for presentations and live cooking 

In addition to the agri-food company exhibition area, the Espai Catalunya will have a live cooking area: 130 m² fully equipped, hosting a programme of cooking sessions with local producers, business people, chefs and experts. 
Among the sessions organised by Prodeca are three tastings of organic products from the local producers listed in the Ecoteca; the presentation and tasting of "Catalan dishes every day", a project of the Catalan Food Strategy run by the Department of Climate Action, Food and Rural Agenda; "Taste autumn Catalonia with PDO and PGI products", with the Catalan PDO-PGI Federation. The session "Come and discover DOP Siurana first-pressing oil" with M. Angeles Calvo, head of Catalonia's Official Virgin Olive Oil Tasting Panel, and the tasting "Cooking and pairing with five Catalan PDO oils". Chef Lola Puig will also cook live an autumn mushroom surf-and-turf rice with Aquamarina Costa Brava, a company that markets seawater for culinary and nutritional use. 

Food and Climate Action HUB

For the first time, Gastronomic Forum Barcelona will have a content space run by the Catalan government's Department of Climate Action, Food and Rural Agenda with various participants: the HUB – Climate and Food Space, a stand hosting presentations, displays and round tables focused on food and climate action. The sector faces major challenges: this space presents projects and initiatives for tackling them and turning those challenges into opportunities.