Around a hundred local producers take part in Gastronomic Forum Barcelona with Prodeca

PRODECA is organising the joint participation of more than 40 local Catalan producers in theEspai Catalunya at Gastronomic Forum Barcelona , held from 7 to 9 November at Fira de Barcelona. It is a shared space of more than 100m² in which each company will have its own stand, aiming to increase the visibility and promotion of the participating Catalan producers and to provide a meeting point between restaurateurs and agri-food companies.

The Espai Catalunya is organised by Prodeca, Barcelona Provincial Council through the Xarxa de Productes de la Terra, the Lleida Provincial Council and Girona Provincial Council through its agri-food quality label, Girona Excel·lent and will feature some forty companies from across Catalonia covering all the different agri-food sectors: meat and cured meats, fine food, oil, wine and cava, fish and seafood, and fruit and vegetables. 

Catalan companies taking part in the Espai Catalunya:

• ÀNEC DE L'EMPORDÀ
• ANTONIETA
• ARANCA
• ARTESANIA DE LA CROQUETA
• CERVESA ARTESANA POCH'S
• CERVESA DEL MONTSENY
• CLANDESTINES DE MONTFERRI
• COOPERATIVA LA GRANADELLA
• DOP OLI DEL BAIX EBRE - MONTSIÀ
• ESPÈCIES TEIXIDOR
• FRUITA BLANCH
• GAMBA PALAMÓS
• GOURMANDISE
• LA PIRATA BREWING
• LO PERNIL DE PONENT
• OLI DEGUSTUS
• PEIX PALAMÓS
• REC BREW
• REPTILIAN BREWERY
• TERRES DE LLUM

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

In addition to the exhibition stand, the Espai Catalunya will have a live cooking area: 130 m² fully equipped, hosting a programme of cooking sessions each pairing a local producer with a chef. 

Among the chefs taking part in the sessions organised by Prodeca are names such as Tomàs Brull, chef at La Cala Taverna de Palamós, Pol Cabanas, executive chef of the Grup Marbach and chef at Can Blau de Palamós , who will offer seafood cooking with Palamós prawns as the star product. 

David Andrés, chef and owner of the Igualada restaurant Somiatruites , awarded a Michelin green star, will give a session on Catalan PDO-PGI products, highlighting their culinary and organoleptic quality.

The Mediterranean Diet Foundation will give a session devoted to dairy, stressing its essential role in the Mediterranean Diet. 

A space will also be devoted to fruit through Conserves Antonieta where chef Eli Farrero of Restaurant El Ventador de Barruera will show culinary uses for these products in both sweet and savoury cooking. 

Pulses and oils will also feature in the La Cuina programme at the Espai Catalunya. Chef Paquita Bisbal will hold a live cooking session using Aranca's Origen pulses, showing the value and versatility of these products. The Cuina de Catalunya programme will close with a session devoted to Catalonia's five olive oil PDOs.

Catalan Wine Showroom: 40 Catalan wineries meet potential buyers

As part of Gastronomic Forum Barcelona and coinciding with Catalan Wine Week organised by INCAVI, PRODECA is holding the 2nd Catalan Wine Showroom, a strictly business event aimed at wine sector professionals. 

Over the three days of Gastronomic Forum Barcelona, Prodeca will provide the 40 participating Catalan wineries with a meeting space for face-to-face B2B meetings. The aim is to help wineries and producers make contact with potential buyers, specialist shops and large-scale retailers, mainly from Barcelona and its metropolitan area.

Wineries taking part in the Catalan Wine Showroom:

• ABADAL - LAFOU
• ALBET I NOYA
• ALSINA SARDÀ
• BODEGUES SUMARROCA
• CAN FEIXES - HUGUET
• CASA GRAN DEL SIURANA
• CASTELL DEL REMEI-CARA NORD-CÉRVOLES-TOMÀS CUSINÉ
• CAVAS HILL
• CELLER BALART
• CELLER CAN MARLÈS
• COCA I FITÓ
• DOMENIO WINES by Cellers Domenys
• DOS DÉUS VERMOUTH
• EMPORDÀLIA
• ESPELT VITICULTORS
• ÈTIM - COOPERATIVA FALSET MARÇÀ
• FERRÉ I CATASÚS 
• GATELL
• GRUP OLIVEDA
• LA CONRERIA D'SCALA DEI
• L’OLIVERA
• MAS RODÓ VITIVINÍCOLA
• MONASTELL
• MUSCÀNDIA - VIADER
• PAGES ENTRENA
• PERELADA
• PORTELL VINS I CAVES
• ROS MARINA VITICULTORS
• VINÍCOLA DE NULLES
• VITICULTORS BATEANS

Gastroteca will show 6 craft beers

Gastroteca.cat will set up a stand with a tasting area where visitors can try a selection of Catalan breweries. Beers from the following brewers will be available at the Gastroteca stand: Clandestines de Montferri, La Pirata Brewing, Cervesa del Montseny, Reptilian Brewery, Cervesa artesana Poch's i Rec Brew.

With this stand, Gastroteca formalises its commitment to spreading knowledge of and encouraging the purchase of Catalan craft beer. There are currently 30 breweries on its register, organised by their county of origin.