The flavours of a Catalan Christmas reach New York with the Catalan Food Christmas Tasting

On 10 December the Catalan Food Christmas Tasting was held at the Institute of Culinary Education (ICE) in New York. Organised by Prodeca - DARPA and the Catalan Government Delegation to the United States. The Christmas-themed event was designed as a show room with a display and a cooking workshop led by Catalan chef Alba Sunyer.

The event was aimed at a total of 70 selected professionals from the surrounding area, including distributors, wholesalers, retailers, chefs, sommeliers, buyers for restaurants, hotels and catering firms, and leading media figures in this market's agri-food and culinary sector.

Each participating company had a table to display and offer tastings of their products and to attend to the trade visitors. Each table was signposted with a sign and a codi QR linking to the importer's or the Catalan company's website.

A total of 20 Catalan companies took part, including 11 wineries and 9 multiproduct producers:

• ESPUÑA
• GIRO RIBOT
• COLET
• FAMÍLIA TORRES
• LLÀGRIMES DEL CANIGÓ
• SUMARROCA (NURIA CLAVEROL BY SUMARROCA)
• ALTA ALELLA
• CARLANIA CELLER
• CELLER COMALATS
• VINÍCOLA DE NULLES
• VICHY CATALAN
• ACTEL
• LACRIMA BACCUS
• PERELLÓ
• IDILIA FOODS
• ANXOVES DE L'ESCALA
• MAS BLANCH I JOVÉ
• CAPITÀ VIDAL
• CONCEPT-PA
• SANT ANIOL

The main aim of the Catalan Food Christmas Tasting is to boost the positioning of Catalan food and drink present in the New York area market.