About a hundred Catalan companies will take part in the Catalonia Space at Gastronomic Forum Barcelona

A hundred Catalan companies will take part in the Catalonia Space at Gastronomic Forum Barcelona, which will take place from 2 to 4 November at the Gran Via venue of Fira de Barcelona, in L'Hospitalet de Llobregat. The Department of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Food, through Prodeca, the Promotora dels aliments catalans, coordinates this participation with the provincial councils of Barcelona, Girona, Lleida and, for the first time, Tarragona, with the aim of facilitating contact between producers and professional buyers and promoting the marketing of Catalan food.

The joint participation will be presented under the common image "Catalunya, on el menjar és cultura" (Catalonia, where food is culture), shared by the participating institutions. The space will allow restaurateurs, distributors, purchasing managers and specialist shops to get to know the products and make contact with the companies that make them.

The Minister of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Food, Òscar Ordeig, visited Gastronomic Forum Barcelona this Monday 2 November. During the institutional visit, he toured the Catalonia Space and the stands of the participating Catalan companies.

"The Gastronomic Forum is a great opportunity to give visibility to the potential of our agri-food sector and to bring Catalan producers closer to professionals in catering, distribution and retail. The Department wants to take advantage of this showcase to promote Catalan food, highlight the work of local companies and strengthen the link between local products and gastronomy. Catalonia has a great diversity of quality products, rooted in the territory, which are also an essential part of our culture and identity", Ordeig said during the visit.

A diverse representation of the Catalan agri-food sector

The inclusion of the Provincial Council of Tarragona means that this year all four provincial councils are involved in organising the Catalonia Space. Its participation will be devoted exclusively to designations of origin and protected geographical indications, with 10 representative entities from wines, olive oils, rice and hazelnuts from the province.

The Catalonia Space as a whole will include meat and cured meats, fish and shellfish, cheeses and other dairy products, olive oils, wines, fruit, nuts, honeys, preserves, pastries and prepared dishes for catering. The offer combines conventional and organic products, and allows professional visitors to meet Catalan producers and companies from different categories in one area of the fair.

As is customary in recent years, the organic sector companies that have joined La Gastroteca will have their own space at the ECOTECA stand, through rotating participation. The Ecoteca space will bring together about ten Catalan companies certified by the Consell Català de la Producció Agrària Ecològica (Catalan Council for Organic Agricultural Production).

Companies taking part in the Catalonia Space: 

• 100% Conill | Meat | Lluçanès

• A Mar és espectacular | Salted products and preserves | Maresme

• Agrofresc | Cheese - dairy | Osona

• Aigua de Rocallaura | Water | Urgell

• Ànec de l’Empordà | Duck | Baix Empordà

• Anxoves Callol Serrats | Anchovies | Alt Empordà

• Artesania Dolça | Bread / cereals | Alt Empordà

• Badia Vinagres | Vinegars | Pla d’Urgell

• Bauma de les Deveses | Liqueur | Berguedà

• BdeGust | Beer | Selva

• Bolet Ben Fet | Mushrooms | Vallès Oriental

• Cafès Cornellà | Coffee | Gironès

• Camamilla de Linyola | Herbs | Pla d’Urgell

• Can Bech | Jams | Baix Empordà

• Can Galderic | Nuts | Vallès Oriental

• Cannals i Munné | Wine | Alt Penedès

• Càrniques del Pla | Meat | Pla d’Urgell

• Casanovas 1906 | Cured meats | Vallès Occidental

• Castanya de Viladrau | Nuts | Osona

• Castell de Remei | Wine | Noguera

• Celler Anna Rosell | Wine | Anoia

• Celler Cooperatiu d’Artés | Wine | Bages

• Clot de les Soleres | Wine | Anoia

• CCPAE (Consell Català de la Producció Agrària Ecològica)

• La Dotzena | Eggs | Bages

• Cooperativa Espolla | Product to be specified | Alt Empordà

• Cooperativa Hortec | Fruit, vegetables and dried fruit | Barcelonès

• Cooperativa la Granadella | Oil | Garrigues

• Cooperativa Tres Cadires | Liqueurs | Garrigues

• Cuadrat Valley | Oil | Garrigues

• Cuick | Cooking bases | Maresme

• Degustus | Oil | Garrigues

• DO Conca de Barberà

• DO Monsant

• DO Tarragona

• DO Terra Alta

• Domenio | Wine | Baix Penedès

• DOP Arròs del Delta de l'Ebre

• DOP Avellana de Reus

• DOP Baix Ebre-Montsià

• DOP Costers del Segre

• DOP Formatge Alt Urgell i Cerdanya

• DOP Mantega Alt Urgell i Cerdanya

• DOP Oli les Garrigues

• DOP Pera de Lleida

• DOP Siurana

• DOP Terra Alta

• DOQ Priorat

• El Soler de N’Hug | Meat | Lluçanès

• Elixirs de Ponent + Shotest | Liqueur | Segrià

• Els Vilars d’Arbeca | Wine | Garrigues

• Embotits Vilanova | Cured meats | Garrotxa

• Federació Catalana DOP-IGP

• Foment Agrícola de les Garrigues | Nuts | Garrigues

• Formatge Blancafort | Cheese and dairy | Berguedà

• Formatgeria del Montseny | Cheese and dairy | Vallès Oriental

• Formatgeria Mas Rovira | Cheese and dairy | Osona

• Fruita Blanch | Jams, fresh fruit, preserves | Segrià

• Fruits de Ponent | Oil | Segrià

• Gremi de bacallaners i bacallaneres de Catalunya

• IGP Poma de Girona

• IGP Torró d’Agramunt

• Jotri | Product to be specified | Gironès

• Kibus | Beer | Lluçanès

• L’Estella | Rice | Baix Ebre

• La botiga de cal Toni | Cured meats | Lluçanès

• La casa de la pizza | Bread / cereals | Garrigues

• La Diferenta Viticultors | Wine | Bages

• La Luciérnaga | Gluten-free pastries | Baix Llobregat

• La Musona | Meat | Osona

• La Vinyeta | Wine | Alt Empordà

• Lantxaga | Game meat | Gironès

• Les Gambires | Meat | Osona

• Lora | Beverages | Osona

• Marmitus | 5th range | Maresme

• Mas Rodó Vitivinícola | Wine | Barcelonès

• Mas terricabras | Cereals | Lluçanès

• Masia Empordà | Product to be specified | Alt Empordà

• Mel Can Toni | Honey | Segrià

• Mel de l’Avi Joan | Honey | Berguedà

• Mel de La Caseta | Honey | Berguedà

• Mel Muria | Honey | Baix Ebre

• Mel Riba | Honey | Anoia i Bages

• Montcorb | Product to be specified | Selva

• Mooma | Product to be specified | Baix Empordà

• Nais Drinks | Beverages | Osona

• Oleum Naturale | Oil | Baix Ebre

• Oli Anècdota (Montgai) | Oil | Noguera

• Oli Montbruc | Oil | Anoia

• Organització de productors de pesquers de Palamós

• Ostres Sant Lluís | Shellfish | Barcelonès

• Pere Guardiola | Product to be specified | Alt Empordà

• Perelada Mas Marce | Sheep dairy products | Alt Empordà

• Producte Fresc del Parc Agrari del Baix Llobregat (i col·lectiu de restauradors Sabors de l’Horta)

• Ratafia Russet | Ratafia | Garrotxa

• Raventós Rosell | Wine and cava | Anoia

• Soler de Preixana | Meat | Berguedà

• The Buttery | Nuts | Vallès Occidental

• Ulloa Gastronòmic | 5th range | Tarragonès

• Vallflorida xocolaters | Pastries | Vallès Oriental

• Vinyes que atrapen | Wine | Alt Penedès

• Vitae Kombutxa | Organic soft drinks | Maresme

• Xolís del Pallars | Cured meat | Pallars Jussà

• Xuixos Castelló | Xuixos | Gironès

• Zeta Espacial | Sweets | Vallès Occidental

El Rebost de Catalunya programmes 24 sessions with producers

El Rebost de Catalunya will complement the commercial exhibition with 24 sessions over the three days of the fair. Conceived as a space to discover the agri-food landscape of the Catalan regions, it will allow visitors to get to know the producers, their work and the stories behind each food.

The programme will combine tastings, food pairings and presentations of meat and cured meats, fish and shellfish, dairy products, olive oils, wines, honeys, nuts, fruit, vegetables and other preparations. The activities will offer professionals an approach to the diversity of Catalan products, their origin and their gastronomic applications, with the direct participation of the producers.

First edition at the Gran Via venue

The Gastronomic Forum Barcelona is moving this year from the Montjuïc venue, in Plaça d'Espanya in Barcelona, to Pavilion 1 of the Gran Via venue, in L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, due to works at the Montjuïc facilities. The show will bring together more than 450 exhibiting companies, 12% more than the previous edition, according to the organisation, and will occupy 14,500 square metres.

Under the motto "Revisiting tradition", the conference programme will bring together 140 professionals to discuss the relationship between culinary heritage, innovation and the evolution of gastronomic businesses. The fair is aimed exclusively at professionals in hospitality, catering, distribution and specialist retail.