02 Tuesday Apr 2024
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Lovely evening with my fellow academics celebrating the 5th Anniversary of the Academia Sevillana de Gastronomía y Turismo which was held at the gorgeous Manolo León Restaurant in San Lorenzo. It’s my first year as a member of the Academy and I look forward to celebrating many more together.
18 Monday Mar 2024
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With my fellow academicos (Academia Sevillano Gastronomía y Turismo) at the first colloquium for Year of EVOO held at the Caja Rural del Sur Foundation. “EL AOVE DE SEVILLA, HOY” was a timely topic given the challenges the industry is facing at the moment.
Participating in the event (photo) were Isabel Solís, territorial delegate of the Ministry of Agriculture, Water, Fisheries and Rural Development; Moisés Caballero, general secretary of the Governing Council of the DOP Estepa, Manuel Félix Moreno, president of Opracol, and Eduardo Martín Jiménez, general secretary of ASAJA Sevilla. Our academica Begoña Amurrio moderated the colloquium with a introduction by our president Julio Moreno.
The session ended with several questions from the public, among them local experts and also producers from the province. As always, it was a very interesting and educational event.
04 Monday Mar 2024
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A quick overnight getaway (with dodgy knee) to attend the Premios Andalucía Gastronomía in Córdoba, presented by the Academia Andaluz de Gastronomía y Turismo. They actually had activities and events planned for the whole weekend but I’m saving myself for the main event today. Got into town yesterday and, thinking I might not be able to move around a lot, decided to splash out a bit in case I had to spend most of the time at the hotel…
Actually got a good “winter travel” price for one night so what the heck. It was also Peter’s birthday on Saturday so this trip is his birthday present. During the last Córdoba Getaway (June 2022) we walked through this square on the way to our pokey hotel and I had to stop in and have a look inside… vowed then and there I would stay at the H10 Palacio Colomera one day. Anyhow, more on Córdoba and the event after I get home.
06 Tuesday Feb 2024
The inaugural ASGT conference for el Año del AOVE de Sevilla took place this week at the rather splendid Casa de la Provincia. The guest speaker was Rosa Vañó, member of the Royal Gastronomy Academy and co-founder of Castillo de Canina in Jaén (where this deliciousness is produced), introduced by our president Julio Moreno Ventas. It’s going to be an exciting year… stay tuned!
This time I was reminded to stick around for the group pic afterwards (forgot during the Año del Arroz closing event last June…oops).
02 Friday Feb 2024
This weekend (Feb 2-4) the Festival de los Guisos y Arroces takes place down by the river in Paseo de Colón. Another delicious collaboration between the Academia Sevillana de Gastronomía y Turismo and Hosteleros de Sevilla, with 13 bars and restaurants from the province of Sevilla offering their best stews and rice dishes, with music, cooking demos and other fun stuff. I won’t be able to make it until Sunday afternoon, but am looking forward to it.
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