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año del aove de sevilla

17 Wednesday Jan 2024

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Each year the Academia Sevillano de Gastronomía y Turismo chooses a provincially grown or produced product to feature in their annual programmes and events and this year they have proclaimed 2024 as the Year of Extra Virgin Olive Oil from Sevilla. I think during the present drought, with crop yields way down, it’s extra important to promote what we have growing on our doorstep so that, even if people have had do cut down on olive oil purchases, they remember to shop close to home whenever they can. We need to support homegrown.

D.O. Estepa is the only Denomination de Origin for olive oil in the province of Sevilla, so they will have a prominent role in our activities and events this year, but there are many other excellent small olive oil producers to highlight. Plus we will also be hosting other fun food events here in Sevilla so keep an eye on the ASGT Instagram account.

avolution lab

19 Tuesday Dec 2023

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My first visit to the Avolution Lab was back in September, a part of my first official event with the Academia Sevillana de Gastronomía y Turismo. This time it was a visit for the Gastro Guías new members and it was a hit! I enjoyed it just as much the second time and our members loved it. We are trying to come up with a different gastronomy-wine related activity each month for them and this was an easy option before Christmas as it was in Sevilla and easy to get to. As many of the activities will involve visiting producers most of our future ones will take place outside the city. Between the Academia and the Gastro Guías it looks like 2024 is going to be a busy year!

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clausura año del arroz

08 Friday Dec 2023

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This week the Academia Sevilliana de Gastronomía y Turismo held its closing gala for the Año del Arroz de las Marismas del Guadalquivir. Who knew that Sevilla produces 40% of all the rice grown in Spain? Who even knew that Sevilla produces rice? Anyhow, the closing ceremony brought everything full circle with the recognition of the various collaborators over the past year. As I have only been a member of the Academy since late June I missed most of the activities but look forward to taking part in next year’s Año del Aceite de Oliva Virgen Extra de Estepa.

Afterwards we were treated to a delicious tapas lunch, including three rice dishes, provided by Restaurante Manolo Mayo. As a newbie I didn’t realise I was supposed to stick around for the group photo of the Academy members (duh) and headed straight to the dining area with everyone else. I did get a pic taken later on with the Gastro Guías but really felt like a dunce for missing my first Academia foto de familia. Oh well, next time.

cheesy!

10 Friday Nov 2023

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The Quesarte artisan cheese fair is taking place this weekend and I was invited to the inauguration, which included a VIP tour of all 26 stands (!!!) to talk to the producers and taste their products. Obviously there were far too many to actually sample them all, but it was both educational and very tasty. This was followed by drinks and snacks upstairs but, you know, it was all I could do to manage a little jamón after all that.
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There have been a lot of these amazing gastronomy & wine events lately, most of them taking place outdoors. I don’t think the organisers had counted on 25º and blazing sun in November though as awnings and umbrellas only offered partial protection, which is not great for either the products or consumers.

festival de la ensaladilla y el montadito

13 Friday Oct 2023

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festival ensaladilla montadito

Another great food festival put on by the Academia Sevillana de Gastronomia y Turismo (of which I am now a proud member) along with the Asociación de Hostelería and Sevilla City Office. You may recall a similar experience during the previous Caracolia in June. Anyhow, these events are great fun and held in a lovely outdoor spot down by the river. This time two very traditional sevillano tapas – the ensaladilla and the montadito – took centre stage with twelve establishments offering their best. Some pics…
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