Julio, me, Lola, María, Ignacio & Baptiste

Yesterday my new Academy and my new Association got together and it was fabulous. I say “my” but of course in the sense of proudly belonging to both now. This is teamwork at its finest. All of us working towards common shared goals without personal interests getting in the way, other than that I think for most of us the goals also feel personal as we have lived them for so long.

Anyhow, for years I’ve felt so alone doing this, being a one-woman (non-Spanish) Spanish gastronomy ambassador however I could, but now… I got these guys! And it’s great. Just sitting around a table, talking about ideas, sharing opinions – and not always agreeing but that’s okay. That’s called debate and a time to learn something. The Academy and Association overlap in many ways, though we also have separate goals, but we are very complimentary and it really is better together.

Can’t wait to see what happens next. Watch this space!