BARCELONA, Spain, Nov. 8 (Xinhua) — A brand new version of the Gastronomic Forum Barcelona (GFB) is being held from Monday to Wednesday, championing respect for biodiversity as the inspiration of the meals sector.
The GFB brings collectively as much as 20,000 professionals from the world of meals and gastronomy, with greater than 350 exhibiting firms, massive and small, showcasing the most recent improvements within the sector.
“We welcome visitors from around Spain and abroad who are not only attracted by the large number of companies presenting their products here, but also by a variety of activities,” Pep Palau, co-director of the GFB, advised Xinhua.
“I would also highlight the clear and determined commitment of more firms to sustainability,” he mentioned, “The main theme this year is biodiversity, by which we mean that we have to avoid the disappearance of plant and animal species, because without them, without biodiversity, there is no cookery.”
As all the time, the occasion options many modern and authentic merchandise, together with a Chinese blue beer brewed in Barcelona, a conventional Spanish sausage made with Japanese wagyu beef, panettone croquettes, artichoke burgers and ristretto espresso ice cream.
This yr’s occasion additionally invited cooks and corporations that assist protect biodiversity by recovering conventional and fewer exploitative strategies of meals manufacturing.