Motril hosts a conference on the gastronomic value of the Costa Tropical
Topics Cámara de Comercio de Motril University of Granada
The University of Granada brings together researchers and chefs in Motril on Wednesday, October 28, to analyse the foods of the Granada coastline.
The Cámara de Comercio de Motril hosts on Wednesday, October 28, a conference on the gastronomic potential of the foods of the Granada Costa Tropical. The event, titled Patrimonio Gastronómico de la Costa Tropical Granadina, is organised by the master's degree in Avances en Ciencias Gastronómicas of the University of Granada (UGR), the Cámara de Comercio de Motril and the Cátedra de Innovación Agroalimentaria y Desarrollo Sostenible de la Costa Tropical.
The event is held from 9:00 to 18:00 hours and brings together researchers, cooks and hospitality professionals. Throughout the day there will be talks on health, tradition, sustainability and the most representative products of the Granada coastline.
A programme of round tables and conversations
The conference opens with the session Diálogos sobre Gastronomía: todos los actores, in which the professor of Physiology and coordinator of the master's degree, Jesús Rodríguez Huertas, takes part alongside the journalist and gastronomic critic Jesús Lens. Afterwards, Fernando Rueda García, creator and president of Gastroarte, and the chef Charo Carmona, of Arte de Cozina, will analyse the influence of the Andalusian tradition on current cuisine.
The connections between research and cooking will be the focus of other conversations. The professor Cristina Samaniego and the chef Lola Marín, of Damasqueros, will address the sensory characteristics of the foods of the Costa Tropical. The professor Celia Rodríguez and María José Ruiz Rubiño, of Cantina de Diego, will speak about the challenges of sustainability in restaurants. The morning ends with a round table on circular hospitality with Silvia Álvarez (Las Tinajas), María de los Ángeles Olmedo (Mariquilla) and Iván Mateo (Espacio IME).
Seafood and market garden products
In the afternoon, seafood will play a prominent role in a conversation on the Mediterranean diet with Emilio Martínez de Victoria Muñoz, professor emeritus of the UGR; Inmaculada Carrasco, manager of OPP85 Puerto de Motril; Francisco Martín Macías, of Bar FM, and the chef Álvaro García, of El Zarcillo. Another session will bring together Antonio Segura Carretero, director of the chair and professor of Analytical Chemistry, and the chef Chechu González to analyse the healthy bioactive compounds of the traditional recipes of the Costa Tropical. The day concludes with a round table on fruit, vegetable and subtropical products with Jesús Rodríguez Huertas, Lola Marín and Cleo Penélope Salisbury, chef of Venta de Nigüelas.
To attend
The conference is held on Wednesday, October 28, from 9:00 to 18:00 hours, at the Cámara de Comercio de Motril.