Madrid Fusion Manila Opens Today!
For the first time, Manila is hosting the famed Madrid Fusión – the prestigious annual Spanish gastronomic festival where the most popular chefs from all over the world convene. It is also one of the world’s biggest and most forward-thinking culinary events, and has a solid 12-year track record of bridging together cultures through food.
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Sample the finest Filipino lechon and Spanish jamon in this year’s biggest gastronomical event. Visit the trade exhibit!
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Madrid Fusión this year is focused on the unique relationship of Filipino and Spanish cuisine, with its shared history in the country: a 300-year gastronomic journey, so to speak. It is currently held at the SMX Convention Center, and will run from April 24 to 28. Madrid Fusión has three landmark events: the International Gastronomy Congress, where multi-awarded local and foreign chefs present the history and future of food; the trade exhibit, where the best products and tastes in the market are showcased; and Flavors of the Philippine Festival, the launch of a month-long culinary feast of Philippine flavors in different markets, restaurants, bars, and malls all over the country. Expect a sampler of local staples such as lechon, longganisa, kinilaw, and different varieties of our finest local produce and delicacies.
The congress is open to both professionals and amateur chefs and gastronomy enthusiasts who register and pay the delegate registration fees.
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Day 1 guests of the trade exhibit were welcomed in true Filipino fashion through traditional dance and song.
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Catch our interview with Chef Andoni Luis SOON.
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More photos from Madrid Fusion.
José Carlos Capel, President of Madrid Fusion, kicks off the Gastronomy Congress with the warmest welcome message! #MadridFusionManila”
Lighting of the Palayok, the ceremonial opening of the Gastronomy Congress. This is #MadridFusionManila. (It is a Filipino custom to blow air through a bamboo when cooking using a clay pot to produce fire better.)
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Do you know that Pinakbet means “to shrink” in Ilocano? Fun facts from the King of Spanish Cuisine in Manila, Chef Juan Carlos de Terry. #MadridFusionManila
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Join us for the International Gastronomy Congress. (Guests chef speakers are CLAUDE TAYAG on the PHILIPPINE ADOBO, PACO RONCERO on TEXTURES OF OLIVE OIL, TRADITIONAL AND AVANT-GARDE, BRUCE RICKETTS on LOCAL SEASONAL INGREDIENTS, MARGARITA FORÉS on WHAT GIVES LIFE, ANDONI LUIS ADURIZ on OPEN CREATIVITY, PEPE LÓPEZ on MOM, I WANT TO BE A “CHURRERO” WHEN I GROW UP and ANDRÉ CHIANG on JUICES, CREATIVITY AND FERMENTATION.)
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Photos and article by Jess Jacutan
Additional photos from Madrid Fusion Manila.
