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“We have to sell cava as an exclusive, glamorous product”, says PIMECAVA chairperson

CNA /Gastroteca.cat/ Ignacio Portela Giráldez

PIMECAVA is the Association of Small and Medium-sized Cava Producers. It is chaired by Mercè Rosell, who claims in a video interview that the only way to compete against French champagne is by marketing cava as a quality and prestigious product. In order to do that it is fundamental to have the support of big cava companies like Freixenet and Codorniu and a good relationship with exporters.

March 22, 2011 12:45 AM

Carme Ruscalleda: “Our cuisine is more rural. It focuses more on local products and is more accessable”

Gastroteca.cat / CNA / Ignacio Portela Giráldez

In a video interview, the Catalan chef who has been awarded five Michelin Stars, Carme Ruscalleda, explains her vision of Catalan cuisine. She describes it as a combination of specific techniques and wit carried out by farmers and fishermen mixed with French and Italian bourgeois cuisine. According to her, Catalonia’s gastronomy is derived from local products and is spreading worldwide, thanks in part to the influence of Ferran Adrià.

March 14, 2011 09:55 PM

The Catalan chef Santi Santamaria, with 7 Michelin stars, dies at 53

CNA / Gaspar Pericay Coll

Santamaria was at his Singapore restaurant when he died. The actual causes of the death are still unknown, but the family talks about a heart attack. Santamaria was a defender of the Catalan traditional cuisine. He had two restaurants close to Barcelona and one in Madrid, Toledo, Dubai, and Singapore. He was the first Catalan chef to get three Michelin Stars for his main restaurant, ‘El Racó de Can Fabes’.

February 16, 2011 11:46 PM

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