Dénia prepares the largest international gastronomic event that has lived the Comunitat
Saturday 30 of September and Sunday 1 of October. Walk of the Marineta Cassiana. A table 300 meters overlooking the sea and cooks from all over the world sharing experiences, knowledge and products with the public. So shall D * NA Gastronomic Festival of Dénia, An event of homage to the Mediterranean cuisine that will once again place Denia in the international gastronomic scene.
And as chef de ceremonies and food commissioner, chef Quique Dacosta, thanks to which the festival will count on the participation of chefs such as Joan Roca, Jordi Cruz, Ángel León or Andoni Luis Aduriz. As explained by the chef during the presentation, which has taken place at the CDT in Valencia, «D*NA is going to be a party around gastronomy. We want to celebrate the intention of generating synergies between producers, artisans and chefs for the benefit of culture, of values that have to do with effort, craftsmanship and respect for the environment, in a natural environment. The chefs come to celebrate, learn and spread the way that Valencians experience gastronomy.".
D * NA Festival will have more than 30 stalls where you can enjoy traditional dishes, avant-garde preparations, local products and local crafts. In addition, two large stages will host different live cooking sessions and colloquia in which the invited chefs will analyze the coexistence of traditional knowledge and innovation in current Mediterranean astronomy.
One of the attractions of D * NA is the interaction with the public through different places, which will be held from children's workshops to interventions of producers, artisans and cooks in which they will show how to cook red shrimp or make cocas.
The interest of the At the festival Has reached UNESCO. This event will have a wide representation of the 17 creative cities of Gastronomy that currently exist, who will come to Dénia to exchange good practices and customs of their different food models. This has been explained by the mayor of Denia, Vicent Grimalt, who has said that this event "It will help us put Dénia and the Valencian Community on the world map, marking a before and after in the gastronomy and products of our land".
This gastronomic festival has the support of the Agència Valenciana del Turisme. The regional secretary of Tourism, Francesc Colomer has stressed that the festival, under the undisputed leadership of Dacosta «It is a choral project that was born with the vocation of a collective conspiracy. A project of beauty, of authenticity, that transcends Dénia and the Valencian Community, to position a model and a milestone of uniqueness in a standardized world. Make known that we are a tourist destination with a lifestyle that combines tradition, authenticity, hedonism, the culture of pleasure..
During the presentation of the festival, Quique Dacosta has made a showcooking With local products such as cocas, octopus or rice, noting that one of the keys to the festival is experimentation and learning.
