Dénia's kitchen and the Marina Alta has been represented at a prestigious gastronomic fair held in the French city of Bourg en Bresse. The management of the fair annually invites cities from different countries to offer their local cuisine in one of the dining rooms and this year it extended the invitation to Dénia as a member of the UNESCO network of Creative Cities of Gastronomy. A group of local chefs formed by Bati Bordes (The Marine), Ferran Giró and Vanessa Monfort (Arrels), along with Alvaro Verdú and Sofía Hernández, from the Gelart de Dénia ice cream shop. The Dianense delegation was completed with the manager of AEHTMA, Reme Cerdá, who coordinated the chefs, and Enric Gil, technician of the Office of Innovation and Creativity.
The Gastronomy Hall of Bourg in Bresse has been held from 8 to November 11 in a space of 6.000 square meters of the Ainterexpo facilities, the city's Trade Fair, and has been visited by approximately 18.000 people.
The chefs had a space of 100 square meters that has served to promote tourism and gastronomy in Dénia, with rice as a main course and the incorporation of artisanal and innovative ice cream, highlighting the one made with olive oil.
The participation in the Hall responds to the invitation of the City Council of Bourg en Bresse, and is the first of the activities of a collaboration project between the two cities that intends to make exchanges in various fields such as gastronomy, education, culture and tourism.
The technician of the Office of Innovation and Creativity Enric Gil, together with Reme Cerdá participated in the technical meetings convened by the City Council of Bourg in Bresse, together with the official delegations of the cities of Bad Kreuzenach (Germany), San Severo (Italy ) and Meknés (Morocco), a city whose representatives signed a friendship agreement with Bourg en Bresse to boost collaboration between the two cities.
