Vive the Vegetables

The chef Ferrán Adria participates in II Congress the International "Lives verduras", inaugurated this morning in Pamplona SPAIN. .

A total of 51 cooks of 14 different countries, among them the prestigious Catalan restaurateur Ferrán Adria, participates from Sunday and until Wednesday in II the Congress the International "It lives the vegetables", that are celebrated in Bastion. The advisor of Culture and Tourism of the Government of Navarre, Juan Ramon Corpas, and the mayors of Pamplona, Rust-coloured Yolanda, inaugurated the east event noon. Juan Ramon Corpas indicated that in Navarre "we are verduleros" and vindicated the space of the vegetable in the Navarrese gastronomy like health source, but, mainly, of pleasing.

"The Green/ verdor in Spanish are the future and the vegetable is the present, indicated the advisor. It commented that the tradition and the quality of our products and to the work of our cooks we have been able to fuse to please with health.

Also it praised the work of the Navarrese restaurateurs and indicated that it hopes that the congress explores, teaches and us of long hours to please.

On the other hand, it's commented that in this appointment it is possible to be seen a magnificent interaction of gastronomy, science and technology.

In addition it defended the Navarrese gastronomy like -one of the best ones of Spain.

It's always liked to learn of other, but maintaining our traditions, showed his desire of which Pamplona becomes the official seat of this congress in the coming years.

The today day began to the 10 hours with first of the 45 communications directed to professionals programmed for the three days that the event lasts, with a skillful class of Iñaki Rodaballo, of the Nize Coffee, in which it spoke of crude Vegetables in the thorns and use of metallic textures.

One of the communications that more sense of expectancy will raise will be the one of the Catalan restaurateur Ferrán Adria, awarded with the I Prize Reyno de Navarra-"Vive the vegetables" in the first edition on the gastronomy congress. Ferrán Adria will speak as of the 19 hours of "vegetables in Bulli 2008"

Another one of the significant acts in this first day of the congress will be the tribute that will be made to Jesus Oyarbide and his family. As of the 19, 15 hours, shortly after the intervention of Ferrán Adria, it will be recognized a mythical figure of the restoration in Spain, proprietor of the Zalacaín restaurants and Prince de Vienna of Madrid. In addition, throughout this morning and during afternoon another dozen of skillful classes in sessions of in the Room of Camera of the Palace Bastion will be able to be seen half an hour. This morning has participated among others, the cooks Enrique Martinez and Ramiro Sanchez, of the restaurant Maher de Cintruénigo, Teresa Gil and Javier Losada, of Don Pablo de Pamplona, and other prestigious national restaurateurs and of countries like France, the United States, Germany Holland, Portugal, Denmark or Italy.

II Congress the International "Lives vegetables" The Monday 12/5/08 will give to beginning the second contest International Congress "Lives Vegetables". An event that during three days will congregate in the Palace of Congresses of the Bastion of Pamplona.

more than 50 professionals of the furnaces, between which they emphasize as excellent figures as Ferrán Adria, Martín Berasategui, Quique Dacosta, Koldo Rodero Dani Garcia or Moshik Roth. This initiative comprises of an integral project that it looks for to combine efforts of nourishing, scientific, expert investigators in nutrition, artists and cooks.

The objective is multiple: to invent products, to create prescriptions and, on a par that become rich the gastronomical supply, to foment a citizen culture for the nature and natural that assumes the economic advantages, healthful, aesthetic, landscaping, the gustative thing, etc that the vegetable production and consumption would deparan. To all it is necessary to add a National product Fair that during these three days will be animated with factories and degustaciones directed so much to professionals as to the public in general. The congress counts on two parallel proposals, the official program destined professionals of the sector and the popular program, where the public will be able to participate in an ample supply of gastronomical activities that will give beginning with one tastes popular in which the Great Wyoming and Safe Santiago participated. In addition the International "Reyno of Navarre" to Basque cook Martín Berasategui will be given to the Prize. Award that the past year received Ferrán Adria and that is one of the gastronomical prizes better equipped economically.