The Candelaria City Council yesterday took another step in the visibility of women and 8M with the Gastronomy is Feminine conference, in collaboration with the Federation of Cooks and Pastry Chefs of Spain and the Association of Cooks and Pastry Chefs of the Canary Islands.
The mayoress of the municipality, Mari Brito, pointed out that this day aims to reinforce the high gastronomic value of Candelaria in a day like the 8 M in which “we have to make visible and claim the role of women in this field, with the need to act together men and women to make equality effective.
The same line was expressed by the Councilor for Equality, Olivia Pérez, and the Councilor for Commerce and Tourism, María del Carmen Clemente, present at the opening of the conference, in which nine leaders of gastronomy in the Islands participated, mainly in Candlemas.
The Candelaria Technological Center (CtCan) was the venue for the conferences in which various presentations and round tables were held. The morning began with the round table The quality that can be savored, with Yolanda Coello, a farmer at the Local Production Market, and Pilar Carballo, owner of the organic farm La Jara in Arafo and the first and only producer of organic meat in Tenerife. .
Subsequently, Judith Pérez, teacher and head of studies of the afternoon shift of the Higher Cycle of Cooking Management at IES Punta Larga, and Maeva Tendero, winemaker from Bodega Mencey de Chasna, gave their presentations The future, over low heat and The chemistry of wine, respectively.
Cooking with success was the name chosen for the second round table with the participation of Laura Sánchez, pastry chef from Habatonka Factoría Dulce; Diana Marcelino, executive chef at the El Secreto de Chimiche restaurant, and Livía Gomes da Silva, room manager at the Bollullo Oasis restaurant in Candelaria.
The day closed with a dialogue between Fernando Fuentes, chef of the Nub restaurant (1 Michelin star), and Mari Brito, mayoress of Candelaria, called The recipe for haute cuisine.
In addition, Pepa Muñoz, president of the Federation of Cooks and Pastry Chefs of Spain and Chef and owner of El Qüenco de Pepa, left a message to the attendees in which she congratulated all the women, especially those who in one way or another They are linked to gastronomy.
