The second edition of the Lidia bull gastronomic days is on from April 24th until May 4th, with 19 local bars and restaurants participating. You can enjoy tapas based on the famous toro de Lidia meat for either 2.75€ (classic tapa) or 4.00€ (gourmet tapa) including a drink. The establishments will also be visited by a select panel of judges who will choose their top three.
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The other day I spent a lovely afternoon at Chef & Company, a new culinary school started up by Carmen de Lara last December. Carmen has lived abroad for many years, a large part of that time in Portugal, and has recently returned to her native Sevilla. The concept of Chef & Company is a simple one: to create a comfortable and relaxed environment in which to teach people how to enjoy making food. It’s a lovely ambiance, like walking into someone’s home, first passing through the cosy living room and then into the cheerful well-equipped kitchen.
a real hands on cooking class
I love how relaxed and “Julia Child” Carmen is in the kitchen, easily chatting and pouring wine while preparing dishes. We enjoyed a special “St Patrick’s Day” lunch, which included pumpkin, turnip and portobello soup with Guinness bread, Irish beef pot pie, and apple crumble with ice cream for dessert. As this was a media event for food journalists and bloggers some of the food had been previously prepared, but we all had a chance to get involved.
Chef & Company classes and workshops are limited to 12 people and last approximately four hours. Custom cooking classes are also available, as are private dinners, and can be given in Spanish, Portuguese and English. I had a great time and look forward to trying some other classes in future.
Chef & Company
Jesús de la Vera-Cruz 27
Tel 697 118 252
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This evening at 8.00 pm Art & Gastronomy week will begin at La Libélula, Sevilla’s first multi-functional art-fashion-decor-gourmet-lifestyle space. It promises to be a great opportunity to see the best works of artists Christopher Donaire, Barea Balcris and sculptor Chiqui Díaz (looking forward to seeing his dragonfly – libélula – sculpture), as well as enjoying a wide array of gourmet food and wines.
Throughout the week there will be various tastings: wine, cheese, olive oil, gin & tonic and coffee. Check the poster above for tasting times and prices. There is limited space available so if you’d like to attend you can reserve your place by email: contact@lalibelulashop.com
Following the success of the First Porsche Gourmet Culinary Competition held last year in Sevilla (in conjunction with Porsche’s 50th anniversary), this second edition has been extended to include western Andalucía. The competition begins in Córdoba city (3-16 February), then moves on to Cádiz province (10-23 February), followed by Huelva province (3-16 March) and finishing up in Sevilla city (10-23 March). A select panel of judges from each city or province will choose the winners of the Porsche Gourmet Award for “best dish” and the Porsche Gourmet Culinary Covap Award for “best dessert”. The closing ceremony will be held in Sevilla late March (date to be announced).
I’ll update the info here when the competitors in each city and province are announced and will also keep you posted on Sevilla Tapas FB and @SevillaTapas. The Twitter hashtag for the event is #PorscheGourmet14.
Promo video from last year’s Porsche Gourmet Competition
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Club Foodies is a new gastronomic space in El Arenal for cooking class and special events. Located on the third floor in a small side street off calle Antonia Díaz, it’s a bright and cosy space with a working fireplace surrounded by comfy sofas on one end of the room and the cooking space on the other. Large sliding doors open onto an ample terrace for either dining or having cocktails.
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We did the latter last Tuesday at the Club Foodie opening event which featured a tasty array of gourmet canapés, including some serious local talent…
Club Foodies is the brainchild of Ana Cardenas (far right in the lower right hand photo), a Galician who has made Sevilla her home for the past ten years. With a degree in art history and experience in organising fashion and art events around town, Ana has also been working on private Supper Clubs and other culinary experiences including music and poetry. With this new venture her future events will have a permanent home, in a space that can also be hired by others wishing to hold their own cooking classes or other gastronomy events.
Club Foodies Website
Gracia Fernández Palacios 3
Sevilla
tel. 955 223 520 / 667 620 278