MARCH 2020 PAGE 35 SPONSORED PROFILE: LANZAROTE


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anzarote gathered a soufflé of chefs for their annual


food tourism confer- ence, at which Ruben Lopez of the Spanish Tourist Board in Dublin and Travel Extra both had a speaking (not a cooking) part. The island show-


cased its fish to dish and farm to fork prod- uct to delegates after they had discussed El turismo gastronómico sostenible thoroughly, drawing up exam- ples from all over the world and comparing the merits of ox and workhorse meat (tasty but expensive). Most notably the Restaurante Isla de Lobos in the hotel Princesa Yaiza hosted the delegates, food writers from major publications through-


Xavier Agulló, Benjamín Lana, Carlos Maribona and Rubén López Pulido (Director of the Spanish Tourism Office in Dublin) speaking at a Food Tourism conference in Teguise, Lanzarote


out Europe, and showcased Finca de Uga, their nearby farm where happy pigs and hens are readied for whatever happens next


in the food chain. Lanzarote’s climate


and isolation makes it an ideal producer of unique foods, some of them not available elsewhere. The star of the


show was Gambas La Santa, prawn of La Santa, as it is known in Lanzarote, or sol- dier shrimp, as it is known in the rest of the world (plesionika edwardsii). It is, we were told


Iván Dominguez chef at Disfrutar in La Corun


a very abundant crus- tacean in the Canarian bottoms at depths that range between 50 and 650 meters, with the largest popula- tions between 120 and 350 meters,, lovingly


tended and harvested by the Olivero family. Delegates were


treated to, as on put it, “our own body weight in cheese.” Ángel Vázquez


Minister for Tourism Lanzarote told the del- egates that Lanzarote’s famed wintersun prod- uct was being aug- mented by a diverse food product that was only now being appre- ciated by visitors. Lanzarote is a


favourite with Irish visitors, with 285.716 visitors in 2019. If it were a country, it would be Ireland’s seventh most popular destination, ahead of Germany.


Gambas la santa, Only the the Olivero family have the rights to fish them


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