Alicante Gastronomica 2025: An unforgettable event from 3 to 6 of October
Alicante Gastronomica 2025: An unforgettable event from 3 to 6 of October 👩🍳🍴
Are you a foodie? 😋 Then mark your calendar 📅 for the most delicious event of the year: Alicante Gastronómica 2025, the largest gastronomic fair in the Mediterranean. It will be held from October 3rd to 6th, 2025, at the Alicante Trade Fair Institution (IFA) and promises to be a true feast for the senses 🎉 Four days full of flavor, creativity, and Mediterranean culture! 🔥
📍 A must-attend event for foodies, professionals, and the curious! 👨🍳
✨ INFO: Paella workshop for 2 persons in Javea 🥘🥘
What is Alicante Gastronómica? 🍷🥘
Alicante Gastronómica It’s much more than a culinary fair. It’s a gathering where tradition, innovation, and flavor come together to showcase the culinary riches of the province of Alicante – Costa Blanca and the rest of Spain.
This seventh edition confirms its position as the most experiential gastronomic fair in Spain. 👨🍳 Four intense days with more than 450 activities where the best of haute cuisine is open to the general public. More than 130 chefs with Michelin stars and Repsol suns will be present, framing a program that combines live showcookings, 👨🍳 masterclasses, renowned gastronomic competitions, a wide range of gastronomic exhibitions 🍴, exclusive tastings 🍷 and activities for the whole family 😍
✨ INFO: Iberiam ham cutting workshop with tasting in Calpe 🥩🧑🍳
What will you find this year?🌟
- 👨🍳 Spectacular showcookings featuring renowned chefs such as Martín Berasategui, Jordi Roca, Quique Dacosta, Alberto Ferruz, Paco Torreblanca, Kiko Moya, Maria José San Román, Ferdinando Bernardi, Rafa Soler, Andrea Drago, Jose Manuel Miguel, Susi Díaz, Carme Ruscalleda, among 130 other Michelin-starred and Repsol Sun-awarded chefs.
- 🍫 2nd International Paco Torreblanca Haute Patisserie Award, with semi-finals in Latin America and a grand final in Alicante.
- 🥘 18th Spanish Potato Omelette Championship (Tescoma Trophy), along with rice, tuna tartare, salt-cured fish, and meatball broth contests, among others.
- 🍷 Wine and Olive Oil Tasting Tunnel, featuring local products and protected designations of origin.
- 🧁 School of Taste and masterclasses, including talks and hands-on workshops with an educational focus.
- 🌱 Km 0 Zone and Alicante products, with exhibitors from the region’s fields, vineyards, sea, and mountains.
- 🌍 Guest country: Bolivia, with live cooking demos, tastings, and products like royal quinoa, Andean wines, and churrasco.
- ♻️ Social commitment, with initiatives such as “Restaurants Against Hunger” and recognition of the “Apron Heroes” from Alicante Gastronómica Solidaria.
✨ INFO: Culinary experience at high altitude among vineyards 🍇🍷inland on the Costa Blanca
Why you can’t miss it? 🌟👨🍳
In addition to the 18th Spanish Omelette Championship, there will also be competitions for rice, salted fish, tuna tartar, and the prestigious Paco Torreblanca International Award for Haute Pastry, the grand finale of which will be held at this event. The Km0 Zone brings together local products with designation of origin, ideal for discovering the richness of the sea, the gardens, and Alicante cuisine. In the Wine and Oil Tunnel, you can taste local oils and wines in guided tastings. 🍷
Bolivia will be the guest country, bringing its gastronomic wealth with showcookings, tastings, and local products such as royal quinoa and high-altitude wines 🍃. The fair is committed to solidarity and sustainability, with programs such as “Restaurants Against Hunger” and tributes to the volunteers responsible for social initiatives in episodes such as the DANA. 👨🍳
🥙Full PROGRAM: Alicante Gastronómica 2025