Collaboration with the Spanish Tourism Office of Ireland and Tasting Spain at Taste of Dublin. Hosting chefs from Gran Canaria, Lanzarote, Valladolid and Zaragoza.
Author: Blanca Valencia
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Rias Baixas events
I had the pleasure to collaborate and present at 4 Rias Baixas Wines D.O. events organised by Wine Tasting Ireland and the Spanish Commercial Office in Dublin, Cork and on-line. I was co-host of the trade-only events with Lynne Coyle MW and for the consumer events with Lynda Coogan of Wine Tasting Ireland.
Launched on March 18, 2020 and lasting over four seasons Spicebags was the winner of two Irish Food Writing Awards in 2021 and 2023. Spice Bags podcast was produced in the Podcast Studios by Head Stuff in Dublin, Ireland. The podcast is co-hosted by food writers Mei Chin, Dee Laffan and me and centered on global food in an Irish context.
Named after everyone’s favourite Chinese-Irish drunk snack, Spice Bags is about Ireland’s relationship with food from the outside world.
It featured some of Ireland’s most interesting personalities from Lord Mayor of Dublin Hazel Chu to Michelin starred chef Ahmet Dede.
Spice Bags is a fortnightly podcast that is part of the Headstuff Podcast Network, Ireland’s largest podcast network.
Spice Bags podcast was the closing show on the Compass Taste Theatre stage at Taste of Dublin 2021 for their first-ever live episode and was honoured to present a panel on ‘Social Gastronomy’ at Food on the Edge 2021. The podcast has collaborated with Dublin Lunar New Year, Guinness Storehouse, Celtic Ross Hotel, Moutai and did a panel on international food shopping at Taste of Dublin 2022 with chef Kwangi Chan and TV chef Jeeny Maltese. It also created cross over podcast episodes with Words to that Effect and What am Politics?
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Food and Wines from Spain
Collaborations with the Commercial Office of the Embassy in Spain in Dublin in many projects and events including CATEX, Spanish Wine and Food Week, All-Ireland Tapas Competition, Instituto Cervantes lectures and tastings, Spanish Food Fair 2018, Spanish cooking classes at Triggerfish cookshop, Rias Baixas wine region and press events. Also I have collaborated with the New York office in the promotion of Iberico products in the Chicago Area.
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Irish Times
For some information about my work check these articles in the Irish Times.