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Adolfo Colnaghi - Member of the Federation of Italian Cooks
First International Enogastronomy Fair
of Fuerteventura
FMHOY - Fuerteventura
Fuerteventura is full of praises. During this month
of May we can enjoy Italfuerte, the first International
Enogastronomy Fair of Fuerteventura that will take
place between 14 th and 17 th May in the restaurant El
Brasero in Tarajalejo. We met with Adolfo Colnaghi,
member of the Federation of Italian Cooks and
president of the Lemisch Sports’ Club who organises
this Fair and gives us the details of this event.
Adolfo Colnaghi tells us that «Italfuerte aims to be
an enogastronomy encounter as well as a cultural one
and a platform to introduce products from Italy, Fuerteventura
and other countries who accepted the
invitation. During such a special moment, it is fundamental
to give the opportunity to businesses involved
in catering and tourism to get known and demonstrate
the quality of their products. With this in mind, we
thought that we had to include in this event a
gastronomic championship where hotels, restaurants
and chefs of Fuerteventura will participate».
It will of course be extremely beneficial for
Fuerteventura’s image on a worldwide catering level…
«It is exactly what we are aiming for», says Adolfo,
«until now and especially lately some sectors have
been a bit more careless with the quality of raw
materials, whereas in others they are having a battle
for excellence and improvements.
In my professional experience I can say that there
is always a lot to do and it is a hard task, but a
satisfying one.
Regarding foreign products, because they are
unknown on this market, there is a risk to get lower
quality products at prices that do not match. This is
why we saw the necessity to create a consortium of
businesses that would select the Italian Restaurant
suppliers. This allows us to be different and introduce
brands that guarantee quality and competitive
prices».
We asked him what he thought, as an expert in
international catering, of Spanish cooking and he had
no hesitation in saying «I like Spanish cooking. It is
delicious, varied and full of prestige, but in Fuerteventura
there is a danger that it may lose its virtues.
If we are not careful with its peculiarities the foreign
public could be sampling traditional recipes that are
not performed accurately. We should never allow for
a dish of low quality to be served to a customer, either
because of saturation or routine and even less to save
on cost. This is very important in the hotel industry
because there are more and more experts, who we
call gastronomic tourists, and we cannot
underestimate this public. Anything that can
contribute to improving the image of the island is
precious. We all know the importance of word of
mouth».
And, coming back to the theme that interests us
most, we asked him how important Italfuerte will be,
to which he answers that «we will have about twenty
stands where people will be able to sample dishes
from many different places. There will be a market
outside the hall where people will be able to buy wine,
food and other items. We will also enjoy the company
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of folkloric groups who will animate some of the key
moments. Furthermore we will have a painting
exhibition from an Italian artist. And then we will
organise an Argentinian barbecue and other
surprises».
During the interview we noticed that he was very
excited by this project… With great excitement he tells
us «Of course. It is a project that brings much hope.
In addition to what it represents on the tourism,
gastronomic and business levels, it also has a role
on a social level, it is important for us because we
will dedicate part of what has been collected during
the fair to social organisations. We are also hoping
that this is the first of many Italfuerte fairs and will
be a stepping stone for enogastronomy in Fuerteventura.
Well, all of us wish you the best of successes.