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abstracts CURRENT EVENTS BERGNER฀ CREATES THE฀ FOUNDATION COOK฀&฀CHEF฀ INSTITUTE Bergner฀Group฀has฀created฀Cook฀&฀Chef Institute,฀ a฀ dynamic,฀ modern฀ foundation that฀acts฀as฀a฀research฀centre฀and฀works hand฀ in฀ hand฀ with฀ important฀ figures฀ in international฀ cooking,฀ innovating฀ in฀ the cookware฀products฀that฀these฀prestigious creators฀ use฀ in฀ their฀ restaurants.฀ Over thirty฀ kitchen฀ wizards฀ from฀ 20฀ different countries฀ and฀ five฀ continents฀ will฀ come฀ together฀ in฀ this฀ space dedicated฀to฀strategic฀reflections฀and฀technological฀innovation.฀Among them,฀we฀find฀leading฀master฀chefs฀such฀as฀the฀French฀chef฀Ludovic Dubouis,฀the฀Brazilian฀Adriano฀Suppa,฀the฀Mexicans฀Betty฀Vázquez and฀Graciela฀Montaño฀and฀Spanish฀television฀chefs฀Pepe฀Rodríguez and฀Sa-mantha฀Vallejo-Nágera,฀among฀many฀others. ANDRÉS฀INIESTA฀AND฀QUIQUE฀DACOSTA, NEW฀AMBASSADORS฀FOR฀ARCOS The฀crack฀player฀from฀Fuentealbilla฀and฀the฀3-star฀chef฀will฀be฀suiting up฀wearing฀ the฀Arcos฀ uniform฀ this฀ season.฀Andrés฀ Iniesta฀ and฀ the knife฀ brand฀ from฀Albacete฀ are฀ joining฀ forces฀ for฀ the฀ third฀ year฀ in฀ a row฀to฀continue฀to฀spread฀the฀fame฀of฀the฀Albacete฀brand฀name฀around the฀ world.฀ For฀ his฀ part,฀ Quique฀ Dacosta,฀ a฀ point฀ of฀ reference฀ for haute฀ cuisine,฀ has฀ come฀ to฀ Arcos฀ attracted฀ by฀ the฀ traditional craftsmanship฀of฀its฀products฀and฀its฀advanced฀technology.฀The฀cook received฀ his฀ third฀ Michelin฀ star฀ in฀ 2012฀ for฀ the฀ Quique฀ Dacosta Restaurante,฀ which฀ is฀ on฀ the฀ prestigious฀ «The฀ World’s฀ 50฀ Best Restaurants»฀ list. BRA฀COLLABORATES฀WITH฀MADRID฀FUSION At฀the฀end฀of฀January,฀Madrid฀once฀again฀became฀the฀gastronomic capital฀of฀the฀world,฀and฀the฀brand฀name฀Bra฀was฀present฀at฀one฀of the฀ most฀ important฀ international฀ gastronomic฀ summit฀ meetings฀ in the฀world,฀Madrid฀ Fusion,฀which฀ is฀ held฀ annually฀ at฀Campo฀ de฀ las Naciones.฀Every฀year,฀highly฀prestigious฀cooks,฀from฀Spain฀and฀the rest฀of฀the฀world,฀including฀rising฀stars฀from฀all฀countries,฀participate in฀it,฀along฀with฀many฀lovers฀of฀good฀food.฀It฀is฀a฀multicultural฀event where฀there฀are฀demonstrations,฀many฀tasting฀and฀sampling฀sessions, auctions฀ of฀ delicate฀ gems฀ of฀ dishes,฀ tributes,฀ conferences,฀ and contests฀for฀all฀tastes. MARKETS COOKWARE, A฀GROWING฀SECTOR Innovations฀ in฀ the฀ field฀ of฀ kitchenware฀are฀taking฀place฀in฀two main฀ areas.฀ On฀ one฀ hand,฀ there฀ are ecological฀ issues,฀ as฀ different฀ manufacturers฀ try฀ to฀ find฀ ways฀ to฀ reduce energy฀consumption฀by฀distributing฀and conserving฀ heat฀ better.฀And฀ then฀ there is฀the฀question฀of฀health,฀as฀new฀kitchenware฀ goods฀ can฀ be฀ used฀ to฀ cook฀ in฀ a way฀ that฀ preserves฀ the฀ vitamins฀ and minerals฀ in฀ food฀ better,฀ or฀ to฀ cut฀ down on฀fats. KNIVES, THE฀RECOVERY฀ IS฀NOTICEABLE Competitive฀ and฀ demanding,฀ the฀ knife฀ sector฀ shows฀ the฀ recovery of฀the฀market฀through฀the฀launching฀of฀new฀items฀and฀a move฀towards฀innovation.฀Designs฀are฀becoming฀more sophisticated,฀inspired฀by฀products฀for฀professionals, and฀ this฀ extends฀ to฀ the฀ domestic฀ sphere.฀ The majority฀ are฀ sti l l฀ made฀ of฀ steel, although฀ investments฀ are being฀ made฀ in฀ technologies฀ that฀ lengthen฀ the time฀ that฀ they฀ stay฀ sharp. At฀the฀same฀time,฀ceramic knives฀ are฀ still฀ holding฀ on as฀a฀good฀alternative. TRENDSETTING฀ DISHES The฀ healthy฀ flow฀ of฀ tourism฀ and฀ the฀ consequent฀ recovery฀ of฀ the hotel฀market฀are฀reactivating฀sales฀in฀one฀of฀the฀sectors฀that฀were hardest฀hit฀by฀the฀consumer฀crisis.฀Although฀sales฀to฀individuals฀are still฀slow,฀the฀professional฀sphere฀is฀a฀driving฀force฀in฀a฀sector฀that฀is finally฀beginning฀to฀see฀a฀light฀at฀the฀end฀of฀the฀tunnel.฀This฀industry, one฀of฀the฀most฀traditional฀and฀rooted฀in฀Spain฀and฀in฀many฀European countries,฀ continues฀ to฀maintain฀ its฀ strength฀ and฀ prestige,฀ forged through฀high฀quality฀and฀a฀long฀history. SHOWS AMBIENTE฀MEETS฀ EXPECTATIONS Spain฀ranked฀third฀in฀the฀number฀of฀visitors฀and฀ninth฀in฀the฀number of฀ exhibitors฀ (105)฀ at฀Ambiente,฀ the฀ largest consumer฀goods฀ fair฀ in฀ the฀world.฀We฀ can฀ say that฀you฀could฀hear฀Spanish฀being฀spoken฀in฀the walkways,฀ on฀mobile฀ phones,฀ and฀ at฀ the฀ food stands. A฀GREATER฀NUMBER OF฀VISITORS฀TO฀HOMI A฀ total฀ of฀ 1400฀ exhibitors฀ (20%฀ of฀ them฀ from 64฀-฀menaje

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