Agri-food fair of quality products.

Catalan cuisine, protagonist of the Orígens d'Olot Fair

Coinciding with the appointment of Catalonia as World Gastronomy Region 2025, Orígens focuses on the preparation of recipes for traditional cuisine. Marc Ribas, Quim Casellas, Clara, Martina and Carlota Puigvert Puigdevall and Joan and Adrià Juncà are some of the many chefs who will participate this year in Orígens, which returns on the weekend of November 23 and 24. It will gather around sixty producers who will exhibit their best products at the Olot fairgrounds.

The Quality Products of Catalonia Agro-Food Fair is the event awaited by the agri-food producers sector, as during the two days they have the opportunity to present their new products and also to make professional contacts.

Catalan cuisine is the thematic axis this year, coinciding with the nomination of Catalonia as World Gastronomy Region 2025. The International Institute of Gastronomy, Culture, Arts and Tourism (IGCAT) promotes this designation which aims to highlight and promote those regions that actively contribute to the improvement of the quality of life of the citizens, emphasizing the different food cultures, education for health and sustainability and gastronomic innovation.

Orígens 2024 will therefore focus on Catalan gastronomy from an informative perspective with cooks who will prepare recipes for traditional dishes found in restaurants and inns, as well as signature and contemporary dishes.

Clara, Martina and Carlota Puigvert Puigdevall (Les Cols**, Olot), Marc Ribas (La Taverna del Ciri, Terrassa), Joan Juncà and Adrià Juncà (Ca l'Enric *, Vall de Bianya), Quim Casellas (Casamar, Llafranc), Javi Martínez (Castell de Perelada *, Perelada), Borja Sierra (Granja Elena, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat), the collective La Cuina in Sils, Anna Comamala (Cal Ganso, Llorà), Meritxell Roig (Can Xel, Santa Pau), Joan Massegur (Hostal del Ossos, Batet de la Serra); Joan Dagà (Atelier Dagà, Llagostera), or Paula Marquès and Quim Marquès (Santa Magdalena, Barcelona).

The Tasting Room will host tastings from various producers present at the fair. Among others, there will be products from La Garrotxa with Gastroteca and Delit, cheeses and sparkling wines, sweets, breads; food and drinks from the countryside and the sea by Girona Excellent, mountain food from the Pyrenees; sausages or organic products.

As for the fair space, there will be around sixty stands with producers who will exhibit their best products that can be tasted through the exchange of tickets and that the visitor can also buy. It should be noted that 30% of the offer is from organic producers and that 30% of the products are new. Among these, mention should be made of specialty coffee and chocolate, mushrooms, organic seeds or Menorcan pastries, among many others.

Likewise, within the framework of the Origins Fair, the 3rd edition of the National Catalan Sausage Competition will be held again, which was well received in 2023 and which is organized together with the Confraria del Gras i el Magre and the Meat Trades Foundation. Prizes will also be awarded to the Best Products, Best Stand, and Best Sustainable Stand of Origins

The schedule will be on Saturday November 23 from 10 am to 9 pm and Sunday 24 from 10 am to 8 pm. The entrance fee to the fair is €5 and includes 5 tasting tickets. The Tasting Room costs €1. Registration for this space will be done at the entrance to the fair.

Origins promoted by the Olot City Council is supported, among others, by the Provincial Council of Girona, Girona Excellent, the Department of Agriculture, Livestock, Fishing and Food and Prodeca.

12th edition of the Origins Fair

Orígens faces a new edition as one of the reference events of the sector and the public. Last year, more than 6,700 people passed through the Olot fairgrounds, and nearly 54,000 tickets were sold. The average expenditure per visitor, according to the surveys carried out, was €50, consolidating the data from the previous edition. Another aspect that the producers have emphasized is that Orígens serves as a platform for them to present and promote their new products.

In addition to the public from La Garrotxa, Orígens has attracted visitors from other regions of Catalonia, especially from Barcelona, ​​which results in a high level of hotel occupancy during the weekend.

Since the first edition, a total of 67,600 visitors have passed, and 495,500 tickets have been sold. In recent years, almost 300 different producers have exhibited at Orígens, and more than 100 renowned chefs have participated, many of them with a Michelin star.

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