He actor Javier Gutiérrez and the Linares restaurateur Álvaro Salazar will be the town crier and ambassador this year, respectively, of the Jaén First Oil Festival, which in its tenth edition will take place on November 4 and 5 in the city of Linares. This event – organized by the Provincial Council of Jaén with the collaboration of the Junta de Andalucía and the Mining City Council – will feature this year, as highlighted by the president of the Provincial Administration, Francisco Reyes, with “an exceptional preacher, such as the interpreter Javier Gutiérrez , known for his roles in series such as “Águila rojo” or films such as “Campeones”, among many others, who is linked to Jaén after recently starring in the film ‘La hija’, which was filmed in several locations in our land and which was a great instrument for promoting the natural park of the Sierras de Cazorla, Segura and Las Villas”; and also with an ambassador like Álvaro Salazar, “knowledgeable about what EVOO means and a great defender of this quality product that cannot be missing in any self-respecting province, and that is triumphing in the world of kitchens in Mallorca, where he has already achieved two stars for the restaurant ‘Voro’.”
In addition to the presence of this Asturian interpreter and this cook, in this X Jaén First Oil Festival will have a prominent role in the traditional Linares tapas, made with EVOO, which will be part of a program that the Provincial Council is finalizing and that will be announced in the coming days. An event that, as Reyes emphasizes, “has become, due to its own merits and the determined involvement of the olive oil sector, and also the tourism sector of Jaén, a very important date in the provincial calendar since it not only allows us to celebrate the beginning of the olive harvest campaign, but it is also an event that attracts many visitors to our land, it is a perfect showcase to spread the great qualities of this product and contributes to promoting Jaén as an ideal destination for the practice of oil tourism.
The Jaén’s First Oil Festival will move the following weekend, between November 10 and 12, to the central Plaza de los Fueros in Vitoria. It is the second time that this event travels to the Basque Country to publicize the early extra virgin olive oil from Jaen, which was promoted among the public of Bilbao in 2017. The celebration of this festival in the capital of Álava “will allow us –as the president of the Provincial Council points out– continue promoting the olive oil tourism offer of the province of Jaén in this autonomous community and seek new consumers of a product of maximum quality such as extra virgin olive oil from Jaén among the population of the Basque Country, which “It is especially characterized by appreciating good gastronomy.”
2023-10-23 08:49:26
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