Week-long event will feature a series of engaging activities with food experts and renowned chefs.
Eat Spain Up! is a week-long event bringing the food and culture of Spain to New York City from October 24th-28th, through a series of engaging activities with food experts and renowned chefs. There will be guided tastings, cooking classes, roundtable discussions, film screenings, art exhibits, and more!
This international project is a unique initiative, founded and led by Gloria Rodríguez, who is a graduating Fulbright student from Spain in Steinhardt's Food Studies M.A. program. The event is co-promoted by the King Juan Carlos I of Spain Center in collaboration with the Department of Nutrition and Food Studies in Steinhardt. As a multi-sector collaborative project, Eat Spain Up! has gathered the support of an extensive network of sponsors.
These are the events at KJCC and at Food Studies within NYU:
21 October:
7 p.m. - 9 p.m. Exhibitions Opening: Spain's Eleven & Estrada Design Kitchen @ NYU King Juan Carlos I of Spain Center, 53 Washington Square South
24 October - 16 December:
9 a.m. - 9 p.m. Food Photography & Design Exhibitions @ NYU King Juan Carlos I of Spain Center, 53 Washington Square South
24 October:
2:30 p.m. - 3:45 p.m. Olive Oils from Spain. Tasting Seminar @ Food Studies Kitchen - NYU Steinhardt Education Building (EDUC), 35 W 4th Street, 10th floor - Room 1080
25 October:
12 p.m. - 2 p.m. A First Taste: Cocktail Hour and Professional Networking Session @ NYU Grand Hall Global Center for Academic Life , 238 Thompson Street
6:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. Food & Culture Sessions. Extremadura: Born and Bred @ NYU King Juan Carlos I of Spain Center 53 Washington Square South
26 October:
1 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. Masterclass with Toño Pérez (Extremadura) @ Institute of Culinary Education, 225 Liberty Street
6:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. Food & Culture Sessions. Madrid: Butterflies in the Stomach @ NYU King Juan Carlos I of Spain Center, 53 Washington Square South
27 October:
11 a.m. - 3 p.m. Advanced Techniques with Mario Sandoval (Madrid) @ Institute of Culinary Education, 225 Liberty Street
6:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. Food & Culture Sessions. Burgos: Rooted in Tradition @ NYU King Juan Carlos I of Spain Center, 53 Washington Square South
28 October:
12 p.m. - 2 p.m. Burgos Cooking Workshop @ Food Studies Kitchen - NYU Steinhardt Education Building (EDUC), 35 W 4th Street, 10th floor - Room 1080
6 p.m. - 9 p.m. Le Cordon Bleu Demo and Dinning @ Food Studies Kitchen - NYU Steinhardt Education Building (EDUC), 35 W 4th Street, 10th floor - Room 1080
2 November:
6:45 p.m. - 8:25 p.m. Wine and cheese from Spain. Pairing Seminar@ Food Studies Conference Room, 411 Lafayette Street, 5th floor
For further information, please call 917-865-5040.