Discover fabulous aromas, flavors and colors that are delicious for your senses!
Gastronorium Program Wild Stories: Ethnobotany in Central and South America
Scientific curator: Vicente Ruiz. Chef. Art Work VR: Xavier Rovira Rubiralta.
The Virtual Reality App Program, Gastronorium, presents the food of the countries: Argentina, Costa Rica, Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, Mexico, Paraguay and Peru. It is a wide, varied gastronomy rich in a mix of flavors, where there are common products such as potatoes, corn and fruits such as mango, avocado or coconut. It offers a fabulous cuisine with a range of aromas, flavors and colors delicious for the palate.
Central and South America have one of the highest global growth rates in products with high nutritional value, and this trend is becoming more established over time. Climate change is a reality that has a growing impact on food production and availability every year. Food security is estimated to be one of the most important threats related to climate change to human health across the planet.
Food and nutrition are an essential part of the Sustainable Development Goals. Advances in knowledge about the microbiome have demonstrated the close relationship between nutrition, the immune system, the brain, health and also certain diseases, currently under study.
Tribute Program: Tribute to Jose Mari Gorrotxategi
Program Gorrotxategi Konfiteri Txokolatea Museoa. New immersive GKTM Museum.
Scientific commissioners: Blanca Gorrotxategi, Nutritionist and Iñaki Gorrotxategi, Pastry Chef, GKTM directors. Gorrotxategi Konfiteri Txokolatea Museoa. With the collaboration of Xavier Rovira Rubiralta. Art Work VR GKTM Virtual and immersive: Xavier Rovira Rubiralta.
The GKTM, Gorrotxategi Museum of Confectionery and Chocolate, in Tolosa (Gipuzkoa), is the oldest gastronomic museum in the country and an international reference for its history, discourse and collections. It is an instrument for learning, educating, preserving, promoting and innovating in gastronomy.
The new Virtual GKTM promotes citizen participation through educational, recreational, and collaborative activities focused on people, with a program accessible to everyone. The GKTM pays special attention to families and those with cognitive diversity through the bvic programs.
The creations of Jose Mari Gorrotxategi
The clouds are made of sugar. Tribute to Jose Mari Gorrotxategi: Immersive virtual exhibitions.
Clouds are made of sugar, proposes a virtual and immersive journey in Virtual Reality, to the sweet creative universe of Jose Mari Gorrotxategi, through his most emblematic exquisite works, and a selection of the Gorrotxategi collection, curated by Blanca and Iñaki Gorrotxategi, made up of more than 6,000 pieces and publications from the international history of confectionery.
Tribute to Jose Mari Gorrotxategi
Martin Berasategui Luis Andoni Aduriz Angelita Alfaro
Peter Subijana
Joan and Josep Roca Agustí Torelló
Virtual immersive archive. Tribute to Jose Mari Gorrotxategi: Interviews with chefs and specialists.
For Clouds Are Made of Sugar, a virtual archive has also been created which, through the testimony of chefs and specialist colleagues of Jose Mari Gorrotxategi, presents emotional video interviews made with love and admiration to: Luis Andoni Aduriz, Angelita Alfaro, Rafael Ansón, Juan Mari and Elena Arzak, Eneko Atxa, Martín Berasategui, Ma Mar Churruca, Paco Gil, Nandu Jubany, Julia Otxoa, Joan and Josep Roca, Pedro Subijana, Agustí Torelló, Roser Torres, among others...