The 'Cheff Tour 2008' which started with the summer solstice in June came to Padules last week to promote Almerian chefs, gastronomic tourism, healthy cuisine and 'ecological' cooking using solar ovens (when the sun shines). Padules was the fourth destination for the tour this year after passing through Tabernas, Almeria and Vera during the summer. The tour is organised by Castillo de Tabernas olive oil producer, the Asociacion de Cocineros Reposteros Indalo de AlmerÃa 'CRIA' ( the Indalo Almerian Association of confectioners and pastry cooks) and Silestone, one of the biggest manufacturers of artificial stone for kitchens in the world.
Sergi Arola, one of Spain's leading avant garde chefs whose skills won two Michelin stars for La Broche restaurant in Madrid, participated in the Almeria edition of the tour and has spoken of the enormous potential of solar cooking in Spanish cuisine.
The mayor of Padules, Antonio Gutierrez, said that the initiative had awoken expectation, curiosity and interest among the town's inhabitants and that traditional Alpujarra cooking is already an important tourist reference which could benefit from the use of clean and renewable energy and that restaurants in the Alpujarra are contemplating the installation of solar ovens, which, with the magnificent meteorological conditions of the area with a high number of hours of sun throughout the year, could lead to the creation of special dishes and could become a new tourist attraction for the area.
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