Basque Culinary Center
If up to now you thought that Spain’s northern city of
San Sebastian was worth a visit because of its endless opportunities to
have a good time, now there is one more: the new BCC or Basque Culinary
Centre.
Before you could consider coming to San Sebastian
because there are three beautiful beaches, gorgeous scenery,
unbelievable bars and restaurants, great nightlife and lots of
possibilities to keep you very busy (walking, jogging, swimming,
surfing, cycling, paragliding and even flying in a hot-air balloon).
But very soon you may be coming also to visit the
recently opened Basque Culinary Centre and who knows, perhaps follow a
short course, attend a workshop or simply try its restaurant.
The official opening was last September 26th and was attended by politicians, personalities from the cultural, economic and social areas of San Sebastian, the Basque Country and Spain, including Prince Felipe of Borbón and his wife, Princess Letizia. All of them admired the amazing building representing a pile of plates as well as the modern facilities of this special study centre.
For this its first academic year, the Faculty of
Gastronomic Sciences will have 56 students, several of them foreigners.
And for next year, there are already 400 in the waiting list, although
the registration fees are 8000 Euros per year.
But the Basque Culinary Centre will not just be a
“gastronomic university” (by the way, it will be the second of its kind
in Europe after the University of Gastronomic Sciences of Turin, in
Italy). There will also be a Centre for the Research and Innovation into
Food and Gastronomy following investigations including education and
eating habits, social alimentary responsibility and even developing
associated technologies. And this Research Centre will be as important
as the Faculty which will train tomorrow’s greatest chefs.
Among the professors who will be giving lectures are
those awarded with Michelin starts Juan Mari Arzak, Martín Berasategui,
Pedro Subijana or Andoni Aduriz.
And finally, remember that as the Basque Culinary Centre
also pretends to generate wealth will open its restaurant to the
general public very soon and will also offer workshops and courses in
the afternoons and weekends for all enthusiasts of good gastronomy.
For more details check: http://bculinary.com
Juanra Vega / Feelfree Rentals
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