Mercat de Mercats (Barcelona)
Technical conceptualization and production by grup gsr
22/10/2010 00:38 - 24/10/2010 00:38
The first fair on markets and gastronomy “Mercat de Mercats” in Barcelona (between the Cathedral Avenue and Santa Caterina Mareket) closed with an outcome of 180,000 visitors and 40,000 tasting tickets sold during the weekend.
Everyone who took part in it agreed to say that this festival was “a success and an initiative that should happen again”, as the Barcelona City Council informed in a communiqué.
Mercat de Mercats was the third of the gastronomic festivals and market fairs conceived by the European project MedEmporion, led by Barcelona –together with Torino, Genève and Marseille– within the framework of the program by Med of the European Union.
Among the activities, “Cuina de Mercat” was especially outstanding: 12 restaurants in Barcelona became improvised tapas bar. The chosen ones were Saüc, La Torna, Kiosko Universal, Àvalon, Bar Veldòdrom, Koy Shunka, Quim de la Boquería, Comerç 24, Lluçanès, Bar Nuri, El Suquet de l’Almirall and Cuines de Santa Caterina.
The figures of “Mercat de Mercats”
Everyone who took part in it agreed to say that this festival was “a success and an initiative that should happen again”, as the Barcelona City Council informed in a communiqué.
Mercat de Mercats was the third of the gastronomic festivals and market fairs conceived by the European project MedEmporion, led by Barcelona –together with Torino, Genève and Marseille– within the framework of the program by Med of the European Union.
Among the activities, “Cuina de Mercat” was especially outstanding: 12 restaurants in Barcelona became improvised tapas bar. The chosen ones were Saüc, La Torna, Kiosko Universal, Àvalon, Bar Veldòdrom, Koy Shunka, Quim de la Boquería, Comerç 24, Lluçanès, Bar Nuri, El Suquet de l’Almirall and Cuines de Santa Caterina.
The figures of “Mercat de Mercats”
- 3 days of activity at the Cathedral Square and Santa Caterina Square
- 180,000 visitors
- 40,000 drink and food tickets sold
- 150,000 direct purchases at the market shops
- 20,000 square meters
- 7,000 participants in the more than 70 activities at the gastronomy and sommelier halls
- 600 children at the children activities
- 5 responsible institutions
- More than 400 people made Mercat de Mercats possible:
- 34 chefs from the market bars and emblematic restaurants in Barcelona
- 32 shopkeepers from the market shops from all around Barcelona
- 24 shopkeepers from the markets from Marseille, Torino and Geneve.
- 72 shopkeepers of guarantee of origin handicrafts (“Denominación de Origen” or “Indicación Geográfica Protegida”)
- 24 farmers from all around Catalonia
- 12 sommeliers
- 40 wine-producers
- 12 organizers of children activities
- 32 room and kitchen students and teachers from CETT
- 8 cleaning people
- 9 security people
- 15 maintenance and logistics people
- 12 people at the ticket office
- 50 organizing people from Institut Municipal de Mercats de Barcelona and GSR
- Several people from the merchant associations of the markets in Barcelona, the Ciutat Vella district and the Environment Department of the Barcelona City Council
