- Gourmet Catering & Events has presented this innovative system developed with the startup Naria
- An initiative that is part of the recent Law on Prevention of Loss and Food Waste
The Victor Villegas Auditorium and Congress Center It takes an important step in terms of sustainability with the implementation of a pioneering system of management and certification of food surplus based on blockchain technology, driven by Gourmet Catering & events, Exclusive gastronomic partner of the auditorium.
This initiative, which will start operating in April, is part of the recent Law for the Prevention of Loss and Food Waste approved on March 20 by Congress, whose objective is to reduce food waste in consumption and retail for half. 2030, promoting the donation and use of food.
Manage waste with blockchain technology
Gourmet Catering & Events has developed this project in collaboration with the Spanish startup Naria, whose software uses Blockchain technology To guarantee the transparency and traceability of the donations made, also allowing their certification.
Since it was launched in March 2023 in its spaces in Valencia, Gourmet Catering & events has donated More than 7,200 kg of food to people at risk of exclusion through the Valencia Food Bank, which represents a total of +17,200 servings and savings of more than 18,100 kg of CO2.
It is a pioneering initiative in the catering sector at the national level, which not only anticipates the publication of the new law, but also attends to issues of a social nature. “In Spain, almost 10% of the population faces food insecurity while a third of the food produced ends up in the garbage,” they recall from naria. “Actions like this show that innovation and social responsibility can go hand in hand to transform the food system.”
“At Gourmet Catering and Events we serve more than 360,000 diners each year in more than 2,500 events in all our venues, so we want and should be a benchmark in the management of surplus and the prevention of waste, Betting firmly on food sustainability and supporting people at risk of exclusion, which is why in 2023, hand in hand with Naria, we launched this system that connects all agents of the food chain with the social aid sector, allowing to donate the suitable food surplus. for human consumption with traceability, transparency and security”, he points out Rachel Vincent, CEO of Gourmet Catering & events.
New gastronomy: local and healthy flavor
Taking advantage of these good prospects, Gourmet Catering & Events has also presented its new gastronomic proposal for the auditorium, which bets on local products from the Murcian garden, an expanded offer of healthy coffee breaks and stand-up cocktails designed especially for high-quality congresses and events.
During the presentation they were present Begoña Morales Ortiz, responsible for the area of Congresses and Events of the Víctor Villegas Auditorium; Manuel Cebrian, General Director of the Institute of Cultural Industries and the Arts (ICA); Carmen Anton, President of the Congress Office of Murcia; Ballesta Angels, Director of Murcia Convention Bureau; and Rachel Vincent, CEO of Gourmet Catering & events.
This joint commitment consolidates Murcia as a pioneering destination in sustainability, innovation and gastronomic quality in business tourism.
Gourmet Catering & events
Gourmet Catering & Events, Valencian company with more than 75 years dedicated to gastronomy and recognized at the EventPlus 2024 awards as the best catering in Spain, is distinguished by a gastronomic proposal in which tradition and innovation are merged to offer surprising experiences, the result of an offer Customizable and designed ad hoc for each client. It organizes more than 2,500 events annually for more than 360,000 diners, in which sustainability at 360º is its hallmark that, aligned with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), functions as a roadmap to ensure and promote a triple positive impact.
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