Whatever your favourite food, from burritos to bratwurst, from macarons to Moroccan pinchitos or even Gibraltarian calentita, there’s bound to be something to suit you at the annual Calentita food festival.
This summer, Calentita returned for its thirteenth year, with stalls selling food from many of the nationalities represented within the Gibraltarian community. Alongside the culinary aspects of the event lies a deeper message to look at the ethical and environmental impact of the food we eat, both at Calentita, and in our everyday lives.
Not only that, this year’s festival fell on the eve of the Gibraltar 2019 NatWest International Island Games, so many more different nationalities were represented in the visiting customers as well as the stall holders.
In this episode, I hope you get a flavour of what the event was about this year as we hear from one of the organisers; Owen Smith and two of the speakers; Claire Louise Foster from The Kasbar and Vidya Heisel from the Danyadara Permaculture Project.
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The Gibraltar Stories theme music is by DP Music on www.melodyloops.com mixed with Gibraltar atmospheric sounds
Gibraltar Stories is produced, edited and presented by Lindsay Weston
Calentita 2019
Casemates Square with the Calentita food festival in full swing (Photo Credit: Calentita)