Food for Thought School & College Tours to Tossa de Mar
In Spain, we offer Tossa de Mar in the Costa Brava for our Food for Thought course. You stay in the 3 star Hotel Park or Novo Park, one of the most popular yet unspoilt resorts.
The cookery demonstrations take place at a local hotel and will be performed by the hotel’s highly-qualified chef. The course includes 3 cookery demonstrations: starters, including Spanish omelette and In Spain, we offer Tossa de Mar in the Costa Brava for our Food for Thought course. You stay in the 3 star Hotel Park or Novo Park, one of the most popular yet unspoilt resorts. Mediterranean salads, how Paella is made, and desserts, including Catalan cream and Torrijas. The demonstrations last approximately one hour. You will be able to taste the final product. A translator for the demonstrations is included in the tour During the tour your group will visit a biscuit factory, chocolate factory and the cellars producing the world famous cava, Freixenet. You will have a day in Barcelona, including a visit to La Boqueria food market, and the opportunity to sample some traditional Spanish tapas in a local bodega.
Food Related Visits
- Starters Cookery Demonstration
- Paella Cookery Demonstration
- Dessert Cookery Demonstration
- Paella dinner - Groups will first visit the market with a guide to purchase ingredients for the Paella
- Tapas evening
- A visit to the Torras Chocolate Factory and Banyoles Lake
- A visit to the Freixenet Cava champagne factory
- A visit to 'Cal Enric' Bakery
- Museu de Embutides (sausage)
- Learn about and practise a range of practical food skills/methods/processes to produce quality outcomes
- Learn about the impact and effect of using a range of different equipment to produce food items of quality and consistency
- Explore how quality control checks are used to produce consistent food products on a commercial scale
- Develop an awareness of current commercial/industrial processes of food production Learn about methods of food processing and preservation Witness and consider health, safety and quality control in all its aspects Discover the importance of packaging within the food industry
- Produce high-quality dishes that are accurately assembled and well finished to produce a high-quality product overall
- Learn about technological development, cultural and economic issues within the food industry
- Experience the impact of ICT within the food industry
