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Patrick de la Cueva, the gourmet explorer

The gastronomic world is so wonderful that it allows us to discover, not only great products, but also passionate people for them. A good example of this, raised to full power, is Patrick de la Cueva, the gourmet explorer. This is how we can define it because it is dedicated to researching, searching and finding food excellence. But always basing that search on values ​​that it practices and shares with the producers. Then, through the brand that bears its own name, it offers the national and international market those magnificent finds, gastronomy treasures.

The gastronomic restlessness of an adventurer

If we echo here the story of Patrick de la Cueva it is because of all the peculiarities behind it. Since he started with this project in October 2020, at all times he has wanted to link it to the passion of a whole adventurous and restless gastronomic. Before starting his new path, a long experience as a specialist in spices endorses him. Especially if we talk about saffron, because this ambitious entrepreneur has already experienced himself as a manager in the company Verdú-Cantó Saffron Spain.

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Patrick visiting the cannery for his anchovies / Photo courtesy of him

For years, Patrick has been getting to know authentic gems of gastronomy in more than 40 countries. He offered them, precisely, a Spanish "red gold" of great excellence, grown in Spain and aimed at the international public. He who knows how to value the characteristics of a unique and incomparable spice.

Patrick of the Cave He has acquired unimaginable knowledge, always first-hand, alongside those small producers as passionate as he is about the territory and the product, seeing how they worked and took care of the raw material. Also facilitating its subsequent access by consumers who seek the Supreme quality. Just what he now intends to offer to his customers, maintaining in each product some values common.

The pyramid of Patrick de la Cueva

They define your personality, your desire to never stop learning about the unknown, to find the best and what is authentic. Works like this with small artisan processors. Those that allow him to enjoy, first, some delicacies that Patrick himself includes in a select list of foods that go beyond the hedonism gastronomic. They go beyond the sensory pleasure when eating them to accommodate emotional and informational factors.

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Products De La Cueva / Photo courtesy of Patrick

That is what Patrick of the Cave called the pyramid, which can only accommodate those products that meet three premises. The first is taste and is related to taste pleasure. This means that they provide immediate satisfaction when tasting them. Whenever that filter is exceeded, the other two appear, identified as added values.

One has to do with history behind (people, crafts, small businesses, local development, sustainability ...) while the other is linked to the packaging. That is to say, that the product is marketed in a well-crafted container, that it enters through the eyes and that generates that impulse to buy because it is attractive and does the product justice.

A catalog open to excellence 

Following that philosophy so particular you can find the catalog of gourmet products from Patrick of the Cave. A delicate and lofty selection open to receiving more food that meets the values ​​that he promotes. At the moment, there is the extra virgin olive oil (EVOO), symbol of Spanish gastronomy. Obtained from the Arbequina and Picual varieties after its initial harvest in the mountains of Alicante. Without leaving the field, Gordal olive cultivated in Seville has a presence as another great Spanish product.

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Patrick de la Cueva tasting his Oloroso Wine vinegar / Photo courtesy of him

Then you also have organic artichokes from orchards in the Ribera del Ebro, in Navarra. From land to sea, we find the anchovies and tuna belly, both products with their origin in Santoña (Cantabria). Finally, a recent addition is the Scented Wine Vinegar from the DO Montilla Moriles (Córdoba), a product that is characterized by its 20-year aging with the solera system.

In conclusion, this is what it has to offer you Patrick of the Cave with its own brand in about foods differentiable gourmet. They go beyond quality with their added elements. Also, knowing that they have been selected by an explorer of gastronomic treasures is quite a a when choosing them. Whether you are a consumer or a producer, you can join this particular adventure now. Tasting or contributing.

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