Esmeraldas, Manta, Quito, Cuenca and part of the Ecuadorian Amazon will be co-stars of the new production ‘La ruta del cacao’ on the El Gourmet channel for this one to be released Monday, October 3 through your cable signal, which also includes other scenarios of Mexico and Colombia throughout 12 chapterseach one with a recipe that includes cocoa as an ingredient.
“In all three countries we discovered entrepreneurs who were very excited to show their product, their history, heritage, and with great desire to represent it so that the world knows it ”, commented the communicator Enrique Cervantes, space Host, in an interview via Zoom for this newspaper. “Fortunately, thanks to this series, those stories will reach thousands of homesthe audience will be able to get closer to the dreams of all those people”.
“Via twelve chapters we tell beautiful stories in a Latin America full of violence and full of negative news. a channel wanted invest in telling other stories beyond the political problems that Ecuador has and say: look at everything that is being done well (…) As civil society we are doing important things”, sums up the charismatic presenter.
What would you highlight about this television project?
We want to talk about cocoa so that Latin America turns to see Latin America. Recognize the work of who produces this ingredient. Cocoa is on every cooking show, made of chocolate cake, brownie, donut, but there’s no mention of who produces itwhere it is produced and what it is the social and political and environmental context where the cocoa is being produced.
How was the process of filming this series?
A production team of six people flew from Mexico to Quito to record and show what Ecuador has to offer, from tourism, the volcanoes, the architecture of Cuenca, the beaches, as well as being a place with a great gastronomic agenda, rich in traditions and flavors. But above all Ecuador is rich in cocoa production and we think about how to convey that story so that people know it and know that by investing in a good cocoa bar, you are investing in protecting the environment, in dignifying the trade. There were 52 days of recording between the three countries and we spent twelve days in Ecuador.
How was sharing with some Ecuadorian chefs and cooks?
It was very nice because sometimes when talking about Latin American gastronomy, Peru or Brazil are mentioned first, but when you discover the Ecuadorian encocado, you go crazy! Or the cebiche, with the fried plantains or the viche, what a delicious thing! And that transposes to the ingredients that they are also incorporating into their chocolates. I saw some chefs who are very proud of Ecuadorian gastronomy.
What personal learnings do you take from this journey?
I learned as a Latin American to value many of these discoveries. Yjust the fact of knowing the gastronomic offer of Ecuador is culture, knowledge and I am looking forward to returning as a tourist. And I am also left with the vision of Santiago Peralta, the founder of Pacari, who said that in Latin America is a sleeping giant that has given the world many products and that has everything to be a superpower.
In conclusion, what can viewers expect from this show?
Well They are going to crave everything because each chapter has a new recipe and they are going to enjoy it a lot And above all, they will discover many new things, but not in the style of the Discovery Channel. what we What we wanted was to tell, and the viewer will notice, they are good stories that nourish, because cocoa is a food, it is not a candy, it nourishes the soul, it nourishes the heart and it nourishes the community Where is that product developed?
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