Alberto Fortes Explained

Alberto Fortes
Birth Name:Juan Alberto Fortes Gutiérrez
Birth Date:1958
Birth Place:Mallorca, Spain
Nationality:Spanish
Occupation:Chef
Website:Official website

Juan Alberto Fortes Gutiérrez, known as Alberto Fortes, is a Spanish author and chef residing in Frankfurt, Germany.[1] [2]

Fortes combines his professional activity with the promotion of Spanish culture and gastronomy. He participates in food festivals, seminars, workshops, lectures and conferences and international promotional events. Promoting healthy eating habits, his work is based on nutrition research and culinary creativity, combining the Mediterranean diet with the Japanese diet. He also works on creating new products or healthy foods, often with the use of extra virgin olive oil.

Fortes contributed articles and photographs to newspapers and wrote books about art and gastronomy. He collaborates with internationally renowned architects and takes an active role in the design of furniture, dinnerware and clothes.

Biography

Fortes is a recognized chef who worked with several of the best Spanish and international chefs. In 2002 he gave up his work as an art expert and other business activities to focus on cooking; opening his first restaurant, La Folia, in Madrid .

La Folia gained recognition and international prestige. It collaborates with food festivals around the world. It works with some of the most recognized international chefs and collaborates in different radio and television programs.[3] [4]

Awards

In 2004 the Canarian Government recognized his job in the international promotion and circulation of Canary gastronomie and culture. It designated him responsible for representing and circulating the gastronomic culture and food of Canary in the Canarias Crea 04 program (Madrid 2004) about the circulation of the culture and creative canarian authors at worldwide level.[5] [6] [7]

In 2007 he received an institutional and business recognition of Ciudad Rodrigo (Salamanca) for his professional work as responsible author of the “Posada Real Palacio”, “Maldonado de Chaves” and the “Celso Lagar Restaurant”. The award was also for his contribution to promoting the city during the “Las Edades del Hombre” in 2006.

In 2014 he was selected by FAO and Peru among the other distinguished chefs as one of the best worldwide chefs[8] to represent Germany in the international cookery book of quinua in Madrid Fusión.[9]

Books

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Official website. Alberto Fortes. February 25, 2014. https://archive.today/20130413161302/http://www.albertofortes.net/alberto-fortes-press/. 2013-04-13. dead.
  2. Web site: Awards . https://archive.today/20130502054932/http://www.albertofortes.net/publicaciones-proyectos-reconocimientos/ . dead . May 2, 2013 . Alberto Fortes . August 17, 2014 .
  3. Web site: La cultura canaria hace escala en Madrid . El Mundo . April 15, 2004. February 25, 2014.
  4. Web site: Alberto Fortes . Essen. October 11, 2012. February 25, 2014.
  5. Web site: La cocina canaria, manjar inédito. Cincodias . May 8, 2004 . February 25, 2014.
  6. Web site: ELMUNDO.ES/METROPOLI - La cultura canaria hace escala en Madrid.
  7. Web site: Alberto fortes . ABC. February 25, 2014.
  8. Web site: Madrid Fusión 2014 . Correo . January 29, 2014 . February 25, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140302000008/http://diariocorreo.pe/ultimas/noticias/8265146/madrid-fusion-2014-presentaran-recetario-go . 2014-03-02 . dead .
  9. Web site: Perú lanza recetario internacional . America Economía . February 25, 2014.

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