Calp will close the celebrations of the centenary of the Fishermen's Guild this Saturday with the 1st Calp White Prawn Day organised by the Guild and the Town Hall. This event will also serve to present the brand "Gamba Blanca de Calp" with which the Guild and the Town Hall want to promote this product that is, without a doubt, the king of Calp gastronomy.
On April 6, 1924, the regulations of the Calp Fishermen's Association were presented to the Civil Government of the Province with a social purpose and to protect the seafaring class. For this reason, the City Council agreed to dedicate 2024 to the celebration of the centenary of the Calp Fishermen's Association in order to vindicate its seafaring roots and the work of its fishermen. Throughout the year, numerous cultural, gastronomic and recreational activities have been carried out coordinated by the Centenary Commission to celebrate the anniversary.
One of the initiatives launched was the participation in Madrid Fusión of the three Michelin-starred chefs from Calp (Rafa Soler, from Audrey's, José Manuel Miguel, from Beat, and Andrea Drago, from Orobianco) to cook the "Peix de Calp" provided by the Fishermen's Guild, which included white prawns, the emblem of local gastronomy. White prawns also played a special role at Fitur with the distribution of cones of fried white prawns.
For all these reasons, before the end of the centenary, the Brotherhood and the City Council wanted to pay tribute to this product, of which a thousand kilos arrive at the port of Calp every day.
This Saturday November 23 The event will take place in the main square, from 12:00 noon and throughout the day, there will be tastings of boiled, fried or rice prawns. The gastronomic aspect will be combined with parallel activities: from theatre for children to the performance of the Muixeranga de la Marina Alta, activities for children or musical performances by Mala Manera Tarifa and Mina Ritz DJ. Throughout the day there will be a bar service to benefit the Costaleros de la Mare de Déu del Carme who will donate 50% of the proceeds to those affected by the DANA in Valencia.
The “Gamba Blanca de Calp” brand joins the already well-known “Peix de Calp” brand launched by the Town Hall, Creama and the Cofradía years ago to promote and promote the fish marketed by the municipality’s Cofradía. The “Peix de Calp” campaign consisted of creating a quality label, so that those establishments that had the “Peix de Calp” symbol could offer the guarantee that their fish was landed and marketed in the Calp fish market.
The brand emphasises the excellence of this gastronomic product as well as its great variety and versatility, which makes it an ideal delicacy for both haute cuisine and any home kitchen.
