Sunday, May 28th, the best national producers and products will be checking-in at Humberto Delgado Airport, in Lisbon, to celebrate the National Gastronomy Day that this year focuses primarily on Tourism and Internationalisation. 

Throughout the day, there will be over 40 exhibitors with tasting and selling of national products occupying the outside of the Airport, allowing access to everyone. 

And because everything that is Portuguese is good, that day will be full of enthusiasm with Portuguese folk groups that original will perform at Lisbon Airport, and happily receive our arriving passengers, thus reinforcing the campaing “It feels so good to arrive to Portugal”.

National Gastronomy Day is an event promoted by the Portuguese Federation of the Gastronomical Brotherhoods and by AHRESP – Portuguese Association of Hotels, Food & Beverages – and is backed by ANA Aeroportos de Portugal and Turismo de Portugal.

One of the highlights will take place at 11h45, with the insignia awards of the Portuguese Federation of the Gastronomical Brotherhoods. The awards OPTIMUS CONVIVA will be given to the Agriculture, Forests and Rural Development Minister, Dr. Luís Capoulas Santos, to the Secretary of State for Agriculture and Food, Dr. Luís Medeiros Vieira, to the Chairman of Turismo de Portugal, Dr. Luís Araújo, to the Chairman of the Board of Directors of ANA Aeroportos de Portugal, Dr. Jorge Ponce Leão, and to the Chairman of the Board of Directors of CTT (Portuguese Post Office), Prof. Dr. António Gomes Mota.

The ceremony will be prefixed by the launch of CTT’s commemorative seal, postal and stamp, specially developed for these celebrations. After the ceremonies, there will be a toast with a Vintage Port, sponsored by Porto and Douro Wine Institute.

Closing this second edition of the National Gastronomy Day, we highlight as the grand finale the Exhibition “That we eat and drink”, created by the Hotel and Tourism Schools of Coimbra, Lamego, Lisboa, Porto, Setúbal and Viana do Castelo, where food will be Portugal’s geography and culture iconography. After the inauguration of this set of artistic installation, everyone will be invited to a tasting summoned by the friendliness and sharing the food appeals to.