Polvo algarvio de Santa Luzia é estrela nos voos de longo curso da TAP

The Algarve and the Santa Luzia octopus are stars on board TAP Air Portugal, in the months of July and August and in the executive class menu on long-haul flights. Noélia Jerónimo is the guest chef of the Local Stars project, the result of a partnership between the national airline and The Art of Tasting Portugal (TAOTP), which aims to promote the country through its gastronomic richness and diversity.

After the Azores, the region highlighted in the executive class menus of all the airline's long-haul flights is the Algarve, with octopus as the star product of its creations. The initiative invites all passengers to discover a local ingredient and the offer of Portuguese cuisine, projecting and consolidating the country as a gastronomic destination of excellence.

Accompanying the algarvian octopus will be the hake croquette with curry sauce and mango, and in the sweetest part of the menu, a cheese and almond mousse from the Algarve, another typical product of the region.

The Local Stars project is not just about creating dishes. On board, video content alluding to this project will be broadcast on all the planes' screens, with the chef of the moment working on the highlighted recipe, images of the region, the seasonal product chosen and the producer.

Passengers will also have the opportunity to acquire an experience developed by The Art of Tasting Portugal for this purpose, with the chef author of the on-board menu, available on the TAOTP website and on TAP's Miles&Go and Portugal Stopover digital channels.

The partnership between TAP and TAOTP, announced in March, will take place over the next two years, always in business class meals on all the airline's long-haul flights.

Every two months, the Local Stars project promotes a different region and its local ingredients, highlighting a star product, crafted by a Portuguese chef linked to the region. The menu consists of a starter, main course and dessert, which are altered in this way, in order to cover the entire national territory and respect the seasonality of the ingredients as much as possible.

Catarina Indio, Head of Product of the Customer Engagement area at TAP Air Portugal, highlights the scope of this initiative: "TAP pursues its mission to bring the best of Portugal to the world and to be the greatest showcase of our best creators and products. In gastronomy, we take another step in this fruitful partnership with The Art of Tasting Portugal, this time revealing to our customers from all over the world the art of chef Noélia Jerónimo and her menu with typical Algarve products, such as octopus and almonds" .

The Art of Tasting Portugal, a platform that aims to promote national gastronomy through the gastronomic mapping of Portugal and the organization of experiences with an emphasis on this sector, presents an approach to the country as a differentiating gastronomic destination, focusing on the essence of each region, adding the community of people whose work stands out in this activity, and in the products of excellence that are found in the national territory.

Source: TAP Air Portugal / The Art of Tasting / AIP

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