It's been a while hasn't it? Apart from shuttling to and fro from our newly opened Anything But Salads store to home, to Natural & Organic Products Asia (NOPA) Expo 2014 and then to the airport for a 24 hour flight to San Sebastian, Spain.... I haven't had much time to breathe!
So here we go. Deep breathe.
Insert picture of our NOPA booth. (Why not?) I will shamelessly (& proudly) announce it was designed by me and built entirely by Team ABS!
Alright. Now let's catch up shall we?
Where am I now? I'm at Dig Eat All (DEA) - the first food x tech accelerator program that's happening in Basque Culinary Center. ABS was one of 11 companies selected internationally to compete in this program. We're extremely blessed and happy and thrilled about this and we're TOTALLY loving this beautiful city and its glorious food.
Oh, in case you didn't know, Basque is kinda the food mecca of Europe. Yup.
Today is day 3 of DEA. There's finally some time to breathe and so some time to catch up with all of you.
Day 1 was all about matriculation. We got to know more about the Basque Culinary Center, DEA and our fellow foodpreneurs. We got to listen to speeches by each team, introducing their business, their vision and their goals. It was all very exciting and very very inspirational. I can't tell you how blessed I feel just to be given the opportunity to be here. It's definitely an experience I'll never forget.
Day 2 was all about getting our feet wet. Getting some work done. And then, the highlight was listening to a very exciting, enthusiastic and inspiring talk from the founder of Peer Transfer, Iker Marcaide. I've had some burning questions that needed answering, and some advice that was sorely needed. Iker was a treasure trove of wisdom and practical intelligence.
Thank you.
Today is Day 3. And the day is just starting! We're going to meet the founder of Sher.pa - Xabier Uribe-Etxebarria - and listen to him share his nuggets of wisdom and experiences. I can't wait.
Since a picture says a thousand words (& probably more).... Here're some highlights from our DEA adventures thus far:
DEA organisers giving us a briefing.
Juan Manuel, Founder of DEA, giving a briefing on the mission behind DEA.
Me, giving a introduction about Anything But Salads.
Friends from Ambronite - Simo and Mikko.
Taking a tour of the awesome Basque Culinary Center.
Snap shot of me and my co-founder, Noel!
Admiring architecture. Apparently, the Basque Culinary Center was humorously meant to look like a stack of dirty dishes! A+ for originality.
This is what we're surrounded by daily.
Noel at pinxchos. YUM.
Michele at our ABS table. Welcome to our foodpreneur work space.
Noel hard @ work even in our studio apartment.
What we've cooked for dinner. Basque has amazing produce!
We'll catch up soon! Promise!
Hasta luega! Ciao!
