LUNCHEON INVITATION BY THE SPANISH EMBASSY

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Madrid Fusion Manila is a trade show held in cooperation with the Spanish Embassy and the hog producers/processors association>INTERPORC in Spain. A day before the 3-day Trade Show at the World Trade Center, the Embassy invited key people they want to network with to a luncheon prepared by Michelin Star Chef Kisko Garcia and Master Ham Carver Ricardo Rojas (both flown in for the Show). With the red tie is Señor José Ramón Godoy>Export Manager of INTERPORC which has as its members 5,000 companies. Preparing for his speech is Spanish Ambassador H.E. Luis Calvo and beside him Commercial Counsellor Señor Enrique Feás. Lady in black is Embassy Commercial Division Officer María Angeles Romo Nuñez and lady in stripes is the official interpreter of the Embassy. Beside her, Señor Rojas is carving the Jamón Serrano for the guests who thoroughly enjoyed the delectable dishes prepared for them.   


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