Quique Dacosta To Curate 2025 D*na Festival Celebrating Mediterranean Cuisine

The D*na Festival Denia, 1 of nan Costa Blanca’s astir vibrant nutrient events, will return connected Saturday September 27 and Sunday September 28, 2025, for its eighth edition. Set on nan picturesque promenade of Marineta Cassiana, nan show will erstwhile again bring together apical chefs, section producers and nutrient lovers for a play celebrating Mediterranean cuisine.

Curated by Michelin-starred cook Quique Dacosta, nan arena will agelong complete 700 metres of seafront, hosting stalls from Denia restaurants, location producers and artisans. Visitors tin expect unrecorded cooking shows, workshops focused connected section ingredients, talks, euphony and family-friendly intermezo passim some days.

A typical “Menú D*na” will besides beryllium offered successful participating restaurants crossed nan city, extending nan show beyond nan seafront and into Dénia’s culinary heart.

Cooperation agreement

To support nan event, Denia has signed a practice statement pinch nan Fundació Denia Ciutat Creativa de la Gastronomia de la Comunitat Valenciana. The metropolis hallway has pledged €125,000 to thief finance nan 2025 version – representing 34.2 per cent of nan full estimated fund of €365,000.

The statement was signed by Denia’s mayor, Vicent Grimalt, and nan foundation’s caput general, Ricard Pérez Miñana, pinch Amor López, president of nan section hospitality relation AEHTMA, besides successful attendance.

A benchmark for Mediterranean food

Since its motorboat successful 2017, nan D*na Festival Denia has go a benchmark for Mediterranean nutrient culture, attracting thousands of visitors each year.

Previous editions person featured renowned nationalist and world chefs, alongside section talent, successful a format that blends high-end cuisine pinch celebrated thoroughfare food. The show besides reinforces Denia’s position arsenic a UNESCO Creative City of Gastronomy.

Three Michelin stars

Its curator, Quique Dacosta, is simply a cardinal fig successful modern Spanish cuisine. With 3 Michelin stars for his eponymous edifice successful Denia, Dacosta brings some world prestige and heavy section knowledge to nan event, helping to spotlight nan region’s rich | culinary heritage.