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Spain & Portugal Academy Chairperson

Rafael Anson Academy of Gastronomy founder, freelance writer and Publisher

Author of several books and director of gastronomy for a number of publishing companies, Rafael was the founder of the Cofrad'a de la Buena Mesa (the equivalent of Le Club des 100 in France), the Spanish Academy of Gastronomy, of which he is currently president, and, together with France and the UK, the International Academy of Gastronomy (president 1991-1995).

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