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TastArròs 2026 Returns to Valencia's City Hall Square to Celebrate Rice Culture

The gastronomic event, expected to attract over 40,000 people, will offer tastings, showcookings, and educational activities about Valencian rice.

Image of Valencia's City Hall Square during the TastArròs celebration, with people and an urban rice drying area.
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Image of Valencia's City Hall Square during the TastArròs celebration, with people and an urban rice drying area.

Valencia's City Hall Square will once again become the epicenter of rice culture with the celebration of TastArròs 2026, an event bringing together chefs, producers, and visitors around this product.

The most anticipated gastronomic event of the year in Valencia, TastArròs 2026, will take place on April 25th and 26th. Over two days, tradition, product, and cuisine will come together in a gathering that pays homage to rice as one of the great symbols of the Valencian territory. Since its first edition in 2016, TastArròs has evolved to become one of the most relevant gastronomic events on the calendar, both locally and nationally.
Organized by the Regulatory Council of the Arròs de València Designation of Origin, with the collaboration of the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, and Fisheries and the Valencia City Council, the event has become a key platform to bring the cultural, gastronomic, and environmental richness linked to Valencian rice closer to the public. This ninth edition will offer a diverse program, including tastings of traditional rice dishes and more contemporary versions, prepared by restaurants from Valencia and various regions.
Among the planned activities, there will be showcookings with chefs, an interactive rice mill, the traditional urban rice drying area, live music, and a new edition of the Future Rice Chef competition, where young culinary talents will showcase their skills. The event focuses on the entire process of Valencian rice, from cultivation to cooking, turning the center of Valencia into a meeting point for this product.
One of the great attractions returning this edition is the urban rice drying area, where part of the square will be transformed into a drying space with 10,000 kilograms of rice, following traditional methods. Visitors can also participate in the Fastest Farmer of l'Albufera competition, which tests skills in field work. Additionally, the TastArròs T’Ensenya stage will offer practical classes and showcookings to reveal the secrets of the varieties protected by the D.O. Arròs de València.
The event will also feature the participation of fishermen from the Port de Catarroja, who will bring some of their traditional boats and gear to the center of Valencia to show the public the fishing techniques linked to the Albufera lake. The grand finale will arrive on Sunday with the Future Rice Chef competition, which awards three prizes: one of €1,000 and two of €500. A jury of renowned gastronomic journalists will evaluate the texture, cooking point, flavor, creativity, and presentation of each dish.

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