Boutique do Mar
Part of The Art of Tasting Portugal’s mission is to present small producers, family businesses and the best suppliers to the best chefs in each region.
Do Quintal Farmhouse
Do Quintal Farmhouse is a project run by women who have practiced family and sustainable agriculture for generations.
In the rich floodplains of Torres Vedras Do Quintal Farmhouse grows all kinds of fruits and vegetables, including the beautiful courgettes. Do Quintal Farmhouse is a project run by women who have practiced family and sustainable agriculture for generations. They can be found in Torres and also in weekly markets in Lisbon.
Frutus
Frutus has 16 producers and a production that exceeds 18,000 tons per year.
Founded in 1992, Frutus is a company in the municipality of Cadaval dedicated to the production of fruit, including Pera Rocha do Oeste PDO. Frutus has 16 producers and a production that exceeds 18,000 tons per year. The company is working towards keeping high-quality standards while improving sustainability.
Garça Branca
A frequent visitor to the Mondego rice fields, the Egret (Garça-Branca in Portuguese) lends its name to the family-run business that produces the Lower Mondego “Carolino“ rice
Led by the friendly Jorge Vieira, Garça Branca is based in the parish of Maiorca, in the municipality of Figueira da Foz. In the Mondego fields, Jorge and his family sow, harvest, dry, peel, and pack the rice they produce in an Integrated Protection system. Here are the company’s contacts: Tel: 233201060, 914580430 / Email: garca.branca@sapo.pt
Hortelão do Oeste
It is easy to see why Hortelão do Oeste is the number one supplier for many chefs and restaurants.
Premium products grown in a sustainable way by a family-run business: it is easy to see why Hortelão do Oeste is the number one supplier for many chefs and restaurants. The production is focused on chefs and restaurants and displays a collection of more than 600 varieties of vegetables, beans, – featuring the beautiful peas here pictured – and also cereals and vines.
Hortelão do Oeste
In the three hectares of land dedicated to the production of vegetables there is space for around 600 varieties of vegetables
The variety and quality of this producer is so high that many chefs rely on it! The funny thing is that Hortelão do Oeste‘s mentor was also a cook, and that‘s why he knows the tastes and preferences of chefs and grows precisely the products that are missing in their pantries. In the three hectares of land dedicated to the production of vegetables (there are also 11 hectares planted with cereals and an area of vine), there is space for around 600 varieties of vegetables, including beautiful peppers of all colors and shapes.
Lugrade
A family business in the region of Coimbra that salts, dries, and sells the best cod from the icy waters of the northern seas.
Founded in 1987, Lugrade, a family business in the region of Coimbra that salts, dries, and sells the best cod from the icy waters of the northern seas. Aware of its activity, Lugrade guarantees the sustainability of its resources and the excellent quality of its products through the Iceland Responsible Fisheries (IRF) program.
Nutrifresco
Nutrifresco distributes the best fish and seafood from our sea to the country‘s best chefs.
With deep knowledge of the Portuguese sea, Nutrifresco distributes the best fish and seafood from our sea to the country‘s best chefs. The team‘s helmsman is the biochemist Pedro Bastos, a sea and fish scholar committed to a more sustainable, more informed, and conscious practice.
Nutrifresco
Nutrifresco has only excellent products.
Specialist in fish and seafood from our coast, Nutrifresco has only excellent products whose main customers are the best restaurants and chefs in the country and the end consumer who can order the fish and receive it at home.
OceanTour
Through Oceantour, great chefs can reach a superior product faster and more efficiently.
A life by the sea turned into a deepwater business. After some time in the surf industry, Tiago Fonseca started working directly with fishermen, buying at the fish auction and supplying retailers and restaurants. In 2015, side by side with Joel Martins, from the famous Tasca do Joel (mandatory restaurant in Peniche), he raised the bar and pointed to the haute cuisine sector facilitating access to good products. Through Oceantour, great chefs can reach a superior product faster and more efficiently. “I don‘t have a fixed supply of fish for my clients; I call them and tell them what‘s good that day.“ It is in the auction that Tiago is like a fish in the water.
Pec Chibeiritos
Pec Chibeiritos is a family-owned company from Bairrada dedicated to the suckling pig commerce.
Carefully created and selected the animals they produce are elected by several chefs and restaurants not only in the region but throughout the country.
Queijaria Vale da Estrela
Some passions last a lifetime and others that last more than one: that of the Coelho family and their cheese company Vale da Estrela and its Serra da Estrela traditions is proof of that.
Vale d’Amêndoa
Vale d‘Amendoa is an organization dedicated to the production and commercialization of this nut.
In the Upper Superior, the unique climate and geography of the Foz Côa region are ideal for the production of almonds of extraordinary quality. Vale d‘Amendoa is an organization dedicated to the production and commercialization of this nut. The organization practices sustainable agriculture and carefully chooses the trees to guarantee the final product‘s quality: almonds with a crunchy texture, sweet and buttery flavor.
