THE OPPENING SPEECH
Luis Zahera giving the oppening speech
The oppening speech of the Empanada Festival is one of the most anticipated moments of each edition of the gastronomic event. Currently, it takes place on Saturday, coinciding with the traditional empanada contest and before the grand feast of the groups.
Abel Caballero, herald 2019
Since 1987, the Empanada Festival has welcomed illustrious heralds like Camilo José Cela and Alfredo Conde, renowned chefs such as Pepe Solla and Lucía Freitas, politicians like Abel Caballero and Xerardo Fernández Albor.
Camilo José Cela, herald 1987
Actors and actresses like Luis Zahera, Gloria Ferreiro, Mela Casal, Carlos Blanco, and Teté Delgado, entrepreneurs of the stature of Miguel Durán, and prestigious journalists like Fernando Ónega, María Rey, Pilar Cernuda, or José María Carrascal have also played this role.
Check out all the heralds of the Empanada Festival:
- 2024 - Fernando Romay (Bascketball player)
- 2023 - Maria Lama (journalist)
- 2022 - Lucía Freitas (chef)
- 2019 - Abel Caballero (politician)
- 2018 - Pepe Solla (chef)
- 2017 - Cristina Collazo (actress)
- 2016 - Paula Fernández (politician)
- 2015 - José Luis Prada (entrepreneur)
- 2014 - Luis Zahera (actor)
- 2013 - Teté Delgado (actress)
- 2012 - Inés Colmeiro (journalist)
- 2011 - Armando Vázquez (writer and journalist)
- 2010 - Federico Pérez (actor)
- 2009 - Quique Morales (journalist)
- 2008 - Xacobe Pérez (TV presenter)
- 2007 - Ramón Conde (sculptor)
- 2006 - Mofa e Befa (comedy duo, actors)
- 2005 - Paco Lodeiro and Carlos Jiménez (presenter and actor)
- 2004 - Xirandola (traditional dance association)
- 2003 - Gloria Ferreiro and Mela Casal (actresses)
- 2002 - Xosé Luis Barreiro (politician)
- 2001 - Carlos Blanco (actor)
- 1999 - Juan Salgueiro (politician)
- 1998 - Xesús Palmou (politician)
- 1997 - Alfredo Conde (writer and politician)
- 1996 - Víctor Manuel Vázquez Portomeñe (politician)
- 1995 - Miguel Durán (entrepreneur)
- 1994 - María Rey (journalist)
- 1993 - Pilar Cernuda (journalist)
- 1992 - José María Carrascal (journalist)
- 1991 - Fernando Ónega (writer and journalist)
- 1987 - Camilo José Cela (writer)