A famous Spanish chef promotes Thessaly in his country

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Jordi Cruz Mas is among the twelve Michelin-starred chefs in the world and is a member of the judging panel on Spain’s popular ‘Master Chef’ show.

Starring one of the world’s top chefs, the Spaniard Jordi Cruz Mas, the filming of the extremely popular travel show “Planeta Calleja”, broadcast by Spain’s national channel 4, took place from September 17 to 23 in various areas of Thessaly.

The targeted information trip, which involved representatives of the press (press trip) for the promotion of the region in the Spanish market, was organized by the EOT Service of Spain with the active assistance of the Region of Thessaly, Aegean Air, the Association of Professional Boat Owners of Thessaly and other organizations of the area.

The one-hour show, which has been broadcast for nine consecutive years in the prime-time zone, is hosted by the famous mountaineer Jesús Calleja. In each episode, he invites a personality from the field of politics, entrepreneurship and art to destinations with special natural beauty around the world, and Thessaly was chosen as such a region.

For this particular episode, he chose as co-host J. Cruz Mas, who is among them more than twelve awarded with Michelin stars chef in the world and is a member of the judging panel on the popular show “Master Chef” in Spain.

During filming, J. Calleja and J. Cruz Mas had the opportunity to tour the wonderful natural landscapes of the area, taste its unique gastronomy and cook with local products, participate in outdoor activities such as hiking, horseback riding , yachting, canyoning in Pelion and climbing, and to visit the monastic state in the imposing volume of Meteora.

It is noted that the two co-presenters have a total of over 3 million followers on social media. It is indicative that the posts made by J. Calleja on Instagram during his stay in Greece have already gathered more than 96,000 likes and 3,210 comments, while his corresponding posts on Facebook have received hundreds of reposts.

The Thessaly episode of “Planeta Calleja” is expected to be broadcast in February 2023, after which the Mediaset group, which owns the channel, will rebroadcast it on its other owned channels and digital platforms.

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