Mevalco the allure of Spanish foods

Mevalco’s story began some 20 years ago as a culinary love story of Spanish artisans, chefs, growers, farmers, and shepherds when co-founder, David Menéndez, realised that there was a gap in the market for exceptional Spanish produce. He saw the opportunity to introduce fine-dining and retail mar ets to the ver finest anish foods

David remains at the helm of Mevalco to this day, overseeing the company’s continuing growth and weaving his ‘magic and sparkle’ with customers and suppliers alike. Reciprocal and close relationships are at the heart of Mevalco’s success and over the last two decades, the company has become a major force, in the specialism of Spanish foods.

The brand is now highly respected with top restauranteurs in the UK for the quality and unique provenance of its products, and the fact they trust Mevalco to help them make more possible and grow within their own business.

Increasingly, Mevalco’s presence and influence is becoming centre stage with discerning retailers who are looking for premium quality products, innovation, and sustainable provenance. Its ethos is based on an unwavering dedication to sourcing the finest anish roducts, rimaril from local artisans, whose craftmanship has been passed down through generations providing retailers with something new and different.

As a result, David’s team works with more than 120 ‘incredible’ suppliers. Mevalco is a champion of small producers. From 5th generation producers to intrepid entrepreneurs who are taking the leap into food production they all have the utmost respect for tradition and the environment. Most raise their own cattle, shepherd their own floc s, ee their own bees, catch their own fish, or roduce trul distinctive cheeses

Ingredients and products are nurtured on the hugely varied Spanish landscape and they embody the essence of Spain’s rich culinary heritage. From plump olives that deliver the highest grades olive oils, raw honeys which melt on the tongue, through to the finest Iberica pigs (who feed on acorns to provide incredible hams), beef (grazed on the slopes of the Asturian meadows), and lamb from the slopes of the Pyrenean mountains –everything that Mevalco offers is packed with flavour, te ture, and rovenance evalco s fish and seafoods are harvested in line with strict sustainable guidelines and its anchovies and boquerón’s are feted as simply stunning and the ‘best in the business’…

The team’s love of seafood products shine particularly in Mevalco portfolio, as it should be coming from the second largest seafood eating nation in the world, (Spain sits just behind Japan).

Under its stewardship, Spanish cheeses are coming more to the fore with some sensational options – the Great Taste Best Cheese in the World 2021 was Quesos y Besos Oliviada which Mevalco exclusively imports into the UK. WWW.MEVALCO.COM

DAVID SAYS:

“Sustainable sourcing is at the heart of everything we do. For example, take our Octo us we are the first business to offer retailers MSC Octopus in the UK. It is a very complex procedure to harvest Octo uses and the fisherman must have officials on board their board to monitor every catch. We respect every product and consider its provenance and its sustainability stewardship in what we bring to market.

“It’s the right way to do business and increasingly, it is driven by consumer demand which is a good thing. We don’t cut corners or look to pander to the lowest denominator. We have strong reasons for using a particular producer or family, and we say true to our principles”.

evalco s influence stretches beyond the role of a wholesaler. Collaborating with retailers and chefs who are creating retail signature lines, the