Professional career of Juan Barbacil

He was born in Zaragoza on 1960. Together with his brothers, he managed the Barbacil Bodega Licoreria establishment in Zaragoza until 1995, a traditional store founded by the family in 1917. In 1995 he created Barbacil Comunicación and stopped running the family businesses , dedicating himself uniquely to his new company.

  • Distinction of Tourist Merit 2003 to Juan Barbacil for his significant contribution to the development and dissemination of Aragonese gastronomy. Awards granted by the Department of Industry, Commerce and Tourism of the Government of Aragon.
  • Prize of the Association of Aragonese Fairs 2017 to Juan Barbacil for his support and dissemination of the fairs of the Aragonese community.
  • II Edition of the Aragon Hospitality and Tourism Awards, 2017 award to the entity or person outstanding in the dissemination of tourism that has collaborated in giving visibility to the work and effort of the Aragonese tourism scene to Juan Barbacil Pérez. Award from the Confederation of Hospitality and Tourism Entrepreneurs of Aragon (CEHTA).

With your communication office

  • En 1995 crea el gabinete de comunicación “Barbacil Comunicación”.
  • For seven years he was responsible for the Generic Campaign for the Promotion of Food from Aragon with Denomination of Origin and food with C for Quality from the Government of Aragon.
  • During the years 98 and 99, he was responsible for the same campaign in the promotional actions carried out with the Aragonese Development Institute of the Government of Aragon outside the Aragonese Autonomous Community.
  • Durante tres años responsable de la acción “Aulas de gastronomía”, para el Gobierno de Aragón, Consejería de Agricultura.
  • Coordinator of the Zaragoza Tourism Excellence Plan in its gastronomy area, launched by the Zaragoza City Council, the Government of Aragon, the Sub-Secretary of the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Tourism, and the Federation of Hotels and Restaurants of Aragon (HORECA).
  • Since 1997 he was responsible for the communication of the Freixenet Group in the Aragonese Autonomous Community, Navarra.
  • Head of the communication department of CRDO Aceite del Bajo Aragón.
  • Organizer of the Maella Peach Fair. for the Maella City Council and with the collaboration of Cedemar and the CRDO Melocotón de Calanda.
  • Director de “La cocina del Agua. Zaragoza 2006 – 2008” del Ayuntamiento de Zaragoza y vinculado de forma directa a la Exposición Internacional Zaragoza 2008.
  • Responsable desde su creación del “Plan de Gastronomía de Aragón”, del Gobierno de Aragón.
  • Collaborator of the World Congress of Gastronomy Madrid - Fusion in all its editions.
  • Director of Communication of the College of Agricultural Engineers of Aragon, Navarra and the Basque Country.
  • Producer and director of numerous television spots for companies such as Bodegas y Viñedos del Jalón (D.O. Calatayud), Club Náutico Restaurant, Complejo Hostelero Sella, Alimentos de Aragón, Ternasco de Aragón, Carne de Vacuno con C de Calidad, Restaurante Gayarre, Bodegas Aylés , CRDO Aceite del Bajo Aragón, El Criollo coffee and others. 

With the media

Currently

  • Colaborador en COPE Radio desde hace 20 años con el programa “Contigo pan y cebolla”
  • Colaborador de RNE en el programa “No es un día cualquiera” que dirige Pepa Fernández
  • Director del espacio diario “Del campo a la mesa” del circuito territorial de RNE Aragón

Previously

  • Collaborator of the ICEX Spain Gourmetour magazine.
  • Since its foundation and for 20 years, he was a writer at El Periódico de Aragón of Grupo Z where he was in charge of the gastronomy area.
  • Dirigió y presentó el programa semanal “El vino de la A la Z” que emitió en el circuito regional Televisión Española en Aragón.
  • Colaborador mensual desde su fundación de la revista “Horeca” durante más de diez años, órgano oficial de comunicación de la Federación de Empresarios de Hostelería de Aragón.
  • For more than eleven years a collaborator of Radio Zaragoza – Cadena Ser Aragón.
  • Since its founding and until its disappearance, head of the gastronomy section of the newspaper El Día de Aragón.
  • Durante un año productor y director del programa “Placeres” en Antena Aragón de Zaragoza.
  • Co-productor y presentador de los espacios seriales para Televisión Española en Aragón, “La Despensa de Aragón”, “La Magia del Vino del Somontano” y “Alimentos de Aragón”.
  • Collaborator of the specialized national magazine Club de Gourmets.
  • For three years editor of the gastronomy area of Play Boy magazine.
  • Colaborador de Heraldo de Aragón en el suplemento de gastronomía “Con Mucho Gusto”

Published books

  • Author of the following books:

    1. “Libro de Oro de la Cocina Aragonesa”, editado por Almozara Editorial. Año 2016.
    2. “Vinos de Aragón”, written by Juan Barbacil and Miguel Lorente. Published by Editorial La Val de Onsera in Huesca. Year 1994.
    3. “Guía de las tapas de Zaragoza” for the publishing house El País Aguilar. Year 1996.
    4. “Gastronomía Aragonesa Saludable”, editado para la Asociación Nacional de Tiendas Especializadas en Vino. Año 1998.
    5. “Guía profesional de productores aragoneses con Denominación de Origen, C de Calidad y Agricultura Ecológica”, tres ediciones para el Departamento de Agricultura del Gobierno de Aragón. Años 2001, 2002 y 2003.
    6. “Las cuatro estaciones de la gastronomía aragonesa” with José María Pisa edited by the Aragonese Development Institute. Year 2000.
    7. “El Gran Libro de la Cocina Aragonesa” for Grupo Z and edited by Aneto Publicaciones. Year 2001.
    8. “Cien recetas para un siglo”, published for the Central Market of Zaragoza on the occasion of its first centenary. Year 2002.
    9. “El gran libro de los vinos de Aragón” Edited by Grupo Z. Year 2003.
    10. “El vino en Aragón como impulsor de la gastronomía”. Edited by the Fernando El Católico Institution of the Zaragoza Provincial Council, for the Aragonese Academy of Gastronomy. Year 2003. Juan Barbacil's admission speech to the Academy.
    11. “Guía de los mejores vinos de Aragón”, publicado por la Asociación de Sumilleres de Aragón.
    12. “Guía de productores de la Asociación de Industrias Agroalimentarias de Aragón”.
    13. “El libro del melocotón de Calanda”, published by the Calanda Peach CRDO and sponsored by CEDEMAR, ADIBAMA and OMEZYMA.
    14. El Gran Libro de la Cocina Tradicional Aragonesa. Tomo I. Edited by El Periódico de Aragón. Group Z. Year 2004.
    15. El Gran Libro de la Cocina Tradicional Aragonesa. Tomo II. Edited by El Periódico de Aragón. Group Z. Year 2004.
    16. “Zaragoza y sus cocineros”, en colaboración con Cristina Muñoz – Bails sobre los ocho cocineros más famosos del panorama culinario zaragozano.
    17. “Agenda gastronómica aragonesa”, for the General Directorate of Tourism of the Government of Aragon during five editions.
    18. Organizer of the I and II Forum of Aragonese Gastronomy in collaboration with the University of Zaragoza.

    Other editorial work

    1. “Los oficios del dulce en Aragón” con Carmen Abad editado por el Grupo Zeta.
    2. “El aceite de oliva en Aragón”, editado por la Academia Aragonesa de Gastronomía.

Presentations in most outstanding congresses

  • Director of the International Gastronomy and Health Congress.
  • Menendez Pelayo International University.
  • CIHEAM. CIHEAM Zaragoza Mediterranean Agricultural Institute of Zaragoza.
  • Center for Agronomic Business Studies of Ibercaja.
  • Annual congresses of SALICAL (International Quality Fair) in Logroño.
  • Madrid Fusion. International Summit of Gastronomy and Chefs.
  • Organizer of the I and II Forum of Aragonese Gastronomy in collaboration with the University of Zaragoza.
  • Head of Communication at ALCOTEC, Haute Cuisine and Technology, in collaboration with the Government of Aragon and the University of Zaragoza.
  • Moderator of the II International Congress of Gastronomy and Health in Pamplona. Year 2007.

Sundries

  • Member of the Aragonese Academy of Gastronomy. She is currently a secretary.
  • Honorary Member of the CRDO Campo de Borja.
  • Teruel Ham Gold Medal.
  • Honorary member of the Association of Sommeliers of Aragon.
  • Honorary member and dish of the Association of Cooks of Aragon.
  • Honorary member and Pajarita award from the Association of Maîtres de Aragón.
  • Professor for two editions of the Menéndez Pelayo International University in its courses developed in Aragon.
  • Responsible for the texts of the national gastronomy and travel guides Geoplaneta , El País Aguilar , Plaza y Janés y Anaya.
  • Asesor para asuntos gastronómicos de El Corte Inglés en su “Ambito Cultural” de Aragón.
  • For 21 years he sang in the Polifónica Miguel Fleta, the oldest choral group in Aragon, with which he visited a large number of countries. He was secretary and president of the same for seven years.
  • Founder and secretary of the Aragon Symphony Orchestra until its disappearance.
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