Each French region contributes to the global recognition of France, whose French gastronomic meal and its rituals are listed as UNESCO's intangible cultural heritage. The Occitanie Region is full of treasures and culinary specialties and its South of France Art de Vivre is exported beyond borders. 

Among this regional heritage, Catalan gastronomy occupies an important place. It has its roots in the Mediterranean, both due to its geographical location with its feet in the sea and its head in the heights, as well as its historical influence when the Phoenicians, Greeks and Romans traded with the Catalonia of the time.