Gastronomic avant-garde and technological innovation go hand in hand in the new PacoRonceroTaller

With the most cutting-edge technology in the design of environments and environmental intelligence, Madrid chef Paco Roncero has devised a unique scenario to create experiences and generate emotions in the gastronomic field like never before.. PacoRonceroTaller is the achievement of a dream long meditated by this chef and materialized by the Repsol Guide in collaboration with HP, Land Rover and NH Hotels. This space embodies the values ​​of technological innovation, sustainable development and research or dissemination at the service of gastronomy.

Conceived as a research laboratory, The new workshop is a space for the development of the creative talent of the chef and his team in the design of new dishes, in addition to a connected training classroom for the exchange of knowledge between the elite of kitchen masters. But it is also a place where up to eight diners, and only through an exclusive invitation, You will be able to live unique experiences under the direction of Paco Roncero.

A unique space

With a 'clandestine' entry’ full of surprises, which includes a tour of the most hidden corners of the building, the room offers the possibility of generating chromatic atmospheres, control relative temperature and humidity, aromatize the environment and offer adapted acoustic experiences. Using an HP tablet PC, el HP Slate 2, a light and robust device, diners will be able to interact with the applications developed by the workshop. They will be able to create different scenes in accordance with the gastronomic discourse, to simulate exotic landscapes, recreate memories of times lived and generate illusions of stories yet to be lived for the visitor.

Unmatched research and experiences

In the experience area there are several HP TouchSmart touch desktops with which you can access a database of the workshop's oil library.. Before the oil tasting begins, Paco Roncero shows through the team and thanks to an application designed ad hoc, all the oil library available in the workshop, mostrando la información de todos los aceites seleccionados de una forma sencilla y mediante simples toques en la pantalla.

En el área del backoffice del taller, se encuentra uno de los sobremesas más potentes de HP, el HP Elite h8 con doble salida de video. Este equipo es el encargado de controlar todo el sistema de domótica que hace posible crear las “experiencias” del taller. Y es que a través de este equipo se emiten las diferentes escenas que conforman el espectáculo: emisión de vídeos, cambio de luces, etc. La parte de investigación es una de las claves del espacio, para lo que los miembros del taller utilizan portátiles HP ProBook 4330s con el fin de realizar el trabajo interno de investigación. Powerful and totally reliable equipment that keeps all research information completely safe while increasing productivity.

Hisia is located in the center of the workshop, a “smart table” about six meters long made in Keraon and an oil library with 216 test tubes for olive oil tasting, fetish ingredient of the workshop on which numerous investigations are done.

Gastronomic revolution

In sum, a gastronomic space of the future that helps transmit all the creative potential of the author and a "livinglab" where, through the study of people's reactions and participation, New creations and proposals will emerge that can be adapted and transferred to La Terraza del Casino in Madrid and other projects by the chef..

Salvador Cayon, Director of Marketing at PSG HP Iberia, has pointed; “For HP it is a real pleasure to be able to collaborate on a project as innovative and avant-garde as PacoRonceroTaller.. This unique space is a showcase of how technology plays a vital role in the way people discover, "He develops and practices the activities that he is passionate about and in the gastronomic and academic field it could not be less".

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