L’Aula Gastronòmica de l’Empordà is an initiative of the Unió d’Empresaris d’ Hostaleria i Turisme de la Costa Brava Centre (Group of Hotel and Tourist Enterprises of the Costa Brava Centre) and of “La Cuina de l’Empordanet” which became one of the projects that was carried out as part of the Tourist Encouragement Plan for the Baix Empordà, promoted by the General Secretariat for Tourism of the Ministry of Economy, the Generalitat of Catalonia and the Baix Empordà Regional Council, which was developed between 1999 and 2002. It was opened in 2001, after the signing of an agreement between the Baix Empordà Regional Council, which owns the Aula, and the Unió d’Associacions d’ Hostaleria de la Costa Brava Centre (Union of Hotel Associations of the Costa Brava Centre), which took on its management until 2010. The installations of L’Aula Gastronòmica de l’Empordà cover a surface area of 250 square metres. It has a kitchen area that is fully equipped with the latest technologies and state of the art machinery. It also has changing rooms, a bar, meeting rooms and offices.

L’Aula is an innovative, leading experience in Spain and represents a significant contribution towards the search for quality in the catering world. It hopes to be a place for professionals to meet, to study, to analyse and to reflect. It also hopes to encourage debate, promoting exchange between caterers, helping the relationship between producers and those who prepare the products and to boost a greater use of local products. It works in research and above all in the continuous training of workers from companies in the sector, at the same time as offering high-level training for chefs, heads of dining rooms and leaders of catering companies.