San Jose celebrates the III Ibiza Potato Fair, a day for all audiences that is organized to coincide with the beginning of the potato harvesting season, to highlight the value of this native variety that many consider the “queen of the Ibizan garden.”
The fair is held on Sunday May 17 2026, taking advantage of the fact that it is the day of San José Craft Market.
From the 12:00h you can enjoy a tapas competition creative Made with local potatoes for a price of €5 run by five establishments in the town: Can Bernat Vinya, Paulis Bakes, Es Galliner, Bar Center de Majors and Granola.
In addition, in the Town Hall Square of 11 to 00 pm there will be various showcookings, including a session with Herbusa and Ester Vila on "Potatoes and leftover cooking: Zero Food Waste", another one made of peasant salad with the journalist Marta Torres, or a demonstration of traditional recipes such as the lamb stew with marjoram prepared by Esperança Ribes and Margarita Sala.
There will also be room for the cake shop with Miguel Lópezchef of Taste of Salia, and technical cuts of the potato with the cook Marga Orell.
And so you can take it home and make your own creations, the fair will have a dealer direct with Agroeivissawhere you can buy red potatoes directly from the producers.
In the tent, at 14: 00 hours, You will be able to taste one of the most famous dishes of Ibizan cuisine, the sofrit pagès.
But in addition to Sunday's matches, 18 to 24 May 2026 Six restaurants in the municipality are hosting the Red Potato Gastronomic Weekwith special dishes where the red potato takes center stage, from the classic Bullit de Peix to haute cuisine creations like a red potato mille-feuille. Participating establishments are: Can Berri Vell, Es Balneari Cala Carbó, Cana Sofia, S'Espartar, Sa CaletaTaste of Salia and Rascalobos.
