Food and Drink from Wales and the World Cup

Part of 2. Questions to the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd – in the Senedd at 3:13 pm on 28 September 2022.

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Photo of Lesley Griffiths Lesley Griffiths Labour 3:13, 28 September 2022

Thank you. Well, what we normally do when we have such events—and I appreciate that this is the first time we've had anything like this—is that we would set a target. So, for instance, when we have Blas Cymru, I set a target of what new business, mainly, comes from Blas Cymru. So, obviously, this will be a smaller event for us—whilst I appreciate it's a massive global event—for us, I think it is absolutely the ideal platform to promote our Welsh food and drink industry to a very high-profile audience in Qatar. I'm really pleased that the first event is ahead of the world cup, because I think it's good to showcase that produce before. We're going to have a top Welsh chef there cooking Welsh lamb and really showcasing our food. But we will set targets to have a look at—. Obviously, we're putting money into it and we need to make sure that we encourage and hopefully support our Welsh food and drink industry to make sure they see increased business from such an event.