Last Wednesday, Matís opened a food workshop in Höfn in Hornafjörður. Einar K. Guðfinnsson, Minister of Fisheries and Agriculture, opened the workshop in the presence of a large crowd, but well over two hundred people attended.
Following the formal opening, guests listened to a few short lectures from Matís staff while offering refreshments made from local ingredients, such as salted fish, foals, smoked duck, ice cream, etc. but Matís has been involved in the development, design and marketing of these foods.
Matarsmiðjan is specially set up to support entrepreneurs and companies who want to start value-added small-scale production of food from Icelandic raw materials.
The picture shows Einar K. Guðfinnsson cutting a ribbon at the formal opening, but the Minister used special lobster scissors for the work. With him in the picture are Sjöfn Sigurgísladóttir, CEO of Matís, Hjalti Þór Vignisson, Mayor of Höfn and Guðmundur M. Gunnarsson, Project Manager at Matís in Höfn.
Further information can be found on Matís' website, www.matis.is.
Lecture dr. Harður G. Kristinsson from the opening.