Gian Luca Demarco embraces change and loses 11 kilograms

Gian Luca Demarco is taking his food-and-travel show to Spain, bringing viewers new recipes, culinary discoveries and encounters with Lithuanians who have built lives and businesses there.

The host says Spain feels like another Italy, but with more heat and more sea. He plans to explore the country’s traditions, football culture, everyday food and markets, while showing viewers how to eat well without spending a fortune. Each episode will feature two recipes.

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Many Italians are used to thinking very grandly only about Italy. But it is wonderful to see how historically and culturally rich Spain is.

Demarco also expects to meet many Lithuanians who moved to Spain and created businesses there. He says they taught him to fish and revealed what they consider the best paella. He will also taste freshly caught oysters, octopus and churros, despite not previously being an oyster fan.

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Spain is first of all about football. In the Sunday episodes we will also reveal what to do here and what to eat in Spain if you do not want to spend a fortune.

The trip has brought a personal change as well. Before filming, Demarco would take sports clothes from his suitcase and go running, even when shoots began early. He said he promised himself that his work should fit alongside his health, adding that he wanted to stay fit enough to take part not only in raising his children but also in their weddings.

The routine appears to have worked. He begins the new season 11 kilograms lighter and says he managed to run five kilometers easily in Spain. Demarco, who studied Spanish at university and later worked with people from Argentina and Peru, says he speaks the language as well as Lithuanian.

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I promised myself that my work had to fit alongside my health, and that I would still take some care of my figure.