He participates in food festivals, seminars, workshops, lectures and conferences and international promotional events.
Promoting healthy eating habits, his work is based on nutrition research and culinary creativity, combining the Mediterranean diet with the Japanese diet.
He also works on creating new products or healthy foods, often with the use of extra virgin olive oil.
Fortes contributed articles and photographs to newspapers and wrote books about art and gastronomy.
He collaborates with internationally renowned architects and takes an active role in the design of furniture, dinnerware and clothes.