Hội An International Food Festival last year (Photo: VNA)Hoi An (VNA) - The secondweek-long Hoi An International Food Festival will take place from March 20 withthe participation of 12 international chefs showcasing their countries’ culinaryspecialties made with herbs and ingredients from Hoi An.
The chefs come from Germany, Mauritius,Sweden, Greece, India, Sri Lanka, the US, Malaysia, Russia, and Portugal.
The event will be launched with a cocktailevening prior to the first official day, and close with an international streetparty on Nguyen Thai Hoc Street and an awards ceremony at the An Hoi SculptureGarden.
The festival, that follows the successfuldebut of 2016, is organized by the Hoi An Culinary Events with the support ofthe Hoi An City People’s Committee.
A reception has been held at the residence ofthe Ambassador of Sri Lanka to introduce the organizers of the Hoi AnInternational Food Festival 2017. Guests included diplomatic representativesfrom the chefs’ home countries.
“The festival will give visitors theopportunity to try food from around the world while enjoying a festivalatmosphere. We are fortunate to be able to welcome back some of the chefs fromthe 2016 event as well as new participants from around the world,” said Keerthi Hapugasdeniya (nicknamed"Happy"), founder and CEO of the Hoi An Culinary Events. He is aninternational award-winning Sri Lankan Chef who currently resides in Australia.
“The chefs will begin their journey byvisiting and buying herbs and ingredients at the market in Hoi An, and comeback to the restaurants in the city to cook,” he said.
“Vietnamese cooking is renowned for its use of fresh herbs. Those chefs werevery happy to know how to combine perfectly Vietnamese ingredients together,”he adds.
At the reception, Trinh Diem Vy,chairperson of the Hoi An Culinary Events and one of Vietnam’s most recognizedrestaurateurs and chefs, showed guests her art of cooking some of Vietnam’sspecialties.
The duo, Happy and Vy, viewed the foodfestival as an opportunity to expose visitors and residents of Hoi An tointernational cuisine, while introducing and promoting Vietnamese cuisine toforeign countries through the participating chefs.
The festival will take place at the An HoiSculpture Garden on Hoi An’s Nguyen Phuc Chu Street every evening from 5pm,from March 20 to March 26.-VNA
The chefs come from Germany, Mauritius,Sweden, Greece, India, Sri Lanka, the US, Malaysia, Russia, and Portugal.
The event will be launched with a cocktailevening prior to the first official day, and close with an international streetparty on Nguyen Thai Hoc Street and an awards ceremony at the An Hoi SculptureGarden.
The festival, that follows the successfuldebut of 2016, is organized by the Hoi An Culinary Events with the support ofthe Hoi An City People’s Committee.
A reception has been held at the residence ofthe Ambassador of Sri Lanka to introduce the organizers of the Hoi AnInternational Food Festival 2017. Guests included diplomatic representativesfrom the chefs’ home countries.
“The festival will give visitors theopportunity to try food from around the world while enjoying a festivalatmosphere. We are fortunate to be able to welcome back some of the chefs fromthe 2016 event as well as new participants from around the world,” said Keerthi Hapugasdeniya (nicknamed"Happy"), founder and CEO of the Hoi An Culinary Events. He is aninternational award-winning Sri Lankan Chef who currently resides in Australia.
“The chefs will begin their journey byvisiting and buying herbs and ingredients at the market in Hoi An, and comeback to the restaurants in the city to cook,” he said.
“Vietnamese cooking is renowned for its use of fresh herbs. Those chefs werevery happy to know how to combine perfectly Vietnamese ingredients together,”he adds.
At the reception, Trinh Diem Vy,chairperson of the Hoi An Culinary Events and one of Vietnam’s most recognizedrestaurateurs and chefs, showed guests her art of cooking some of Vietnam’sspecialties.
The duo, Happy and Vy, viewed the foodfestival as an opportunity to expose visitors and residents of Hoi An tointernational cuisine, while introducing and promoting Vietnamese cuisine toforeign countries through the participating chefs.
The festival will take place at the An HoiSculpture Garden on Hoi An’s Nguyen Phuc Chu Street every evening from 5pm,from March 20 to March 26.-VNA
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