Varadero Gourmet International Festival returns this September
Varadero Gourmet International Festival returns this September By Daily Pérez Guillén Representatives from a dozen countries, including Spain, Chile, Canada, Italy, France, the United States, Brazil, China and Cuba, as well as the most important suppliers of food and supplies for Cuba’s tourism industry, have confirmed their presence at the 14th Varadero Gourmet International Festival, which will kick off on September 11. “The evolution of Cuban gastronomy” will be the main theme on which conferences, cooking, gastronomic and cocktail competitions and exhibitions will be held at the event’s usual venue – the Plaza América Convention Center. At a press conference, the Commercial Director of the Palmares Extrahotel Enterprise, Ariadna Viñas, informed that during the three-day event, participants will discuss transformations in cuisine, tradition and haute cuisine; artistic cuisine; knowledge of alternative cuisine, evolution and renewed tradition; and the teaching of gastronomy and its educational and cultural influences. Meanwhile, the Deputy Director [...]