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Chefs open Hoi An international food fest
  • | VNS | March 23, 2017 07:32 AM

Chefs from many countries attended the second Hoi An International Food Festival which opened at the An Hoi Sculpture Park Wednesday.



Something’s cooking: Chefs join the opening ceremony of the second Hoi An International Food Festival at An Hoi Sculpture Park in Hoi An on March 22. The festival will close on March 26. Photo courtesy of Hoi An International Food Festival

The visiting chefs will demonstrate their countries’ culinary specialties made with herbs and ingredients from Hoi An in the week-long festival that will remain open until Sunday.

On Tuesday, the chefs toured the Hoi An Market to get herbs and other ingredients to make their dishes, and then joined a cozy cocktail party at Vy’s Market Restaurant and Cooking School.

They will join local chefs in introducing traditional dishes from 5-10pm in the park on the Hoài River banks from March 23-26.

Trịnh Diễm Vy, chairwoman of the festival, will also cook some of Vietnam’s specialties.

It’s the second time that the festival has been held in the UNESCO-recognised world heritage site of Hoi An.

The event’s organising committee will present awards to the chefs during the closing ceremony at the An Hoi Sculpture Park on Sunday.

Hoi An city has been honoured by the World Association of Chefs as Vietnam’s Capital of Culinary Arts and Cuisine.

Hoi An Vice Chairman Nguyễn Văn Sơn said the festival has become a rendezvous for chefs from around world, giving locals and tourists the opportunity to taste food from different countries while enjoying cultural performances and the lighting of lanterns.

The International Food Festival is the first-of-its-kind in Vietnam that celebrates global food made with the finest locally sourced ingredients.

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