Jamaican reggae star Bob Marley also wrote Eric Clapton's hit I Shot the Sheriff and Johnny Nash's Stir it up.
The Gastrocult 2019 Academic Workshop, held at the Iberostar Grand Packard Hotel in the Cuban capital, concluded this Thursday after developing a comprehensive program with the participation of chefs and artists from Mexico, Peru, Spain, India and Cuba.
This culinary event made public the call for the second edition in 2019, which will be dedicated to Italy as the guest of honor.
The workshop was sponsored by the cultural tourism agency Paradiso with the support of the hotel chain Iberostar, the Ministry of Tourism, the Federation of Italian Tourism, and the Ministry of Tourism, Culinary Associations of the Republic of Cuba and Miguel Torres S.A. Winery.
On the first day, a special program was presented dedicated to India, a nation that was recognized for its culinary characteristics,
represented by the prestigious chefs Arjun Kumar and Sundeep Katya, and Mahatma Gandhi was also remembered, an outstanding figure of that South Asian culture, 150 years after his birth.
That day had a master class by chef Santiago Gutierrez, member of the Federation of Culinary Associations of Cuba, followed by a master class of Creole cocktails offered by master Pavel Fernandez.
The Gastrocult 2019 Academic Workshop also pays tribute to Havana, about to celebrate 500 years of its foundation, and according to the its organizers also intend to make the culinary tradition in the
Island national heritage and achieves maximum recognition worldwide.
Gladys Collazo, President of the National Council of Cultural Heritage, said that for the past two years a file has been prepared to include Cuban cuisine in the list of local heritage due to the variety of richness in different regions of the country.
During the second day of the event, the famous Peruvian cuisine captured the attention of the participants in the Academic Workshop for its its taste and variety.
As a cultural attraction, the program added the participation of the Cuban singer Haila Maria Mompie, in function of the culinary and the song, as well as the participation of singer-songwriter Kelvis Ochoa in similar gastronomic and musical activities.
A coffee and chocolate tasting was also organized by the Cubacafé company, in which the coffee painter Rafael Sanchez was present, Rafael Sanchez, who made a live demonstration with the the engraving technique and inaugurated an exhibition of his curious work in the lobby of the hotel.
Jamaican reggae star Bob Marley also wrote Eric Clapton's hit I Shot the Sheriff and Johnny Nash's Stir it up.
