One of Colombia’s most important culinary event is set to kick off in the historical city of Popayan.
The 12th edition of the National Gastronomy Congress will bring together culinary personalities from Colombia and around the world. This year Popayan in the south west of Colombia has invited the towns of Hondarribia, Spain and Cartagena as official guests.
Cartagena chefs will provide guests with a culinary show of traditional seafood dishes from the Caribbean coast. There will be gastronomic public workshops as well as free lectures from the Cartagena experts who will explain the gastronomic and cultural characteristics of the historic city.
Some of the Cartagena dishes on offer will be coconut rice, black posta, egg arepa, carimañola, platanos tentacion, cocadas and corozo.
The small port town of Hondarribia one of the greatest exponents of Basque cuisine. The cuisine is based on seafood, fruit and excellent local meats. Stand out dishes are kokotxas hake, sea bream grilled marmitako (stew with tuna and potatoes) and crab.
Popayan is the only place in Latin America tha has been declared a “City of Gastronomy” by UNESCO in tribute to its significant tradition of regional cooking.
The National Gastronomy Congress of Popayan has been held each September since 2003, and in 2005 was recognized by UNESCO as a cultural heritage event of the United Nations creative network. As it has an academic format, it is distinguished from other culinary events and is the only one to be listed nationally.
Prices for registration for National Gastronomy Congress XII:
Students $ 200,000
Subscribers $ 350,000 for first time
Subscribers $ 300,000 for second time
Full Schedule
Thursday
6:00pm: Inauguration and installation of Festival – Teatro Municipal Guillermo Valencia.
Award Presentation Ceremony: The Life and Career Mr. François Cornelis
8:00pm: Opening Cocktail – Club Corporation Popayán.
Friday
9:00 – 9:40 am: Conference: Culture and tradition of Hondarribia, Spain
Speaker: Aitor Kerejeta Cid, Hondarribia Mayor and President of the Foundation ARMA PLAZA
9:40 – 10:20 am Conference: “The official quality marks for food products in the Basque Country”
Speaker: Alazne Uribarri del Olmo, Director of Marketing and Certification Unit of Hazi Foundation. Basque Government
10:20 – 10:40 am Coffee
10:40 – 11:25 am Conference: Niigata, Japan Town Gastronomic
Speaker: Mr. Kazunori Yoda . Executive Director Niigata International Food Award Foundation
11:25 am – 12:05 pm Conference: The Pig, history and current affairs in the Cauca
Speaker: Anthropologist Carlos Humberto Montoya Illera
1:00 – 3:30 pm: Cuisine Second Sample – Hondarribia – Bell Hall, Hotel Dann Monasterio
Iñaki Gezala – Restaurant Struggle
Gorka Cepeda – The Rocks Restaurant
Michael Munoz – Restaurante Gran Sol
8:00 – 9:30 pm: Cultural and Artistic Presentation of Hondarribia – Teatro Municipal Guillermo Valencia.
Activities
11:00 a.m. – 12:00 m: Workshop: Panela and Drink
In charge: National Federation of products Panela
3:30 – 4:30 pm: Shop Amazon Kitchen drove: Antonuela Ariza
5:00 – 8:00 pm: Movie Screening of Short Film and Gastronomy Paid: Movies in my neighborhood 2
5:15 – 6:15 pm: Caribbean Workshop: “The table Cartagenera fried” History and tradition of the popular pie with fried egg native to Cartagena. The real story behind the popular “Arepa and egg” Directed by: Luis Alfonso Otoya
6:30 – 7:30 pm: Talk Pure Directed by: Elias Correa. Cigar Puyana
6:00 – 11:00 pm: Music and Taste Artistic presentations
Tastings
4:00 – 5:00pm: Tasting Olive Oil – Club Corporation Popayán
5:00 – 6:00pm: Wine and cheese Idiazabal Txacoli – Club Corporation Popayán
5:15pm – 6:15pm: Cigar Tasting – Terraza del Teatro Municipal Guillermo Valencia
6:00pm – 7:00pm: Cheese and wine tasting – Hotel Dann Monasterio
Saturday
Guest City: Cartagena de Indias
Second Academic Segment – Cartagena de Indias – Teatro Municipal Guillermo Valencia
9:00 – 9:40 am: Conference: Gastronomy in Cartagena de Indias, a historical and cultural vision
Speaker: Lácydes Moreno White
9:40 – 10:20 am: Conference: Signs of Magic World, relationship between cooking and music.
Lecturer: Rafael Martinez
10:20 – 10:35 am: Coffee
10:35 – 11:10 am: Conference: Restaurant Management
Lecturer: Alvaro Molina Villegas
11:10 am – 12:00 am: Conversation: “ASSOCIATION OF COLOMBIAN PORCICULTORES”
Lecturer:
– Daniel Riveros, Academic Director Institute Mariano Moreno
– Juanita Umaña, Chef de los Ejecutivo Restaurants Indigo 1492 and in Bogota
– La Petite Chef de Cuisine Cooking School of London
– Edgar José Pulido Simmonds , President of the Gastronomic Corporation of Popayán.
12:00 m – 12:40 pm: Conference: Colombian Cuisine and identity
Speakers: Antonuela Ariza, Eduardo Velez and Beatriz Luz Martinez
1:00 – 3:30 pm: Gastronomica Third Sample – Bell Hall, Hotel Dann Monasterio
4:00 pm – 6:30 pm: Second Forum of Universities – Valencia Auditorio Julio Arboleda,
8:00 – 9:30 pm: Cultural and Artistic Presentation of Cartagena de Indias, Calenda Folk Grouping Coast to Coast – Teatro Municipal Guillermo Valencia.
Activities
11:00 – 12:00 am: Community Mothers Workshop Manager: Electrocreditos del Cauca
3:30 – 4:30 pm: Workshop Kitchen Vasca drove: Chefs Iñaki Gezala Cepeda y Gorka
5:00 – 8:00 pm: Movie Screening of Short Film and Gastronomy Paid: Movies in my neighborhood 2
5:15 – 6:15 pm: Colombian Cooking Workshop Manager: Luz Beatriz Vélez
6:00 – 11:00 pm: Music and Taste Artistic presentations
Tastings
4:00 – 5:00 pm: Tasting Olive Oil – Club Corporation Popayán
4:00 – 5:00 pm: Wine: Mendoza art of Argentine wines – Auditorium Chamber of Commerce Cauca
5:15pm – 6:15pm: Cigar Tasting – Terraza del Teatro Municipal Guillermo Valencia
5:00pm – 6:00pm: Rum, that accomplices our feelings – Chamber of Commerce Auditorium del Cauca.
5:00pm a 6:00pm: Wine and cheese Idiazabal Txacoli – Place: Club Corporation Popayan
6:00 a 7:00 pm: Cheese tasting “the art of mature cheese” – Hotel Dann Monasterio
Sunday
Lunch in the Pubs – Parque Caldas
11:00 – 12:00 am: Skewers Judging Contest
12:00 – 1:00 pm: Thoughts and Desserts
1:00 – 5:00 pm: Music and Taste Artistic presentations