Santo Domingo.– The Renaissance Jaragua Hotel and the Melia Santo Domingo hotel will host Taste Santo Domingo 2012, the popular international food festival that has become the main culinary event in the Caribbean.
This year the event increases in duration and size, settling for 3 days (18, 19 and 20 October) and occupying more than five spaces simultaneously to provide a full schedule of presentations and events for professionals and students of the food and beverage industry.
Over 150 companies and more than 4,000 people are expected to attend. The program includes tastings, dinners, private events and awards and the participation of outstanding international and local chefs who will share their most important secrets as well as their gourmet recipes.
The communication company Claro will present two culinary stars of the famous gastronomy channel Elgourmet.com on live presentations of their popular TV shows.
In its fith edition this year the event will hold the 1st Culinary Cup of the Americas, sponsored by Nestle Professional. More than 20 countries are invited to participate with teams representing them in this competition of professional, junior and pastry categories with over US$6,000 in prize money.
All information about the event and how to participate will be available on the official website www.tastesantodomingo.com.
The event takes place thanks to the collaboration and sponsorship of major schools, organizations, companies, institutions involved in the field of gastronomy in the Dominican Republic.