“COOKING IS ART – A WINDOW TO GREECE THROUGH GASTRONOMY”, ΤΙRΑΝΑ 8 – 10.3.2016
Under the general title «Cooking is Art – A Window to Greece through Gastronomy» , a three day event (8-10/3/2016) was organized by the Office of Economic and Commercial Affairs of the Embassy of Greece at Tirana, for the promotion of Greek gastronomy and Greek food products in collaboration with the Sheraton Tirana hotel and with the support of the Union of Greek Enterprises in Albania and other sponsors.
More specifically, the Sheraton hotel hosted Mr. Sotiris Evangelou, Executive Chef for the Athenian hotels Great Britain and King George, who prepared the event’s menu supported by his team.
The three day event included a seminar and two Greek gastronomy dinners in consecutive nights, with selected recipes and Greek dishes, prepared under the supervision of Mr. Evangelou with the use of selected Greek products, such as olive oil, roes, honey, yoghurt et al. along with ouzo and Greek wines. Live Greek music from a team of Greek artists accompanied these events while at the same time the guests had the possibility to test products and to be informed for services by the Greek companies operating in Albania. Moreover, a special publication “A Greek Gastronomic Journey”, along with selected recipes by Mr. Evangelou, presented in a diary form, were available to the guests of these events.
The general response to these events was impressive, a total of 324 people participated, including members of the Albanian Ministerial Council and Parliament, high ranking executives of Greek, Albanian and foreigner enterprises, representatives from the diplomatic, scientific and artistic community, as well as representatives of the prominent television stations and journalists. Moreover, there was a wide coverage of these events by the Albanian media.
Our company was represented by Mr. Efthymios Navridis who attended these special events.
Source: Office of Economic and Commercial Affairs, Embassy of Greece in Tirana
links:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDxwMbKwxfg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jYo60LXNgE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XH0AUyMLTcI
