Professionalizing Guanacaste’s

Gastronomy

With the goal of elevating the gastronomic level of the province, a group of well-known chefs in the area have come together to form the Guanacaste Association of Chefs.

This group which already has the recognition of A.N.C.H. (National Assoc. Of Chefs), the Pan-American Forum of Culinary Associations and W.A.C.S. (World Association of Chefs Societies), seeks to include all the gastronomic workers of Guanacaste with the purpose of diversifying and perfecting the regional gastronomic options, establishing high standards for the industry and helping to prepare future chefs within the province.

Among its first activities is the organization of the competition for the “Culinary Cup of the Americas”, also providing training of the judges and helping with the organization of the final event of the Cup.

‘With much pride, we were also able to train and include groups of promising youth from the technical-professional schools and hotels in Guanacaste to participate in the Junior category of the Culinary Cup, thus bringing a representation of Guanacaste for the first time to participate at an international event in this level’, said Andrea Fiorentín, one of the founders.

This association also collaborates with prestigious institutions such as PROCOMER (Foreign Trade Promoter) in the diffusion of our gastronomic products.  They recently organized an event honoring the “Mango”, an activity in which the chefs delighted everyone with new ideas and techniques related to this fruit, one of the most attractive flavors of the tropical cuisine.

For further information

At Facebook: Asociación Nacional de Chefs - Anexo Guanacaste

or call Andrea Fiorentin - 8708 9878

Directive of the Association(Left to right)   

Ricardo Pinto, Franklin Quesada, Joaquín Porras,  Andrea Fiorentin,  

Max Arias,  Zaray Bustos, Marco Zani,  Gabriel Zúñiga and German Ghelfi.

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