CEBU CITY – Cebu’s hospitality players have come together to stage the first-ever Cebu Food and Wine Festival (CFWF) in an effort to revive the pandemic-ravaged tourism and culinary industries in the province.
The non-profit group Ministry of Wine and Food organized the CFWF and will run from April 18 to May 2.
Restaurateur Kate Anzani, who leads the CFWF, said the festival - in cooperation with the Department of Tourism, Cebu City Tourism Commission and in line with the 500th Quincentennial commemorations here - is a recovery project for the hospitality industry in the province.
She urged industry players to participate in the event, register through www.cebufoodandwinefestival.com and support this province-wide movement.
The organizers said 60 events are slated throughout the 15-day festival including two grand tasting events in the cities of Cebu and Lapu-Lapu.
The CFWF said it will feature partner restaurants executing four-hand dinners, lunches, special ingredient events, menu tasting, featuring of specialty wines from different regions in France, Italy, New Zealand and Australia, club bookings and cooking classes. It said created to highlight the culinary prowess of the produce, people and places of Cebu.
It said the abundance of produce from the seas to the mountains allows and empowers chefs in Cebu to create culinary masterpieces that delight and even exceed the highest expectations. However, due to the Covid-19 situation, restaurants have limited seating capacity.
“We are fortunate to have local Cebu Culinarians who star in the live movie of creating memorable and magical dishes that leaves us with fondest memories of meals that wowed us beyond words,” the group said. (Carlo Lorenciana)
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