metsovo taste festival
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Press Release
The Municipality of Metsovo holds a Tasting Festival on the 28th and 29th September
under the project IN.COME - INTERNATIONAL CENTER OF MEDITERRANEAN
GASTRONOMY
The Municipality of Metsovo under the project IN.COME - INTERNATIONAL CENTER OF
MEDITERRANEAN GASTRONOMY which is funded by the bilateral European Territorial Cooperation
program Greece Italy 2007-2013 will hold on the 28th and 29th September a two-day Greek and
Italian Tasting Festival at the central square of Metsovo.
The reference area of the project consists of two cities from the Province of Brindisi (Ceglie Messapica
Carovigno), the Municipality of Metsovo and the Prefecture of Western Greece.
The festival will hopefully form a new institution that will put Metsovo on the map of autumns
culinary destinations. It is worth noting that it is the first time that Mestovo will hold an event like
this.
During the two-day festival, visitors will have the opportunity to walk around the stands of the
exhibition which will be "dressed" with local flavors from Metsovo and Italian products that stand out
for their quality. Local cheeses, dairy products, wines, types of traditional Greek frumenty and
noodles, potatoes even kontosouvli will be there to tempt the visitors.
The exhibitors make typical agricultural products which form the diet of the area and they are given
the opportunity to present and promote their traditional products, in an effort to win the crucial
challenge of openness. The two-day festival, which will have television coverage, will be enriched by
the presence of local bands and a children dancing group.
Experts of the field are also expected to participate as, during the festival, chefs will cook for the
public, as well as the women of the village and also Greek and Italian students from the
corresponding gastronomy schools of the neighboring country who followed relevant training
programs within the INCOME project.
At the same time, at the stand of the Municipality of Metsovo relevant informative material will be
distributed to the visitors regarding the area Metsovo is situated in, the traditional local products and
all that make this particular area of Epirus a special destination which changes depending on the
seasons, taking every time the color of each season.
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It should be noted that the project "INCOME - International Centre of Mediterranean Gastronomy", is
funded by Axis 1 of the bilateral European Territorial Cooperation Program "Greece - Italy 2007-2013"
- Enhancing Competitiveness and Innovation and is the application of the experience acquired on the
international School of Mediterranean Gastronomy, created by the financial support of the program
Interreg IIIA Greece-Italy" and managed by the Municipality of Ceglie Messapica and various
partners.
The idea behind the project focuses on the importance of the cross-border cooperation for the
sustainable development of the involved areas through the use of typical agricultural products of the
industry, multifunctional agriculture, gastronomy and alternative tourism that have common
characteristics, using innovative strategies in order to compete in the global market.