The III gastronomic festival “Delicious Kazan” invites guests to the Millennium Park from 7 to 9 of July

(KZN.RU, July 3). The third gastronomic festival “Delicious Kazan” will be held in the capital of Tatarstan on July 7-99. This year, the holiday of delicious food will take place on a new site: in the Millennium Park. Daria Sannikova, the director of the Tourism Promotion Committee, spoke about the program of the event at the Business Monday in the Kazan City Hall.

She noted that the festival has already entered the top 10 popular gastronomic and culinary festivals of Russia and is included in the Russian calendar of tourist events for 2017, despite the fact that it will be held only for the third time. Ilsur Metshin, the Mayor of Kazan, highly estimated this achievement and marked that it must be carried on further. “To get into the top ten Russian gastronomic festivals in just the third year of existence is a good start. But this requires a lot. We must raise the bar every time we invite people to this festival”, said the Mayor.

Daria Sannikova said that the main purpose of the festival is to popularize the Tatar national cuisine, develop a food culture, and to show a wide variety of menu, culinary, and cuisine formats presented in Kazan. Moreover, the popularity of the event is growing every year. In 2015, when the festival was held for the first time, it was visited by about 22 thousand people. In 2016, the number of visitors increased to 29 thousand, and this year the organizers expect more than 30 thousand residents and visitors of the city.

10 themed sites will be organized for visitors. “Delicious Tatarstan” with dishes of Tatar national cuisine and a zone with street food, burgers, and fresh are among them. According to the director of the committee, more than 50 food enterprises will work at the festival, including from other cities as well. This year, there will be more nonresident participants than in the past one by 40%. Visitors will be offered to choose the best joint in the city.

For the first time, a market, at which guests can buy products of local producers, will appear at the festival. “Visitors are invited to daily master classes in the preparation of echpechmaks (triangles), burgers, flavorous coffee”, said Daria Sannikova. Also, there will be educational actions on a theme of a proper meal for visitors, master classes on a photography, and “gastronomic theater”, a show in the preparation of national Tatar dishes on the main stage. A children's playground and a seating area for 80 persons will be provided. During the day, visitors will hear live music, and in the evenings, there will be concerts of famous performers of Tatar national modern music.

I. Metshin called the festival an excellent form of presentation of restaurants, cafes, catering points. “I am glad that not only the quantity but also the geography of the participants is growing”, said the Mayor of Kazan. He noted that the national cuisine, which will tell about traditions and culture of Tatarstan, should be a priority but any other new forms are welcomed.

The head of the city marked that it is necessary to create all the opportunities for the chefs to show their skills at the festival. “It is a perfect event for a family holiday, no age restrictions. You can come with parents and grandparents, relax with children and grandchildren”, I. Metshin summed up and wished organizers a successful event.