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"Eat Smart!" and join us at the VII. Prague Food Festival 2013

Do you know what you put in your mouth? Does diet affect your health and moods? Do you use local and seasonal ingredients? Not only will the Prague Food Festival 2013 offer great food, top chefs, cutting-edge industries, producers of beverages and delicacies, but it will also transform the gardens into one big cooking school! There will be cooking classes for families under the baton of renowned chefs, special wine tastings, water, beer, rum, cognac as well as talkshows with interesting guests. This year our chefs will pair their dishes with selected beverages.


First-- Win a culinary trip to Mauritius!
Test your culinary skills in a special quiz, "Eat Smart!" 1.4. to 5.15 2013 www.praguefoodfestival.cz, buy your tickets in advance on the web PFF and you have the chance to win 2 tickets from Air Mauritius and a stay for two people in the five-star luxury hotel Constance Belle Mare Plage on the beautiful tropical island of Mauritius. The awards ceremony will take place on Sunday, 26.05 the PFF.

Second--What to taste at PFF 2013?
 "Čestr" sirloin aged for 42 days, venison carpaccio with mushrooms, confit roll bio Romanov mutton with groats and lovage, Sri Lankan prawn curry with basmati rice and lentil papadum bread, pine-flavored cake with caramel from the woods of St. George or crepes served with a dark beer jam, nettle beer, etc. For the first time menus will be paired with specific drinks! Last year - crickets, worms. This year, another gastronomic delicacy - scorpions!

Third-- Make yourself comfortable.
New! Covered tasting zones at each restaurant and a relaxing "picnic meadow".

Fourth-- Timed entrances and the Ball Game Hall program
Tickets are available on particular days, at exact times, indicating which entrance to enter the premises. Now you have the possibility to order via the PFF website with an accompanying program in the Ball-game Hall for a symbolic 50 CZK! Purchased program entitles you to unlimited entrance to the site from 12:00 am. The number of tickets with a program is limited.

Presale starts 1.4 on www.praguefoodfestival.cz

PRICE in advance
basic ticket: 400 CZK
CZK 150 entrance + (10 grands = 250 CZK)
admission to the program: 450 CZK
CZK 150 entrance + 10 + 50 CZK GRAND program

PRICE ON THE SPOT
basic ticket: 450 CZK
CZK 200 entrance + (10 grands = 250 CZK)
admission to the program: 525 CZK
CZK 200 entrance + 10 + 3 Grandy program

Children under 6 years old have free entrance.
Grand is a special festival currency. 1 Grand = 25 CZK


5th-- Workshops with top chefs directly at their stands

Roman Paulus (Michelin chef), Radisson Blu, Alcron and La Rotonde - Fine Dining from local ingredients.

Jiri Stift (judge for culinary competition MasterChef), Essensia, Mandarin Oriental - "Asian Street Food" cooking school, the competition in preparation of spring rolls and you can experience a massage.

Ondřej Slanina (Boys in Action), Chateau Wed Havel-workshop with Czech farmers.
George Voráč, La Truffe - occurrence and collection of truffles, traditional and contemporary meaning in gastronomy, practical demonstration

Marek Fichtner, Le Grill @ Kempinski & Garden - garden barbecue, crash confectionary arts - cake decorating
Jan Sterba, Mcely, Piano Nobile - how easy and inexpensive to prepare a great dinner in 10 minutes?

Steven Trumpfheller, U Emy Destinn - all about Black Angus beef.

Peter Havlicek, AvantGarde - how to prepare shrimp?

Tomas Kalina, Yasmin hotel, Noodles - cooking shows and tasting at a large glass table.

George King, Aureole - "Live Show Sushi" in modern fusion concept.

George Janouch, Dish Fine Burger Bistro - how to prepare a 5 * burger?

And much more ...


6th --"Eat Smart!" In the Ball Game Hall of the Prague Castle
Tickets for the program to be purchased in advance from www.praguefoodfestival.cz
Caution - limited number of tickets.

"The Institute of taste and blind tasting" the SPAR Premium and other delicacies. Tastings blindfolded under the supervision of an expert on sensors H. Vichy. Get the best tasters certificate and gifts. Talkshows with famous guests: Z. Pohlreich, T. Václavík (Slow food Brno), B. Trojak (wine Autentisté), actress Adamovská Z., J. Schneider, J. Kraus ...
(Capacity 50 people)

"Guided tasting" wine, water, beer, cognac, rum with leading experts, such as 11-time winner of sommelier competitions in the Czech Republic and the World Cup 2004, I. Dvorak
(Capacity 30 people)

"Return to a common table" - exclusive cooking classes for families under the supervision of professionals and Whirlpool - R. Paulus, J. Štift, Z. Pohlreich, R. Lucque, H. Zemanova, J. King, R. Dolejš, V. Kosnar , O. Bacon, Sofia Smith
(1 of the capacity 12 people)

7th --Restaurants
Ambiente Brasileiro • • Aureole Aureole AVANTGARDE B13 • • • BUDDHA-BAR CAFÉ AMANDINE • CORINTHIA, Rickshaw Čestr • • DISH • FINE FRENCH BISTRO BURGER REST. ART NOUVEAU • CHATEAU MCELY, piano nobile • CHATEAU ST. HAVEL • LA • Truffe LE & GARDEN GRILL @ KEMPINSKI • MANDARIN ORIENTAL, ESSENSIA • • BREWERY HOUSE RADISSON BLU, ALCRON and La Rotonde • U • Emmy Destinn YASMIN, NOODLES • • STILL LIFE GROUP

8th--Specialties
• SPAR PREMIUM KENWOOD COOKING SHOW • BIO • HANKY Zemanova FARM KING CHEESE CART • • • Weighing Italian delicacies - TERRA ET Bacco • best jam in the world - OUR GOOD • Presentation of Olomouc and Tvarůžková patisserie and traditional producer tvarůžky AW Loštice • Chocolate LINDT

9th--Beverages
Foreign vínaBACCHUS Vins & Champagnes • homemade wine Spielberg Veolia Water • • • kávaDE'LONGHI vegetable and fruit juices - INTERSPAR FRESH BAR • beer and beer specialties from the seven regional breweries of Bohemia and Moravia, with an emphasis on traditional production - BREWERIES LOBKOWICZ • tea • TAO TEA great cocktails, rum tasting, musical performances - bar LA CASA DE LA HAVANA VIEJA

10th-- What else to enjoy?
Health zone - in the health corner you can measure your blood pressure, body fat, and body water with points purchased from Vital Spar, Spar * Natur Pur, Free From Spar, Spar Veggie, relaxation area with Ceragemem (massage), tea rituals

Apetit magazine stand in the middle of the "picnic meadow"
Google+ Hangout (live broadcast) directly from the premises of the Prague Food Festival

Celebrating the 90th birthday of Czech Radio, Stand Radiožurnál, live inputs from PFF in broadcasting and interesting interviews with experts and gastronomic festival guests

Children's corner with a dragon and Children's offense Ingo year with Whirlpool