The Makassar festival 2016

MAKASSAR FESTICAL 2016

THE 8th FESTIVAL OF THE CULINARY ARTS WILL BE HELD AT THE PALM HOTEL  & SPA FROM THE COMING 4th TO THE 6th MARCH

From the 4th to the 6th March 2016, the Palm Hotel & Spa and the Palm Wine Cellars will host big names in French cuisine and renowned wine-growers from wine-making regions of France and South Africa, on the occasion of the Makassar Festival:

• Alexandre BOURDAS, head chef at the restaurant Sa.Qua.Na, holder of two Michelin stars;
• Jacques Genin, pastry chef and chocolatier, owner of the chocolate factory of the same name in Paris;
• Nicolas Billecart, representing Champagne Billecart-Salmon;
•  Mr. Béraut, representing Domaine de Pellehaut (Côtes de Gascogne wines) and Château de Pellehaut (Armagnac);
• David Quillin, representing the wine cellars Tain L’Hermitage (Rhone Valley);
• Evan Alexander for Boekenhoutskloof (organic agriculture estate in Franschhoek, South Africa);
• Reyneke (organic agriculture estate in Stellenbosch, South Africa).

These talented chefs and the sponsors of the Makassar Festival 2016 will meet over gourmet menus, with the dishes being enhanced by the finest recommendations from our wine-making guests. The Makassar Festival also holds an exhibition, allowing you to discover a selection of the best local, Reunion products, and to encounter the guest wine-growers’ wines, not forgetting the Cooking Live Shows put on by the chefs or the organised oenology competition …

For the eighth consecutive year, the Palm Hotel & Spa wishes to promote the culinary arts, against the backdrop of this festival celebrating the cuisine and wine of the island of Reunion. With its quality, local products like vanilla, Bourbon Pointu coffee, turmeric or even Victoria pineapples, it’s a destination of choice for food-lovers : to be enjoyed without moderation!