eat! BRUSSELS, drink! BORDEAUX

The yearly festival devoted to Brussels master chefs and to the wonders of Bordeaux wines is back with lots to discover.

Release time : 2018-09-12 17:40:05

source : Visit Brussels

The yearly festival devoted to Brussels' master chefs and to the wonders of Bordeaux wines is back with lots to discover.

From 6 to 9 September, Brussels Park will once again be hosting the eat! BRUSSELS, drink! BORDEAUX festival. A score of about 20 Brussels' chefs will be there to delight visitors with their signature dishes. To enhance those delicacies, some fifty winemakers and traders from Bordeaux will be presenting a broad range of wines that exemplify the diversity, quality and accessibility of Bordeaux's produce. How better to arouse and indulge the senses of amateur visitors?

During the 7th edition, the festival will welcome a score of local chefs, confectioners and chocolate makers. Each one will be presenting their star dish. Chefs from towns and regions that hold bilateral relations with Brussels will also be there to reveal exciting new flavours. What's more, the festival is an opportunity for visitors to become part of the celebrations by attending the master classes and workshops that will be delivered on Bordeaux wines.

What's new:

o Some 20 of Brussels' most representative chefs will be joining the celebration and adding their own spice to what’s on offer at the festival. They will each be presenting visitors with a signature dish that symbolises their culinary identity, costing just 9 euros!

o The festival will have 4 new, original themes for the Masterclasses: Crus classés from Graves, grands crus classés from Saint-Émilion, grands vins from Médoc from the 2015 vintage, Sweet Bordeaux & Belgian cheeses.

o This year, the eat! Brussels, drink! Bordeaux festival provides an opportunity to meet several of Brussels' best cheese-makers and pastry chefs. They will acquaint you with new flavours from their original selection. Each day they will take turns offering a tasting plate of their best artisanal products.

o The eat! Awards: This year, the eat! Awards will make their