Puerto Vallarta International Gourmet Festival

The International Gourmet Festival is a famous festival of Puerto Vallarta, Mexico that is held every year in November since 1995. In this event, thousands of people from Mexico and other neighboring countries come for this culinary festival. The local restaurants of Puerto Vallarta support this culinary festival and invite culinary professional from all over the world.
What happens when so many cooks come together? They cook and demonstrate about their respective cuisines and beverages. People who go to this festival enjoy a number of delicious local and international food and beverages.
There are different events that are arranged on the festival, including Wine Tasting, Sunday festival Gourmet Brunch, Cheeses of the world, and different others. Some local restaurants also host different Chef’s Table and Winemaker’s dinners. The festival is concluded by the traditional Gala dinner that is called the Spirit of Mexico.

History of the Festival:
The International Gourmet Festival was launched in 1995 by three people; Sivan Muller of from Nestle, Thierry Blouet from Café des Artistes, and Hotel Krystal’s Hein Reize. In that first festival, there were six hotels and restaurants are two hundred featured chefs who participated. Since then, this has been one of the top festivals of the city.

Anton Mosimann as an Honored Guest:
In 2003. Queen Elizabeth II appointed Anton Mosimann as the honored guest of the festival. He is one of the famous chefs across the world who have won a number of awards, competing in different culinary contents in different parts of the world.

Puerto Vallarta is a city that is one of the best spots for tourists who wander across the world in search of exciting events, occasions, and festivals. The city celebrates a number of festivals and this The International Gourmet Festival is one of them. A number of condos in Mexico also offer discounts for this type of events in Puerto Vallarta.