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Tasting of dishes, wines and spirits this year at Špilberk Food
Festival to be accompanied by the Royal feast
Brno, Czech Republic, 25th May 2015
Menu as if for the King, that is what you could call the fourth year of the Špilberk
Food Festival, which will take place at the Špilberk Castle in the days from 5th to
7th June. Restaurant KOISHI will prepare an exquisite five-course menu with a
selection of wines that is tailored for the festival and for the Royal Chapel. The
participants of the festival can also expect the workshop on alternative methods
of brewing coffee or competition in the opening of oysters. Prominent
personalities of the gastronomic world will show their art on the stage. Federico
Delmonte, a Michelin chef from Italy, and Guillaume Delaunay from France will
be the special guests.
The chefs from as many as thirteen South Moravian restaurants have prepared a
special menu for the visitors of the Špilberk Food Festival. "KOISHI restaurant has
prepared exclusive menu accompanied by selected wines. This feast for registered
guests will host winemakers and also the owners of KOISHI restaurant, who will enrich
the event with their interesting stories. All this in the unique atmosphere of the stylish
Royal Chapel,"describes the organizer Marie Šotkovská. Registration to this Royal
menu is possible until 31 May, directly in the KOISHI restaurant in Brno. The festival
tickets are available in selected restaurants and on the venue during the festival
days.
Another specialty is a ticket to a guided wine degustation held by the wine bar
PETIT CRU, which is going to take place in Babinský bistro where five SouthMoravian wineries will introduce their wines. You can also wine yourself in the
castle, where VOC Znojmo is going to lead guided degustation of their wines. These
will be accompanied by a tour through the kasemat. However, every restaurant will
offer carefully selected wines with their menus. The Friday ticket price for 1750CZK
covers wining and dining worth 750CZK, free entry to degustation, welcome drink
and the evening party with DJ and electroswing from SONO Centre. The Saturday
and Sunday tickets for 500CZK each, cover 250CZK worth of food and drink
consumption.
Molecular mixology, oyster shucking, and the Fire Bartending
Špilberk Food Festival is not only about eating delicious meals, tasty drinks and
selected delicacies. "During the festival days, there will be several workshops led by
the experts in their field. On Friday, Daniel Klásek, the promoter of the tea culture, is
going to lead a degustation of top quality teas, there will be spirits degustation as well
Špilberk Food Festival | 5. – 7. června 2015 | hrad Špilberk, Brno
kontakt: Marie Šotkovská, marie@wewine.cz, +420 602 304 777
www.SpilberkFoodFestival.cz
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as workshop on the charm of alternative coffee preparation methods. Thanks to one of
our partners, the Starobrno Brewery, the visitors will also experience beer degustation,
" adds Šotkovská.
The accompanying programme of this year's Špilberk Food Festival is very rich;
Jakub Jurka, who concentrates on the future of cooking, will present molecular
mixology. The visitors can look forward to a world champion in mixing non-alcoholic
beverages Achim Šipl, pastry chef Adéla Hostášková, or the bartender with a fire
show Martin Vogeltanz. Dalibor Navrátil, one of the top chefs in the Czech Republic
will lead the visitors through the programme of the festival. Furthermore, they can
test their skills in the oyster shucking contest. All three days will be accompanied
with a live music of a jazz trio.
About Food Festival Špilberk
The first year of the Špilberk Food Festival took place in 2012 and has enjoyed a
rising popularity of the guests ever since. It aims at food lovers who appreciate
delicate dishes, as well as those who want to taste the specialties of the restaurants
they do not usually visit. "Špilberk Food Festival is not just about food, it's about the
passion of cooking and about the art of gastronomy," describes the event organizer
Kateřina Bílková.
The consumption of food and wine during the festival is paid for with the currency of
the festival, florens (1 F = 25 CZK). When you purchase tickets, you get a certain
amount of them automatically. Florens can be also purchased in the exchange
places directly at the venue of the event.
Opening hours of the Špilberk Food Festival is on Friday from 1pm to 1am, Saturday
from 11am to 9pm, and on Sunday from 11am to 7pm.
For information and news from the festival follow:
Web site:spilberkfoodfestival.cz
Facebook: Facebook.com/spilberkfoodfestival
Twitter:Twitter.com/SFFBrno
Instagram:instagram.com/spilberkfoodfestival/
Špilberk Food Festival | 5. – 7. června 2015 | hrad Špilberk, Brno
kontakt: Marie Šotkovská, marie@wewine.cz, +420 602 304 777
www.SpilberkFoodFestival.cz