Ua ʻoi aku ka ʻehā o ka makahiki Nevis Mango & Food Festival ma mua o nā manaʻolana a pau e like me ka Nevis Tourism Authority a kokoke i nā poʻe a pau i hele i ka papa hana hoihoi.
"Ua hauʻoli mākou i ka hopena o ka ʻahaʻaina o kēia makahiki," wahi a Nevis Tourism Authority CEO Greg Phillip. "I kēlā me kēia makahiki ua hoʻohui mākou i nā mea hou i ka hanana a i kēia makahiki ke manaʻo nei mākou aia mākou ma ke ala wikiwiki e lilo i hoʻokahi o nā ʻahaʻaina meaʻai mua ma ka Caribbean. A ʻo kā mākou Nevis mango ka mea maikaʻi loa.
I kēia makahiki ʻo Chef Judy Joo, UK "Iron Chef," host of Cooking Channel's "Korean Foods Made Simple," mea kākau puke kuke a me ka mea hoʻokele hale ʻai i hōʻike ʻia ma The Food Network, ua hana ʻo ia i kāna lua ma Nevis. Ua hui pū ʻia ʻo ia e Chef Seamus Mullen, he chef a me restaurateur o New York i lanakila i ka makana, nāna i lawe mai i kahi ala noʻonoʻo i ka meaʻai Sepania. Ua loaʻa ʻo Chef Mullen i ka "Chef of the Year" e TimeOut Magazine a ua kapa ʻia ʻo ia he semi-finalist no Best Chef NYC e ka James Beard Foundation hanohano no ʻekolu mau makahiki i ka lālani. Hōʻike mau ʻo ia ma ka Food Network hōʻike "Chopped" a me "Beat Bobby Flay." Ua lawe pū ʻo Chef Joo i kāna mixologist ʻo Kristian Breivik me ia e hana i nā cocktails mango Nevisian a kōkua i ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i kahi hoʻokūkū mixologist. Ua hōʻike aku nā kuki Nevisian kūloko i ko lākou mau akamai a hana i nā menus me nā mango e like me ka hōkū.
"Maikaʻi ʻia nā mango Nevis no ko lākou ʻano maʻemaʻe, ʻoluʻolu, a me nā ʻano nui i loaʻa iā mākou ma ka mokupuni. He mea hoihoi ia ke ʻike i ka hoʻokomo ʻana o nā kuki iā lākou i loko o kā lākou kīʻaha a me nā mea inu e hana ai i mea hou a hoihoi,” wahi a Phillip. "ʻO ka maikaʻi o kēia mea hoʻohui e hāʻawi i ka hoʻoikaika a huki i nā mea he nui e hele i nā hanana."
Ua mālama nā mea kuke kaulana i nā papa kuke ma nā alanui o Charlestown, he mea hauʻoli nui ia no ka poʻe i hiki ke ʻōlelo i kēia manawa ua aʻo ʻia lākou e nā mea maikaʻi loa. Ua hoʻomākaukau pū nā kuki i nā pāʻina mango-themed ma The Gin Trap restaurant a me Mango restaurant ma Four Seasons Resort Nevis. Ua hōʻike pū ʻia nā ʻano wahi like ʻole o ka mokupuni i nā menus mango-themed i hele nui ʻia. Aia nā hoʻokūkū kuke ma waena o nā hōkele a me nā hale ʻaina ʻo Nevis, me Montpelier Plantation & Beach i lawe i ka makana kiʻekiʻe. ʻO ka lā hope i ʻike i nā haneli o nā kamaʻāina a me nā mākaʻikaʻi e holo ana i ke kahakai ʻo Oualie no ka hopena nui, kahi i loaʻa ai i nā chef hale ʻaina Nevis nā pop-up e lawelawe ana i nā mea āpau mai ka mango soup me ka mango biscotti a i ka puaʻa i kālua ʻia, a me nā mango smoothies i nā kīʻaha mango BBQ. Ma ʻaneʻi hoʻi, ua hoʻokūkū nā chef Nevisian kūloko a me nā mixologists no nā hoʻokomo maikaʻi loa i ka ʻauinalā i hoʻopiha ʻia me nā mele, nā mea inu, a ʻaʻole hoʻi he mea kupanaha, nā mango!
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PHOTO: Ua komo ʻo chef kaulana ʻo Seamus Mullen i ka Nevis Mango & Food Festival i kēia makahiki.
