Saturday, 13.  February 2010.

Zagreb Wine Gourmet Festival is a presentation of 140 Croatian and international producers of top quality wines and food delicacies. Beside wines, you  were welcomed to enjoy in cooking shows of great chefs and participate in many workshops and wine tastings.

COOKING SHOW – THE THEATRE OF TASTE (in a tent in the courtyard of the Museum):

10.45 am   Deniz Zembo, chef at the restaurant Le Mandrać, Volosko - Croatia

12.00 am   Christian Cabalier, chef at the restaurant Apetit, Zagreb - Croatia (from Austria)

1.15  pm   Katiuša Štekar, chef at the restaurant Majda, Gorizia - Italy and Igor Prett, chef at the restaurant  Il Ponte,    Gradisca - Italy

2.30  pm   Erhan Seker, chef at the restaurant of Zeytinbagi Otel , Edremit / Balikesir - Turkey  

3.45  pm   Tomislav Hruban, chef at the restaurant in the Hotel Westin, Zagreb - Croatia

5.00  pm   Olivier Grouard, chef at the French Embassy in Vienna, Austria  (from France) and Thomas Halaci  from Slovakia

6.15  pm  Vedran Petranović and Vanja Vrkljen, restaurant Dubravkin put, Zagreb - Croatia

WORKSHOPS ( in the Club on the lower floor of the Museum)

11.30 am   The magic of pastry. Presentation and tasting of the sweet delicacies by prof. Tereza Alabanda, Center for Gastronomic Arts, Oliva allegra, Split

1.00 pm   What should Croatian wine growers do to penetrate the European market in times of transition? Presented by Lynne Sherriff MW, Vice President of the Institute of Masters of Wine, London

2.40 pm   How many years can Istrian malvazija live without a wooden barell?  The wine tasting of 4 vintages of malvazija Bomarchese from Moreno Degrassi is led by Moreno Degrassi  himself and the sommelier Siniša Škaberna

4.00 pm   Olive oil for top gastronomy, presented by  doc. dr. sc. Donatella Verbanac

5.30 pm   My half of the apple - a Love cookbook with premeditation, for women and strong men + introduction to cabala, edited by Profil - promotion of the book of Branka Somen