Barbeque Festival to be Held at Sairme Resort

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On September 16, the Sairme resort in Baghdati, Imereti, will host a Barbeque festival.

For the first time in Georgia, the best Georgian chefs will showcase their talents. The specially invited jury will judge the barbeque prepared by the participants and will reveal the winner. The honorable guest of the festival and of the jury is the well-known Armenian chef Sedrak Mamulian, who is organizing gastro-festivals and cultural events in many European countries.

The Barbeque Festival is supported by the National Tourism Administration.

Within the framework of this project, The Sairme resort will host representatives of Armenian diaspora living in Georgia, leading tourist companies, as well as Armenian media.

Participant restaurants of the Barbeque Festival include:  Sami Saukune, Begheli, Tsiskvili, Sharbati, Sakhli Madatovze, Dzveli Sakhli, Kolkhuri Sakhli, Mais restaurant, Cron Palace and Mtsvadiauri.

The festival participants will be judged by special jury consisting of Jaba Tsuladze - General Director of the Sairme resort; Koba Bazadze - Procurement Director of Tegeta Motors; Dachi Chanadiri - Food and Beverage Manager of Hotels and Preference Hualing Tbilisi; Gia Elizbarashvili - Hotel Biltmore's Food and Beverage Assistant; Salome Chachua - Chief Specialist of Georgian Relations with Service Providers in the field of Tourism; Sedrak Mamulian - a famous chef, head of the public organization "Development and maintenance of Armenian cuisine traditions".

The Barbeque Festival will also offer entertainment at the event, which will be led by Nika Kankia.

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By Tamzin Whitewood