the Girotonno - carloforte

Girotonno carloforte Sardinia

each year, Carloforte In the beautiful island of St. Peter, is conducted Girotonno, an event in which the different traditions and cultures of the Mediterranean come together in a major international culinary competition and involves tuna.

The Girotonno born in 2003 and is repeated every year during the period of the slaughter tuna, between late May and early June.

Hundreds of spectators attending this show fascinating, cruel, and taste a bit archaic.

Four days of celebration, fun, music, conferences, shows and of course, good food!

The event sees the participation of important international chefs from different food culture who perform in preparing original recipes in which the tuna, raw or cooked, is the main ingredient.

These delicious dishes will be accompanied by fine wines and will ultimately be judged by an international jury of journalists, experts in food and wine, which confirmed the winner.

In the 2009, for the first time, the winner was an Italian chef, Stephen Aldreghetti and his plate "Fantasies of tuna".

Look the full program of Girotonno on the website: www.girotonno.org