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First Organic Food Festival in Monaco

The association “Bio Chef Global Spirit”, chaired by Paolo Sari (the only certified organic Michelin Starred Chef in the world) through the “Route du Goût is celebrating organic food, ecology, health and well-being, youth and sport for a noble cause.

This will be the first ever Organic Festival over four days, in Monaco (12th to 16th October). The event will be held in the port of Monaco and is free to access by all.

This is the program :

This festival will be bringing together on the Quai Antoine 1er, the main actors and promoters of the organic and ecological world of the Principality.

Many different educational activities on renewable energy, different good practices to protect the planet as well as cooking demonstrations on healthy and organic food are scheduled on these days. On the other hand, ecological inventions competitions and culinary demonstration of Great Chefs are open to the participation of children and their parents. There will also be a tennis tournament for children (over 2 days), at the Monte Carlo Country Club to complete the program.
Tradition, glamour and fashion (such as three organic Gala dinners signed by Chef Paolo Sari in collaboration with worldwide Chefs and held in the most beautiful historical places of the Principality), will punctuate various moments over the course of the festival. An ocean parade from Monaco to Cannes on board 10 Riva boats, accompanied by 10 Michelin starred Chefs will be dedicated to “artisans of the sea”.

The Association will present for the first time, its innovative projects: the sun-power kitchen and Moses.Bio® (an energy self-sufficient floating organic garden).

All funds raised by the Association will be used to for the construction of an organic hotel school in Ambavanankarana in Madagascar and ensure for the first time a higher education and training to young disinherited Malagasy. Also through the projects Moses.Bio® and Orto® (Organic Garden), the association guarantees the technical and financial support for developing ecological practices and organic agriculture in the region.

Full program of the event:

Wednesday, October 12th:

Opening of Route du Gout 2016

In participation with Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation and Felix School Foundation Monte Carlo Beach – Monaco – Evening time

Eileen Gray Room and the Deck Restaurant Terrace
19h15 Welcoming and presentation of the Route du Goût 2016
19h45 Press Conference – Presentation of sponsors and participants.
20h30 Cocktail Reception 100% organic only by invitation

Thursday, October 13th ~The Sport and the Youth

In participation with the Minister of the National Education and Monaco Country Club Culinary:
Monaco – Quai Antoine 1er
8h00 – 10h00 Set up of the organic market with stalls of different organic producers and winemakers.

Route du Goût 2016
Organic market

Roquebrune – Chemin des Vallières
10h00 – 12h00 Visit the Bio Chef’s organic garden with the Hotel School of Monaco, students, parents and teachers.
Picking vegetables to prepare the Bio Chef – Hotel School stand.
Sales of these products to the market on the Quai Antoine (charity
project).

Sports competitions:

Monaco – Monte Carlo Country Club
14h00 – 18h00 Tennis competition: Tournaments for 13-18 year olds. The
Monte Carlo Country Club

Ecology:

Monaco – Quai Antoine 1er
15h00 – 17h00 Renewable energy inventions contest:
Dedicated to ecological inventors of all ages
Assessment of the projects by technicians
Designation of a winner

The Evening

Monaco – Monte Carlo Country Club

Route du Gout Gala evening: Four hands Dinner. The Bio Chef Paolo Sari invites a well-known Chef to share a moment of high organic gastronomy. The culinary support and the service will be guarantee by the students of the Hotel School of Monaco. Menu will be sold at 150,00 € per person. The amount raised during the evening will be used for the charity project of the association “Bio Chef Global Spirit”.
19h30 Welcome Cocktail
20h15 Award ceremony for winners of sport competitions.
20h30 Award ceremony for ecological invention of the year.
20h45 Gala Dinner

Friday, October 14th ~ Stars at The Organic Arena

In participation with Société des Bains de Mer et Relais & Châteaux
Culinary:

Monaco – Quai Antoine 1er
10h00 – 18h00 Organic market with stalls of different organic producers and winemakers.
10h00 Event ” Stars at the Bio Arena “:
10 Relais & Châteaux Chefs will take part in this unique event. A cooking demonstration of each Chef with a different organic ingredient. Chefs will follow one to the other with a 45 minutes presentation.

Monaco – Monte Carlo Beach – Deck Restaurant Kitchen
14h00 – 18h00 In the kitchens of the Monte Carlo Beach, 10 children aged 8 to 12 years from schools of Monaco will accompany 10 Chefs of the Principality. Each pair , Chef – child , will be in a culinary competition for the preparation of the great organic Gala : “The flavours Market” of the evening

Sports competitions:

Monaco – Monte Carlo Country Club
14h00 – 18h00 Tennis competition: Tournaments for 8-12 year olds. The
Monte Carlo Country Club

Ecology:

Monaco – Quai Antoine 1er
15h00 – 17h00 Competition for creating objects from recycled materials :
Dedicated to ecological inventors of all ages
Assessment of the projects by artists and designation of a winner

The Evening

Monaco – Monte Carlo Beach – Le Deck Restaurant

Organic Gala “The flavors market” with various stalls of the pairs Chefs and students. Menu will be sold at 150,00 € per person. The amount raised during the evening will be used for the charity project of the association “Bio Chef Global Spirit”
19h15 Degustation of preparations by the jury
19h45 Award ceremony for the most delicious dish of the Chefs and
students pairs
20h00 Award ceremony for recycled materials creation of the year.
20h10 Award ceremony for winners of sport competitions.
20h15 Gala Dinner

Saturday October 15th ~Artisans of the Sea
In participation with Monaco Boat Service
Culinary:

Monaco – Quai Antoine 1er
10h00 – 18h00 Organic market with stalls of different organic producers
and winemakers.

Ecologie :
Monaco – Quai Antoine 1er
11h00 Presentation of Moses.Bio®, agriculture and ecologic solution of
the future

Culinary, Naval, Sportive:

Culinary Competition "Artisans of the Sea"

Monaco – Quai Antoine 1er – Marina Riva Monaco Boat Service
14h00 – 17h00 Event : “Artisans of the Sea”: Riva Boats Exposition and
meeting with the Chefs and boats owners
17h30 Presentation of the dishes to the jury (composed by food critics
and personalities of Monaco).

Presentation of the event « Artisan of the Sea »:
Culinary Competition “Artisans of the Sea” on board each boat:
1 Chef + 2 participants, open to everybody, with the possibility to be associated to the desired Chef
Choosing a dish of the Riviera tradition and cooking it on the boat
A basket of products harvested at the organic market in Monaco
Meeting with the Chefs that will present the local regional food
Riva boat exposition. Meeting owners and the captains who will present and show the boats around.
Meeting with Paolo Sari, the only organic certified Chef awarded by Michelin and with Lia Riva, soul and ambassador of Riva philosophy

The Evening
Monaco – Quai Antoine 1er – Tunnel Riva – Art & Food Gallery

The Gallery is in honours of the “Sea Artisans”. Carlo Riva, creator of master pieces that sculpture the sea, the Artists who give the soul to the nature, Chefs, gastronomic poets and all those who love the sea. The first art exposition in the world without any board: when it is possible to discover the artist in food, in paints, in sculptures. A journey among art and artists. Entrance will be sold at 80,00 € per person. The amount raised during the evening will be used for the charity project of the association “Bio Chef Global Spirit”
19h30 Welcome Cocktail
20h00 Opening of “The Gallery”
21h30 Culinary Competition Award Ceremony
22h00 End of the evening

Note that during this same day, the restaurants of the Chefs on board will offer the same menu «Artisans of the Sea”

Sunday 16th October ~ Moses.Bio® for Monaco
In participation with Pronatura et CMR France

Monaco – Quai Antoine 1er
10h00 – 12h00 The Moses.Bio®, the organic, ecologic agriculture
solution of the future will be dismissed. The agriculture products will be
donated to Monaco citizen

Note that this program might be sensible of changes and evolutions.
Photo credit : Rout du Gout

Organic dinners by Paolo Sari – Reservations to +377 98 06 36 36

Information and participation to the events: organisation@thebiochef.com or you can make reservation on the website: https://www.route-du-gout.com/index.php/route-du-gout-2016/

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