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Activities
- Around fifty exhibitors in relation to the tomato and its savours.
- Culinary demonstrations and tastings including all day participation of “The Disciples d’Auguste Escoffier” and everything surrounding paprika with the Hungarian Chef Istvan HALASZ (at 11am and 4:30pm).
- Drawing competition for children up to 12 years old.
- Competition for the general public: Create and submit your own tomato and paprika recipe during the festival. The chosen winner will receive a tomato prize, and their recipe will be published on Château de la Bourdaisière’s social media.
- The “taste workshop” run by Aesio Mutuelle.
- Guess the weight competition: correctly guess the weight of the gourmet basket, and win the basket and its contents!
Workshops and conferences
- Visit of the National Tomato Conservatory followed by a Q&A with our Head Gardener, Nicolas Toutain (at 10.30am and 3pm)
- Workshop “How to harvest tomato seeds for sowing” run by the “Graines de Troc” association.
- Conference on paprika hosted by Norbert Somogyi, scientific adviser to the Hungarian Embassy, who will reveal the history and secrets of Hungarian paprika (at 3.30pm)
- Conference on food and well-being, hosted by Yosi Goasdoué, professional athlete (at 2.30pm)
Tomato market
- Sale of organic tomatoes in a variety of colours, produced by Jacky Mercier, specialist in old varieties of tomatoes.
- Around 10 tomato products stamped “Château de la Bourdaisière” will also be on sale.
PRACTICAL INFORMATION
During the festivals, the access to the exhibiton “Draw me your planet” is closed !
HOW TO FIND US
12 km from Tours and Amboise – 7 km from the TGV train station – Saint-Pierre-des-Corps TGV (55 minutes by TGV from Paris)
ENTRY FEES
Full price: €7.50
Reduced price: €5.50: unemployed persons, students, Montlouis residents, groups of more than 20 people. (Proof required).
FREE for children under 10 years old.
Free parking.
Picnics are not allowed.
PUBLIC RELATIONS
Nathalie Degroote
nathalie.degroote@lullabloo.com
+33 6 09 02 59 90