Open Balkan & Wine vision

 What a great and exiting competition it was held i Belgrade Serbia end of last year with tons of wineries showcasing the best wines from the region and also some foreign producers, I hade a glass or two !!

The other super exiting this was the culinary competition that I was invited as head judge with a team of great friends and fellow judges from Italy, Brazil, Switzerland, Germany, UK and Czech republic, what a brilliant bunch of people and great chefs who help out with Judging and most important to give proper feedback to the competitors, we even managed to present a chef jacket to the Serbian President Vukcic that he can use when his making his famous breakfast pancakes.

We tasted some amazing dishes along the 3 day competition showcasing how far the chefs in Serbia and Balkan have gone for the past 10 years, yes there is much more to achieve but the path is crystal clear and we will witness greatness in the future for this part of Europe.

Hanging with chefs is always fun and you never know where or how things will end, this is the true power of the white jacket, see you all again this coming November.









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