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12 Jul

Cooks and chefs from the beach area in Iztapa conclude the Seafood Cuisine Diploma

The Seafood Cuisine Diploma was held in the municipality of Iztapa, Escuintla (122 km South from Guatemala City,) aimed to chefs, cooks, restaurateurs, and hoteliers from the beach area. The course was given by Intecap in alliance with the Municipality and with scholarships granted by the Sugar Foundation -Fundazucar-.

The “Seafood Cuisine” Diploma was held to expand the gastronomic offer of hotels, restaurants, and dining rooms in the beach area as a tourist attraction and thus provide added value.

The 34 chefs and cooks from 1 hotel and 9 restaurants learned 18 innovative recipes based on seafood from artisanal fishing. They were also trained in good manufacturing and marketing practices for the finished product.

The “Seafood Cuisine” Diploma is part of the plan to support the reactivation of the economy in the beach area of the South of Guatemala. The Economic Development Strategy for Fishing and Gastronomic Tourism has expanded the gastronomic offer of hotels, restaurants, and dining rooms in the beach area of the municipalities of Iztapa and Sipacate, Escuintla; Chiquimulilla, Santa Rosa; and San Andres Villa Seca and Champerico, Retalhuleu.

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24 Jan

Tourist reactivation: 38 chefs and cooks graduate in the first promotion of Seafood Cuisine

Tourist reactivation: 38 chefs and cooks graduate

in the first promotion of Seafood Cuisine

On January 21st, 38 chefs and cooks from restaurants and hotels in Sipacate, Escuintla, (132 km South from Guatemala City) graduated from the “Seafood Cuisine” course, through a scholarship granted by the Sugar Foundation –Fundazucar- in alliance with the Ministry of Economy and the local government.

This diploma course is part of the Economic Development Strategy for Fishing and Gastronomic Tourism that seeks to support the economic reactivation of municipalities on the South of Guatemala that have tourism potential due to their beaches. The course was completed at the Technical Institute for Training and Productivity -Intecap- and lasted 80 hours and included good manufacturing practices and marketing of the finished product.

This is the first promotion of the “Seafood Cuisine” diploma course, in which chefs and cooks received knowledge to prepare innovative recipes based on seafood and thus expand the gastronomic offer to national and foreign tourists, with which it is provided an added value since the products they will use are purchased from artisanal fishermen. This is the second diploma course taken by these chefs and cooks since last year they took a diploma course on “Gastronomic Diversification” taught by Fundazucar.

The Economic Development Strategy for Fishing and Gastronomic Tourism aims to expand the gastronomic offer of hotels, restaurants and dining rooms in the beach area of the municipalities of Iztapa and Sipacate, Escuintla; Chiquimulilla, Santa Rosa; and San Andrés Villa Seca and Champerico, Retalhuleu.

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03 Nov

28 chefs and cooks from the beach town El Chapeton graduated in Gastronomy based on seafood

28 chefs and cooks from the beach town El Chapeton

graduated in Gastronomy based on seafood

The Guatemalan Sugar Industry, through its Sugar Foundation -Fundazucar-, supports the economic and tourist reactivation of the South of the country, therefore in alliance with the Ministry of Economy -Mineco- and the Municipality of Chiquimulilla, Santa Rosa, they carried out the diploma: Gastronomic Diversification.

28 chefs and cooks graduated from 13 hotels and restaurants in the beach town of El Chapeton, Chiquimulilla, located 154 kilometers (96 miles), southeast of Guatemala City, who learned innovative recipes based on seafood from the region to expand the gastronomic offer for tourists visiting the place.

The objective of the training program is to support economic reactivation by offering added value to tourists through the processing and transformation of products from artisanal fishing, as well as to acquire knowledge in good manufacturing practices, cold chain management and marketing of the finished product.

Chefs and cooks will continue their training at the Guatemalan Technical Institute for Training and Productivity -Intecap- with a scholarship for the Diploma “Seafood Cuisine” granted by the Sugar Foundation as part of the inter-institutional alliance, which promotes a strategy for the promotion local economic.

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05 Oct

Chefs and cooks from the Guatemalan beaches El Hawaii and El Rosario concluded Diploma in Gastronomic Diversification

Chefs and cooks from the Guatemalan beaches El Hawaii and El Rosario

concluded Diploma in Gastronomic Diversification

As part of the Economic Development Strategy for Fishing and Tourism of the Guatemalan Sugar Foundation, the Ministry of Economy, and the local government, was completed the Diploma in Gastronomic Diversification for chefs and cooks of restaurants and hotels in the beach towns of El Rosario and El Hawaii villages in the municipality of Chiquimulilla, Santa Rosa, located 140 kilometers (87 miles), south of the country.

The objective of the Diploma is to train chefs and cooks on the processing and transformation of products from artisanal fishing, knowledge of good manufacturing practices, management of the cold chain and marketing of the finished product.

The course lasted 20 theoretical and practical hours, where the 24 participants learned innovative recipes based on seafood and ended with a presentation of dishes and tastings of what was learned in the Diploma.

Participants will start a scholarship for the Diploma “Seafood Cuisine”, provided by the Sugar Foundation. This will be given by the Technical Institute for Training and Productivity -INTECAP- as an alliance with the institution, the Ministry of Economy, and the Municipality of Chiquimulilla.

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