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International Islamic Culinary Festival opened in Baku - PHOTOSESSION

International Islamic Culinary Festival opened in Baku - <font color=red>PHOTOSESSION</font>

06 October 2009 11:05 (UTC +04:00)

Baku. Ulkar Gasimova â€“ APA. The International Islamic Culinary Festival was kicked off in Baku within the framework of Baku â€“Islamic Culture Capital 2009. According to APA, Deputy Minister of Culture and Tourism of Azerbaijan Sevda Mammadaliyeva welcomed the guests and wished success to the festival. The president of the World Association of Cooks Societies Gissur Gudmundsson and the president of the International Organization of Folk Art Carmen Padilla said they were very pleased with their visit to Azerbaijan and expressed confidence in fair results of the contests to be held within the festival. They welcomed the successes of Azerbaijani cooks in the different international festivals.

Director of the National Culinary Center of Azerbaijan Tahir Amiraslanov said the winners would be determined by the international jury. He thanked the countries accepted invitations to the first culinary festival in Azerbaijan and said such events would be regularly organized in Azerbaijan further. He said cooks teams from Belarus, the Philippines, Georgia, Iran, Iceland, Canada, Nigeria, Uzbekistan, Russia, Serbia, Turkey, Ukraine, Greece and other countries are participating at the festival. They will attend different competitions to be held within the festival until October 10. The participants will also attend a round table â€œRole of culinary in the society: development prospectsâ€. The winner will be announced on October 9. Department chief of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism Fikret Babayev told journalists that the festival will be organized in every two years.

Turkish, Belarusian, Uzbek, Iranian and Azerbaijani cooks presented different figures prepared from foods and fruits in the opening ceremony. The participants also have an opportunity to buy different figures describing history, culture and monuments of Azerbaijan.

The festival will last until October 10. Azerbaijan is represented there by two teams â€“ â€œAzerbaijanâ€ and â€œBakuâ€.