The Prague Food Festival, the gastronomic event of the year, will take place from May 25 - 27, 2012 in the Royal Garden of Prague Castle. The theme of this year´s festival is “Think globally, eat locally”. While the strapline suggests the direction the event will be taking, the festival also promises to offer a truly unique range of tastings which have never been presented in the Czech Republic before. The Prague Food Festival has been endorsed by Livia Klausova, the wife of the Czech President, and Bohuslav Svoboda, Lord Mayor of the Capital City of Prague. 

Also actively joining the festival will be the Czech National Tourist Board, CzechTourism, with its project Czech Specials – Taste the Czech Republic which aims to promote traditional Czech gastronomy. The visitors to the festival will be able to taste the Czech Specials as well as enjoy them in the form of art in a performance entitled “The Art of the Czech Cuisine”. While the food will be disappearing from the plates it will be at the same time re-created on the canvas. 

Many exciting innovations await visitors to The Prague Food Festival 2012. There will be 50 stands offering culinary delights of all kinds, three large tasting tents and more than 500 seats up for grabs. During the three day feast of food visitors will have the opportunity to taste delicacies served by top ten restaurants featured in the Maurer´s Grand Restaurant Guide 2012, the Czech equivalent of the famous Michelin Restaurant Guide.

This year´s fourth edition of the festival will focus on unique gastronomic specialities: beetles and various insects in sweet and savoury style, an experimental laboratory, renowned French truffles, Maryland crab cakes from the USA, pear schnapps infused ice cream, mascarpone with strawberries, balsamic vinegar and parmesan cheese ice cream with figs, stuffed duck stomachs and frog’s legs. 

For the first time in the festival´s history there will be a market offering both Czech and international delicatessen featuring brands such as Fair Trade, Spar Premium, Country Life, Zemanka Organic Bakery, La Bottega di Aromi/Finestra and "Salaš Rýžovna“ cheese maker. There will be free tastings and gastronomic workshops in the Ball Game Hall (Micovna) of Prague Castle every hour. One of the workshops, which will be taking place on Saturday at 1:30pm, is called Czech Specials – Czech cuisine in a traditional or innovative way? It will feature a competition to win vouchers in the Czech Specials certified restaurants. The discussion promises to be very interesting and one of the many topics covered will be traditional Czech cuisine as opposed to the modern Czech gastronomy. 

True to the headline “The Art of the Czech Cuisine” the dishes will not only be consumed but will also be painted and drawn. The artists from the Fine Art Studio, under the supervision of CzechTourism, will reveal a different face of Czech cuisine on each of the three days. 

Apart from the Czech cuisine presented by the Czech Specials certified restaurants of Castle Hotel Chateau Mcely and Chateau St. Havel, visitors will be able to taste and buy a range of Italian products from the Mammá brand introduced by small Italian producers who remain true to the highest quality as well as the national tradition. The Extenda Agency traditionally offers the most sumptuous delicatessen and will stage its popular show from Andalucía. One of the most famous Spanish chefs Enrique Sánchez will thrill the audience with a workshop dedicated to the use of olives in the kitchen. 

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