The event takes its name from green honey, a rare variety of forest honey, golden yellow with a hint of green, and is held in La Plaine des Cafres in the commune of Le Tampon.
Festival Culinaire de la Réunion: Miel Vert 2023
This year, Miel Vert put the spotlight on gastronomy and organized its first culinary festival. A delegation of professionals came from France for the occasion. Demonstrations of know-how were on the program, as were discoveries of local products.
Focusing on overseas quality
Stephan Perrotte cultivates a special bond with La Réunion. He prefers products from the French overseas territories to a mango from Peru, for example.
"We wanted to create an event that would bring together and celebrate this beautiful gastronomic culture, while enabling amateurs and professionals alike to offer their cuisine to everyone", is how the Académie Culinaire de l'Océan Indien presents the Festival Culinaire de La Réunion.
A rich, dense, fun and festive program!
The event featured an array of battles, competitions and master classes, and brought together renowned chefs such as Eric Fabre, Olivier Verheecke, Béatrice Fabignon and Stephan Perrotte.
Competitions, events, a culinary festival, concerts... there were plenty of highlights to mark this very special edition for the commune and all the people of Réunion.
Firstly, with the presence of the whole of Reunion's agricultural sector: 12 entities will be exhibiting their trades and know-how, and will benefit from privileged contact with the public.
Reunion's gastronomy, a true marker of the region's culture and an anchor of childhood memories, was honored through a festival dedicated to the Creole culinary art, with the presence of renowned local chefs and the arrival of national chefs, world records, Masters Classes, professional and amateur competitions, a culinary marathon, a Brunch Péi trophy and daily "battles".
World records
During the 2023 edition of Miel Vert, three world records were broken:
- the world's longest galette des rois (60m long)
- the world fruit pyramid (pineapples, 6m high)
- The world's longest rice pudding at 49.88 metres long.