The initiative -organized by the Dalcas Patagonia Costa Community Table, the Tourism Department (Ditur) of the Puerto Montt City Council and SalmonChile, with the contribution of the Regional Government and Corfo - included various activities and different preparations of this protein in restaurants in the city, highlighting its relevance in the regional cuisine.
Thousands of people were able to enjoy the activities and different preparations that took place during the "Salmon Week" in the municipality of Puerto Montt, Los Lagos region, where ten restaurants offered various dishes with this protein at discounts for those who visited their premises.
El Adela, Don Papi, Tablón del Ancla, Hotel Abba, Cirus Bar, La Rinconada, Gusto Sureño, Di Nocetti, La Magia de Alicia, Fish and Chips and Viento Sur won over customers with live music, as well as gastronomic samples from the chefs themselves, highlighting the contribution of salmon to the regional cuisine.
The initiative was organized by the Dalcas Patagonia Costa Community Table, the Tourism Department (Ditur) of the Puerto Montt City Council and SalmonChile, with the contribution of the Regional Government and the Corporation for the Promotion of Production of Chile (Corfo). In addition, training on salmon was carried out for restaurant staff and preparations were distributed in Angelmó and in the Fourth Market.
The content director of SalmonChile, Francisco Renner, highlighted that "we are very happy with this first edition, where our partner companies donated more than 200 kilos of salmon so that attendees could taste various recipes of this protein, contributing to the success of this activity. We hope next year to be able to repeat this initiative, reaching more restaurants and more people."
Regarding this, the director of the International and Traditional Chilean Gastronomy program at Instituto Santo Tomás Puerto Montt, Frederic Emery, stated that "I would like to highlight the unity and joint work between salmon farming and the entrepreneurs of Puerto Montt (...) We hope that next year we can have even more cultural activities, such as theatre and music, so that it becomes an unmissable scene for those who visit our" city"
"It is very important to be present in activities that allow highlighting the local gastronomic heritage of the area. This allows us to bring closer a distinguished product for the communities," said Valeria Gonzalez, head of communications and culture at Camanchaca.
