The Fête des cuisinières an asset for Guadeloupean tourism


As every year, the Saturday following the feast of Saint Laurent is dedicated to the feast of the cooks. And there were many of them still today on their routes. From Saint Pierre and Saint Paul church to the Paul Chonchon Sports Hall, the parade of tastes and colours delighted visitors.

How many of them were on this place Gourbeyre, watching out for the exit of the church of the cooks?
Several hundred from everywhere, here and elsewhere, Guadeloupians or tourists from all over the world, all rushing to see the beautiful ladies leave Guadeloupian cuisine.
Ladies, from the youngest to the oldest, and men too. All are aware that they are the heirs of a heritage that they want to jealously guard and pass on to future generations. 104 years after its creation, the « mutual cook » keeps all its youth. Even his dean was wearing his colours high again this morning.

THE HAPPY COOKS
And it is because the event attracts and is more than ever part of the holiday dates that the Guadeloupe Islands Tourism Committee is counting on it. In the midst of the many tourists, some had slipped in with very special missions each time to promote this festival and what it wears

AT THE COOK’S PARTY
And to combine taste and flavours with a florilège of colours, the cooks did not fail to distribute the fruits of their meticulous preparations on their way, before meeting again for the big breakfast and above all, for the ball which always comes to close the festival, for already 102 years….





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