Emva kokuphumelela kwesi siganeko kulo nyaka uphelileyo, owaqinisa ngokuqinileyo indawo yaseSt. Martin njengendawo yokupheka kwiCaribbean, i-Ofisi yezoKhenketho yaseSt.
Uhlelo lokuqala lomsitho lwaba yimpumelelo egqumayo, ukutsala umdla kuHambo + uLonwabo, iForbes, iEter kunye nezinye iimpapasho ezininzi ezibandakanya abaphembeleli beprofayili ephezulu.
Inkitha yeetalente zokupheka ezivela kwihlabathi liphela, kunye nabatyayo abafuna ukuqalisa uhambo olumnandi, kulindeleke ukuba bazimase uhlelo lwesibini lomnyhadala. Kulo nyaka, iOfisi yoKhenketho iza kuphinda ibonise iintlobo ngeentlobo zokutya kwesi siqithi kwaye ibhiyozele ilifa lemveli elikhethekileyo elaziwa kakhulu indawo ekusingwa kuyo.
Iziganeko ziya kubandakanya iindibano zocweyo zokupheka zabantu bayo yonke iminyaka, ekhokelwa ngabapheki basekhaya nakwamanye amazwe, ukhuphiswano lwemixology, ukhuphiswano lweBBQ, kwaye ukusuka ngoNovemba 18-20, ilali edumileyo evulekele iindwendwe ezijonge ukufumanisa iimveliso zasekhaya.
Ukongeza, kuya kubakho iimenyu zokungcamla ezisekelwe kwisithako esikhethiweyo salo nyaka: i-plantain, kwiindawo zokutyela ezininzi ezithatha inxaxheba kukhuphiswano lwe-“Best Table”.
I-Ofisi ye-St. Martin Tourist imeme uluhlu lwabapheki abanetalente ukuba bafake i-spice ngokwenene kwi-Culinary Festival: Ukuthengiswa kukaNicolas, umpheki waseFransi kunye neenkwenkwezi ze-2 Michelin; ULaurent Huguet, umpheki waseFransi oneenkwenkwezi zeMichelin; U-Ilham Moudnib, umpheki we-pastry waseFransi kunye nomdlali wokugqibela weNdebe yeHlabathi yePastry kwi-2015; ULionel Lévy, umpheki waseFransi oneenkwenkwezi zeMichelin; UVladimir François-Maïkoouva, umpheki wabucala kunye nomcebisi waseMartinique; URafael Pires, umpheki waseBrazil ovela kwi-Institut Paul Bocuse School of Culinary Arts; UDaniel Vézina, unozakuzaku waseKhanada onoxanduva, ukutya okungekho nkunkuma; UMaame Boakye, waseGhana ophumelele “Eyona nto ilungileyo kwiFare Savory” kuMnyhadala odumileyo weHlabathi weFare eNew York; URenee Blackman, umpheki waseBarbadian ozinze eNew York onetalente yakhe yokupheka iye yabhiyozelwa nguJames Beard Foundation kwaye oye wabonakala kwiNethiwekhi yokutya eQiniweyo; U-Ninon Fauvarque, i-mixologist yesiFrentshi kunye nokuphumelela i-Havana Club Cocktail Prize kwi-2018; kunye noMia Mastroianni, i-mixologist kunye nomcebisi.
U-St. Martin uya kuba nako ukubala ubukho buka-Alain Warth, intloko yeSebe leGastronomy kwilizwe laseFransi kunye ne-Overseas Territories ye-SCR Prod Group, kunye nomsunguli we-Gault & Millau culinary guide for the French West Indies & Guiana. UMnu Warth uya kuba ngumququzeleli wabapheki abathatha inxaxheba kule ngqungquthela ye-2 yomthendeleko we-gastronomy. Umcebisi oyingcaphephe kwishishini lokutyela kunye ne-mixology, u-Arthur Sutley, naye uza kuba phakathi kweendwendwe ezikhethekileyo kulo mnyhadala.
Iintatheli kunye nabaphembeleli abavela e-US, eMzantsi Melika, eCanada naseYurophu baya kubakho kumnyhadala walo nyaka, owenza ukuba ube sisiganeko esibalulekileyo kuye nabani na ongathanda ukufumana esi siqithi siyinyaniso nesiphilayo.
