We're excited to see the field of competitors who have already won their golden ticket and registered to compete at the 2024 World Food Championships. And we are always proud to announce our special guests and celebrity judges participating in our judging events across the nation - we're sure the championship food certainly helps! Best of luck to our 2024 competitors!
COMPETITOR
Kavala Fresk Feastival
HEAD COOK: Lamine Mascarenhas Soares Medina
COMPETITION: World Seafood Championship
2005-2006- I travelled to Germany where I attended a training course to be a cook. 2006 -2009- I moved to Portugal to study Nouvelle Cuisine in the " Escola de Hotelaria e Turismo de Mirandela".During this period I worked as a trainee in Sheraton Hotel in Porto and "Torre Praia Hotel" on Madeira Island. 2009 - 2012- I worked as a sub-chef in "Hotel Axis" in Porto . 2012- I was invited to organize the cooking department in the opening of "Hotel Huambo" in Angola , where I stayed for 3 months. 2012 - Back to Cabo Verde, I opened my own restaurant, "Palm , AlimentaƧao e Catering,Lda " in Mindelo, my hometown.