Mexico to host LatAm food show

Mexico: The Latin American Food Show, the largest food and beverages show in the continent, with venue in Cancun, Mexico, Sep. 2-4, will exhibit more than 10,000 products of Latin American origin. The event will count this year with a 45 percent plus of exhibitors, 310 in the previous show, 450 in 2009, according to the general director Armando Zenteno.

Countries like Argentina, Germany, Brazil, Chile, China, Colombia, Cuba, Costa Rica, Spain, US, Haiti, India, Ireland, among others will participate in this food party.

The event also includes a contest of Latin American chefs, who must use the products of the traditional cuisine of their countries, Zenteno reported.

Some conferences sessions will take place in the mornings, like the one to be given by Chilean Agriculture Minister Marigen Hornkohl, to talk about the program Chile, an agricultural and food power. According to organizers, LAFS is an opportunity to show Latin American food to the rest of the world and get a higher place in the international food market with the variety and richness of Latin American and Caribbean cuisine.

Mexico, Prensa Latina