XI PANAMERICAN GASTRONOMY AND SERVICE CONTEST CONPEHT CACAO, THE LOST MINE OF COLOMBIA

Abstract

In Colombia, cocoa is rooted in social, cultural and economic context; being frequently consumed product in traditional, especially as a drink. However, in recent years due to effects such as globalization, new consumer trends, has acquired new significances in response to the growing needs of consumer market. Taking this into account, the present document seeks to exalt the traditions in this country regarding its ancestral techniques aiming to help to retake the importance of the traditional, in national and international contexts, allowing to identify native local elements, helping to establish new perspectives in the effort of traditional chefs in the country and the academy.

Promoting new gastronomic offers that contributes to development of new cooks, to be agents that helps to spread the national gastronomic heritage.