MOUGINS FRENCH WORLD CAPITAL OF GASTRONOMY CELEBRATES 10 YEARS AND MEETS CHEFS

USPA NEWS - For three days, we of the September 18 to 20, the village of Mougins has metamorphosed into a vast open-air theater of taste and hosted the greatest leaders of the world come to share with the public love a profession and a passion.

THE STARS OF MOUGINS FESTIVAL HONOURS ROGER VERGE IN THIS 10 TH EDITION Once upon a time there was ten years ago, the great leader of “Moulin de Mougins“, Roger Verge, 5 Michelin stars, who created the festival of gastronomy sharing with the public and all who enjoy good French cuisine and elsewhere. His closest friends in the art meet at the appointment and go, they are: Paul Bocuse, the pope of gastronomy, Gaston Lenore, a legend of French pastry, Alain Ducasse, the French chef best known in the world and multi star Michel Gerard grand Chief "Pre Eugenie," Pierre Troisgros brothers a famous chefs to 3 stars ... A dream cast of elite gastronomy, simply. Since that moment, this appointment is renewed annually, led the town of Mougins, and tourism office, until this year. The international food festival "Stars of Mougins" turns 10 during a weekend , by paying tribute to 5 stars decorated chef Roger Verge and his "Cuisine of the sun". The tenth edition was held from September 18 to 20th hosted demonstrations, competitions, culinary workshops, and exhibitions and conferences in the streets of the old village of Mougins (Alpes-Maritimes), near Cannes. This picturesque village, worthy of a postcard, is a precious and wild beauty of Provence, on top of a hill where a Picasso lived, and where the great chef Roger Verge of 5 stars, has created this festival of "Stars of Mougins" " Etoiles de Mougins", exactly ten years ago, at the image of the cuisine of the sun.

“STARS OF MOUGINS“ BECAME A MUST MEETING OF CHEFS WORLDWIDE AND CULINARY CRITICS AND PHOTOGRAPHERS--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This year, the organisation, as usually thanks to the involvement of the mayor of Mougins, Richard Galy, the tourism office, a hundred volunteers, journalists, chefs, were all re you to celebrate this 10th anniversary. A magnificent fireworks was launched on Friday evening to launch the festivities after a glowing tribute was sincere and Roger Verge, whose who died last June. It's the only sad note of the festival. His wife Denise, is fittingly come to formalise the festival odds Yano Collar famous friend and press agent of Hollywood stars and Mougins. The mayor of Mougins, Richard Galy as to say it a moving speech and then said, "I never imagined in 2006 when I decided, surrounded by my teams, to pay tribute to Roger Verge, the illustrious leader to 5 stars Moulin mills, the festival "Stars of Mougins become what it is today. I never imagined that so many celebrity stars, so many talents come share their passion with the public each year in the heart of the Village of Mougins. Never I imagined that leaders from the five continents would still more desalination to transmit their culinary culture, “The mayor Galy adds in tribute to Roger Verge. “I am sure that his spirit is with us tonight ... "-------------------------- To be continued at next publication