Cuban expert nominated for Nobel prize in gastronomic literature

Havana, 26 April, 2008, (ACN). - Cuban expert Yamir Pellegrino Rodriguez has been nominated for the Nobel Prize in the category of Gastronomic Literature for his brilliant research career as well as the quality and contribution of his publications. Pellegrino Rodriguez, Director of the Food and Beverages Department at the Habana Libre Tryp hotel in the Cuban capital, announced that this award will be granted in Stockholm, Sweden, on May 10, with the presence of the 12 candidates to obtain the .Gourmand World Cookbooks Award.. For the first time, this award will join the ceremony of the Literature Nobel Prizes in the European nation, where the so-called .Gourmand Nobel., considered as the Nobel of Gastronomic Literature, will be granted. Pellegrino, who is also the President of the Cuban Sommeliers. Club, will be the only representative from Latin America and the Third World at the ceremony. Pellegrino won on two consecutive years - 2005 and 2006 - the top awards in the culinary category, at regional and world levels, with his books .Mi pasion Gourmet. (My Gourmet Passion) and .Conociendo el vino. (Knowing the Wine). This annual contest is called by the Le Cordon Bleu University of France, the most prestigious world university in the culinary art.

Cubarte News, Prensa Latina News posted on 4/30/2008 12:41:02 PM

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