A food festival showcasing the variety of dishes that can be made from eggs, from simple to delicate ones, will be held for the first time in Hanoi on June 26.

According to Vietnamplus, the egg festival is an activity within the Vietnamese Family Day 2022 celebrations. It is organised by the Vietnam Art and Culture Exhibition Centre in cooperation with the Hanoi Media Association, the Hanoi Professional Chefs Association, the World Super Chefs Association in Vietnam, and the Megalink Media.

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Festival-goers can witness celebrity guest chefs showcase their cooking skills by creating innovative egg dishes. The theme of the festival is creativity in egg processing from daily meals to the most luxurious dishes of Vietnamese and international cuisine.

According to Pham Thanh Ha, Chairman of the Hanoi Media Association, five famous Vietnamese and international chefs will cook their distinctive egg dishes at this year’s festival.

Visitors will see celebrity guest chefs showcasing their cooking skills to create innovative egg dishes.

They include Hervé Rodriguez (French Michelin chef, owner, and head chef of Herve Dining restaurant, HCM City); Hoang Tung (owner of T.U.N.G Dining restaurant, one of the Top 100 best restaurants in Asia in 2021 voted by The World's 50 best); Vo Hoang Nhan (Vietnam Top Chef Champion 2014); Le Xuan Tam (Chairman - World Association of Super Chefs in Vietnam, Chief Chef of Moo Beef restaurant) and Nguyen Thi Ngoc Quyen (head chef at Movenpick Hotel Hanoi).

Visitors will see celebrity guest chefs showcasing their cooking skills to create innovative egg dishes. Photo courtesy of Hanoi Media Association

The five guest chefs will also act as judges for the Creative Chefs contest, in which 10 chefs across Vietnam will compete for the best egg dishes.

Another area of the festival will be dedicated to products of large enterprises in Vietnam’s culinary sector, like spices, coffee machines or sauces made from eggs. In particular, 10 cream cakes will be presented to handicapped children in Hanoi, as Vietnamnews reported.

As Tien Phong News reported, visitors could also take selfies at the photo zone that features three giant eggs and 50 ostrich eggs that have been artistically painted for the event.

The egg festival will take place at Van Ho Exhibition Centre, located on No 2 Hoa Lu Street, Vietnam Art Exhibition Centre, from 1-6 pm on June 26. Tickets are free.

A Hanoian family in 1932. Photo collector: Minh Tuan

June 28 was chosen as the annual Vietnam Family Day in 2007 by then Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung, to reinforce the responsibilities of ministries, departments, social organizations and individuals, in the process of building families, to achieve the goals of prosperity, progress, equality and happiness.

According to Hanoitimes, Vietnam Family Day is an occasion to remind everyone to reunite with family and treasure the precious moment spent with their loved ones, at the same time raising public awareness of the importance of observing the Party’s policies and the State’s laws on family in the modern society. Vietnam Family Day 2022 offers Vietnamese across the country a chance to reunite, throw a feast, and embrace the values of family bonds.

Le Van Thai, Deputy Director of the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism, said that the implementation of propaganda on Action Month and the organization of activities on Vietnamese Family Day this year aims to preserve and promote family cultural values, affirming the great position and role of the family as the cell of society with the goal of building a prosperous, progressive and happy Vietnamese family.

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