Polotsk chefs will improve their skills in Lithuania, Sweden, and Latvia

Specialists in trade and public catering in Polotsk will improve their skills in Lithuania, Sweden and Latvia, the Polotsk District Executive Committee informed a BELTA correspondent.

Specialists in trade and public catering in Polotsk will improve their skills in Lithuania, Sweden and Latvia, the Polotsk District Executive Committee informed a BELTA correspondent.

Under the project "Improvement of Culinary Services in the Latgale and Vitebsk Regions based on the Culinary Heritage Concept" (Bella Cuisine), representatives of 6 trade organizations from Polotsk will undertake three- and five-day training trips in August-September of the current year to the cities of Zarasai (Lithuania), Karlshamn (Sweden), and Krāslava (Latvia).

Representatives of the Polotsk district will visit 11 Lithuanian culinary heritage enterprises: the water mill in Šliņķi, meat product manufacturing enterprises, the "Alaušinė" eco-tourism estate, and other sites. Five days of training in Sweden will allow Polotsk specialists to improve their theoretical skills in marketing, regional operations, proper use of logos and marketing materials, as well as presenting their developments for improving the quality of culinary services. The training trip program includes visits to a bakery, a shop, a cafe, and a restaurant.

In September, Polotsk residents will visit the Latvian city of Krāslava, where they will familiarize themselves with the activities of peasant farms, recreation centers, bread museums, rural houses, the Ludza Craftsmen Center, guest houses, breweries, fish farms, enterprises producing homemade wine, baking bread, cakes, pizzas, and pies, and breeding wine snails.

Currently, 30 food service enterprises in the Vitebsk region (restaurants, cafes, guest houses, rural estates, food producers) are participating in the Bella Cuisine project, including 6 enterprises from the Polotsk district, 6 from Lepel, 6 from Glubokoye, 6 from Verkhnedvinsk, and 6 from Miory district.

It is planned to develop a joint culinary heritage route Bella Cuisine and to hold events to promote culinary heritage. The partners of Belarusians in the international project have rich culinary traditions and a special culinary heritage, therefore, improving the culinary sector in the Polotsk region should become one of the strengths of the region's tourism sector, the district executive committee is confident.