Take a break from the kitchen and make Restaurant Week a success, Haralsingh urges
Restaurant Week Planning Team, from left to right: President of THAG Andrea deCaires, Anita Ramprasad, Marketing Manager Kevin Daby, Surida Nagreadi, Executive Director of THAG, Treina Butts, and GTA Director Indranauth Haralsingh at the launch of Restaurant Week (Photo by Sherah Alleyne)
Restaurant Week Planning Team, from left to right: President of THAG Andrea deCaires, Anita Ramprasad, Marketing Manager Kevin Daby, Surida Nagreadi, Executive Director of THAG, Treina Butts, and GTA Director Indranauth Haralsingh at the launch of Restaurant Week (Photo by Sherah Alleyne)

RESTAURANTS across Guyana will be engaged in a more festive promotion of local culinary culture as the Guyana Tourism Authority (GTA) and the Tourism and Hospitality Association of Guyana (THAG) launch one of two Restaurant Week celebrations for 2017.
GTA Director Indranauth Haralsingh made the announcement Friday at a press conference to launch Guyana Restaurant Week at the Ministry of Business, Georgetown.
In an effort to embrace, celebrate and elevate Guyana’s culinary culture, the GTA in collaboration with THAG engaged several restaurants in a series of local food fest offers.
Restaurant Week begins on April 27 and ends on May 7.
“It’s basically 10 days of lunch and dinner specials… the original objective remains the same and we are happy to see that the objectives are being achieved [which are] to promote and encourage locals and visitors to dine out and enjoy the great food that Guyana has to offer,” Haralsingh told reporters.

He announced that several restaurants have expressed an interest in participating in the food art, in which they will use only ingredients indigenous to Guyana to create delicious and unique menus for sampling and consumption.
The GTA is encouraging Guyanese to rest from their kitchens and participate in making Restaurant Week a bigger and better event.
“Next year, we’ll look at perhaps rolling out or even in Tourism Awareness Month of this year to other towns across Guyana. For instance, Linden Town Week begins this weekend and they have three packed days of activities, and similarly, Bartica Town Week is coming up and it creates many opportunities for this culinary celebration,” Haralsingh said.
The fest comes at a time when Guyana commemorates two national holidays – Labour Day on May 1 and Arrival Day May 5.

Guyanese are encouraged to “come out to these restaurants for an opportunity to try the restaurants to experiment with the menu.”
Restaurant Week is growing into a great contributor to the tourism industry and Haralsingh pointed out that even if tourists do not go out anywhere, one can guarantee that “they eat three times a day.”
Menus will be offered at affordable prices.

Head of the marketing team for Restaurant Week, Kevin Daby, said the event has already created a stir on social media and an Instagram competition will allow a participant to win a trip with Fly Jamaica, to any one of its destinations.
He said Guyanese and foreigners alike have tapped in online to see what Restaurant Week is all about and what it has to offer this time around.
The Facebook page can be located by clicking at https://www.facebook.com/guyanarestaurantweek/.

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