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27 Oct

First Gastronomic Festival by Fundazucar and the Ministry of Economy

The Guatemalan Sugar Industry through the Sugar Foundation -Fundazucar- in alliance with the Ministry of Economy -Mineco- and the local government of Champerico, Retalhuleu held the first gastronomic festival called “Champerico Fest” to promote the new dishes created from the Diploma in Gastronomic Diversification and Seafood Cuisine.

In the same way, the artisanal fishermen, who participated in the training “Good fishing practices” given by Mineco, presented fresh product to publicize the quality of their products and the ability to supply potential customers.

In the event participated 300 people, including diners, chefs, cooks, and organizations such as: Z Gas, the Guatemalan Civil Association for Integral Development -Asdesarrollo-, National Mortgage Credit Bank -CHN-, National Port Company of Champerico, Guatemagica, Naval School of Guatemala, Intecap and the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food -MAGA-.

Economic Development Strategy

In 2021, the Economic Development Strategy for Fishing and Gastronomic Tourism on the South of Guatemala was launched, which is carried out in partnership between Fundazucar, Mineco, the Ministry of National Defense -Mindef-, MAGA and municipalities on the Pacific Coast.

The gastronomic festival is one more action of this strategy that seeks to recover and generate new sources of income for fishermen and workers in the tourism sector of the municipalities of the beach area of the South of Guatemala, as well to generate sources of employment.

Fundazucar, in alliance with Intecap, provides scholarships for chefs and cooks from local restaurants and hotels to strengthen their culinary skills. As well as training for hotel and restaurant owners and managers on “Excellence in Customer Service” and “Difficult internal and external customers” given by Mineco.

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Capacitación Servicio al Cliente por Fundazucar

08 Sep

Advances the Economic Development Strategy for Fishing and Gastronomic Tourism

In 2021, the Economic Development Strategy for Fishing and Gastronomic Tourism on the South of Guatemala was launched, which is carried out in partnership between the Sugar Foundation -Fundazucar-, the Ministry of Economy -Mineco- Ministry of National Defense – Mindef-, Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food -MAGA- and six municipalities.

The strategy aims to recover and generate new sources of income for fishermen and workers in the tourism sector in the municipalities of the beach area of the South of Guatemala, as well as to generate sources of employment.

Among the actions carried out within the framework of this strategy are training such as:

• Business and fishing strengthening given by Mindef and Mineco.
• Gastronomic diversification: good manufacturing practices and marketing of the finished product taught by Fundazucar to 269 chefs and cooks from hotels and restaurants.
• Excellence in customer service by Fundazucar to 253 hotel and restaurant employees.
• Seafood Cuisine: innovative recipes based on seafood taught by Intecap with scholarships granted by Fundazucar to 231 chefs and cooks from hotels and restaurants.

Once the training has been completed, Fundazucar focuses on the formulation of tourism development plans in conjunction with community members and local authorities. In addition, it will support the dissemination of tourist services in the participating municipalities and the creation of gastronomic festivals.

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11 Aug

50 chefs y cocineros se gradúan del Diplomado Cocina del Mar en Chiquimulilla, Santa Rosa

50 chefs and cooks from touristic beach towns in the South of Guatemala graduated from the Seafood Cuisine Diploma

The Sugar Foundation -Fundazucar- awarded with a scholarship for the Seafood Cuisine Diploma to 50 chefs and cooks from Las Lisas and El Chapeton, beach towns located 175 kilometers South from Guatemala City. The diploma was given by the Technical Training and Productivity Institute -Intecap- in alliance with the Ministry of Economy and the local government of Chiquimulilla, Santa Rosa.

The “Seafood Cuisine” Diploma is part of the plan to support the reactivation of the economy in the beach area of the South of Guatemala. On this occasion, two graduation acts were held, the first in the village of Las Lisas, where 26 chefs and cooks graduated, and the other one in the village of El Chapeton with the graduation of 24 chefs and cooks who learned innovative recipes based on seafood.

The objective is to expand the gastronomic offer of hotels, restaurants, and dining rooms in the beach area so that they can offer it as a tourist attraction. The diploma course lasted 80 theoretical-practical hours for the preparation of dishes with products from artisanal fishing. Additionally, the participants learned how to implement good manufacturing practices and marketing of the finished product.

The chefs and cooks who participated in the Gastronomic Diversification Diploma continued their training with a scholarship for the “Seafood Cuisine” Diploma granted by Fundazucar as part of the inter-institutional alliance, which promotes a strategy for local economic development.

The Economic Development Strategy for Fishing and Gastronomic Tourism aims to expand the gastronomic offer of hotels, restaurants, and dining rooms in the beach area of the municipalities of Iztapa and Sipacate, Escuintla; Chiquimulilla and Taxisco, Santa Rosa; and San Andres Villa Seca and Champerico, Retalhuleu.

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19 Jul

Chefs and cooks from the Champerico beach graduated from the Seafood Cuisine diploma

The Guatemalan Sugar Industry, through Fundazucar, awarded a scholarship for the “Seafood Cuisine” diploma to chefs and cooks from restaurants and hotels in Champerico, Retalhuleu (226 km South from Guatemala City). The diploma course was carried out in alliance with the Municipality, INTECAP and the Ministry of Economy with the aim of technifying the gastronomic offer of the place.

The chefs and cooks who participated in the Gastronomic Diversification Diploma continued their training with a scholarship for the “Seafood Cuisine” Diploma granted by Fundazucar as part of the inter-institutional alliance, which promotes a strategy for local economic development.

The objective is to expand the gastronomic offer of hotels, restaurants, and dining rooms in the beach area so that they can offer it as a tourist attraction. The course lasted 80 theoretical and practical hours for the preparation of dishes with products from artisanal fishing.

On this occasion, 30 chefs and cooks from 8 restaurants and 1 hotel learned innovative recipes based on seafood. The “Seafood Cuisine” Diploma was taught by chef Lourdes Piedrasanta from the Technical Institute for Training and Productivity -INTECAP-.

Additionally, the participants learned how to implement good manufacturing practices and marketing of the finished product.

The Economic Development Strategy for Fishing and Gastronomic Tourism has expanded the gastronomic offer of hotels, restaurants, and dining rooms in the beach area of the municipalities of Iztapa and Sipacate, Escuintla; Chiquimulilla, Santa Rosa; and San Andres Villa Seca and Champerico, Retalhuleu.

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12 Jul

Cooks and chefs from the beach area in Iztapa conclude the Seafood Cuisine Diploma

The Seafood Cuisine Diploma was held in the municipality of Iztapa, Escuintla (122 km South from Guatemala City,) aimed to chefs, cooks, restaurateurs, and hoteliers from the beach area. The course was given by Intecap in alliance with the Municipality and with scholarships granted by the Sugar Foundation -Fundazucar-.

The “Seafood Cuisine” Diploma was held to expand the gastronomic offer of hotels, restaurants, and dining rooms in the beach area as a tourist attraction and thus provide added value.

The 34 chefs and cooks from 1 hotel and 9 restaurants learned 18 innovative recipes based on seafood from artisanal fishing. They were also trained in good manufacturing and marketing practices for the finished product.

The “Seafood Cuisine” Diploma is part of the plan to support the reactivation of the economy in the beach area of the South of Guatemala. The Economic Development Strategy for Fishing and Gastronomic Tourism has expanded the gastronomic offer of hotels, restaurants, and dining rooms in the beach area of the municipalities of Iztapa and Sipacate, Escuintla; Chiquimulilla, Santa Rosa; and San Andres Villa Seca and Champerico, Retalhuleu.

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Graduacion Cocina del Mar en Hawaii Chiquimulilla

19 May

Chefs and cooks from a surfer beach graduate from the “Seafood Cuisine” Diploma

Chefs and cooks from a surfer beach graduate

from the “Seafood Cuisine” Diploma

Fundazucar and the Municipality of Chiquimulilla, Santa Rosa graduated 24 chefs and cooks from the “Seafood Cuisine” Diploma. Chiquimulilla has a surfer beach named Hawaii located 143 km South from Guatemala City.

The diploma was given by the Technical Training and Productivity Institute -Intecap- in alliance with the Ministry of Economy and the local government.

The chefs and cooks who participated in the Gastronomic Diversification Diploma continued their training with a scholarship for the “Seafood Cuisine” Diploma granted by Fundazucar as part of the inter-institutional alliance, which promotes a strategy for local economic development.

The objective is to expand the gastronomic offer of hotels, restaurants, and dining rooms in the beach area so that they can offer it as a tourist attraction. The diploma course lasted 80 theoretical-practical hours for the preparation of dishes with products from artisanal fishing.

Additionally, the participants learned how to implement good manufacturing practices and marketing of the finished product.

The “Seafood Cuisine” Diploma is part of the plan to support the reactivation of the economy in the beach area of the South of Guatemala. On this occasion, in the Hawaii village of the municipality of Chiquimulilla, 24 chefs from 7 hotels and 8 restaurants learned innovative recipes based on seafood.

The Economic Development Strategy for Fishing and Gastronomic Tourism has expanded the gastronomic offer of hotels, restaurants, and dining rooms in the beach area of the municipalities of Iztapa and Sipacate, Escuintla; Chiquimulilla, Santa Rosa; and San Andres Villa Seca and Champerico, Retalhuleu.

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24 Jan

Tourist reactivation: 38 chefs and cooks graduate in the first promotion of Seafood Cuisine

Tourist reactivation: 38 chefs and cooks graduate

in the first promotion of Seafood Cuisine

On January 21st, 38 chefs and cooks from restaurants and hotels in Sipacate, Escuintla, (132 km South from Guatemala City) graduated from the “Seafood Cuisine” course, through a scholarship granted by the Sugar Foundation –Fundazucar- in alliance with the Ministry of Economy and the local government.

This diploma course is part of the Economic Development Strategy for Fishing and Gastronomic Tourism that seeks to support the economic reactivation of municipalities on the South of Guatemala that have tourism potential due to their beaches. The course was completed at the Technical Institute for Training and Productivity -Intecap- and lasted 80 hours and included good manufacturing practices and marketing of the finished product.

This is the first promotion of the “Seafood Cuisine” diploma course, in which chefs and cooks received knowledge to prepare innovative recipes based on seafood and thus expand the gastronomic offer to national and foreign tourists, with which it is provided an added value since the products they will use are purchased from artisanal fishermen. This is the second diploma course taken by these chefs and cooks since last year they took a diploma course on “Gastronomic Diversification” taught by Fundazucar.

The Economic Development Strategy for Fishing and Gastronomic Tourism aims to expand the gastronomic offer of hotels, restaurants and dining rooms in the beach area of the municipalities of Iztapa and Sipacate, Escuintla; Chiquimulilla, Santa Rosa; and San Andrés Villa Seca and Champerico, Retalhuleu.

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Diversificación Gastronómica Las Lisas, Chiquimulilla

15 Dec

Chefs and cooks from Las Lisas beach graduate from the Diploma in Gastronomic Diversification

Chefs and cooks from Las Lisas beach graduate

from the Diploma in Gastronomic Diversification

If you visit the Las Lisas beach in Chiquimulilla, Santa Rosa, (160 km south from Guatemala City) you will find 30 chefs and cooks graduated from the Diploma in Gastronomic Diversification promoted by the Sugar Foundation – Fundazucar- in alliance with the Ministry of Economy and the local government.

This course, aimed at hotel and restaurant cooks and chefs, is part of the “Sustainable Strategy for Fishing and Tourism” which aims to promote economic reactivation in the beach areas of the shore of Guatemala.

The 30 chefs and cooks learned new recipes for dishes based on seafood from the region to be able to present innovative dishes to their customers and thus expand the gastronomic offer for tourists who visit the beach.

The graduates will continue their training the in 2022 at the Technical Institute for Training and Productivity -Intecap- with the diploma of “Cuisine of the Sea” with a scholarship granted by Fundazucar to continue innovating in new recipes.

The Gastronomic Diversification Diploma has been given in the towns of Escuintla, Santa Rosa and Retalhuleu and more than 200 chefs and cooks have graduated.

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Diversificación Gastronómica Champerico, Retalhuleu

15 Dec

Champerico beach will have better cuisine offer thanks for Fundazucar

Champerico beach will have better cuisine offer thanks for Fundazucar

The Sugar Foundation – Fundazucar- in alliance with the Ministry of Economy and the local government of Champerico, Retalhuleu (226 km from Guatemala City) gave the Gastronomic Diversification diploma aimed at cooks and chefs from the different restaurants and hotels in that locality.

This diploma is part of the “Sustainable Strategy for Fishing and Tourism” which aims to promote economic reactivation in the beach areas of the South of Guatemala. In this case, 26 hotel and restaurant cooks and chefs completed training in new recipes for seafood-based dishes.

The graduates will continue their training the following year at the Technical Institute for Training and Productivity -Intecap- with the diploma of “Cuisine of the Sea” with a scholarship granted by Fundazucar to continue innovating in new recipes.

With this knowledge acquired, chefs and cooks will be able to present innovative dishes based on seafood from the region to their clients and thus expand the gastronomic offer for tourists visiting the town.

The Gastronomic Diversification Diploma has been given in the towns of Escuintla, Santa Rosa and Retalhuleu and more than 200 chefs and cooks have graduated.

GALLERY

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Taller de servicio al cliente - Fomento económico

24 Nov

Fundazucar trains 253 hotel and restaurant workers in Customer Service to boost economy

Fundazucar trains 253 hotel and restaurant workers

in Customer Service to boost economy

Hotel and restaurant workers on the beaches of the South of Guatemala received the workshop “Excellence in customer service” taught by Fundazúcar in partnership with the Ministry of the Economy, as part of the Economic Development Strategy to boost fishing and gastronomic tourism.

The workshop, in which 253 hotel and restaurant employees participated, aims to develop, and promote personal skills to provide a service with quality standards and competitive advantage.

The objective of the strategy is to recover and generate new sources of income for fishermen and workers in the tourism in the Guatemalan seaside, as well as generating sources of employment. It includes training in gastronomic diversification, good manufacturing practices, technical training, business, and fishing strengthening, and establishing a country brand to attract investment and visitors.

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