Set in the charming town of Elena, near Veliko Tarnovo, the Elena Ham Festival is one of Bulgaria’s biggest culinary events. Held on November 8, 9, and 10, 2024, it promises a weekend filled with delicious food, lively entertainment, and cultural activities. The Elena Ham, known as the “King of Appetizers,” will be the main highlight, offering a true taste of tradition and history.
Chef Uti Bachvarov and his team will headline the Samovodene Onion Festival in the Veliko Tarnovo village of Samovodene. Set for August 31, this highly anticipated food festival in Veliko Tarnovo will take place in the picturesque square in front of the “Izvor-1873” community center. The festival, which honors the village’s rich history of onion cultivation, offers a day filled with culinary delights, entertainment, and cultural activities for visitors of all ages.
The eighth edition is on October 14 (Saturday) at 9:30 a.m. in the center of the village. The organizers of the fest are the Strelets City Hall, the Board of Directors of the “Zarya – 1900” Primary School and the “New Century” Pensioners’ Club in the village.
In a specially designated culinary corner, various dishes and dishes prepared with majoon will be displayed. The judge of the evebt is chef Ivaylo Ivanov. He was a participant in the third edition of the Hell’s Kitchen reality show.
The organizers are the City Hall, the “Nov zhivot” PC and the “Zora 1925” NP. The festival will beon September 16 in the village centre. For another year the masters of twisted, turned and pulled buns will present their culinary masterpieces of traditional Bulgarian food.
This year’s culinary festival is competitive, and the best banitsa in two categories will be awarded – for salty and sweet.
The national festival “Colorful Table” will be held for the thirteenth time in the largest village of Lyaskovets, Dzhulyunitsa. This colorful culinary and folklore festival will once again show Bulgarian traditional food and folklore traditions live on August 26, 2023. The start is at 9 o’clock, and the place is traditionally over the years – the park space. The native village of the most famous Bulgarian in Asia – Kaloyan Mahlyanov-Kotooshu gathers masters of traditional Bulgarian cuisine. And residents of the village and surrounding villages will compete for the most delicious and original local dishes.
