Caramel sweet was the aftertaste of the 3rd Lesvos Food Fest on the beach of Skala Eressos. The Eressian caramel toffee was the honored ingredient, on which the Eressos Tourism Association based the local events of this year’s Lesvos Food Fest.

 

This year our guest in Eressos was the distinguished Chef Manolis Papoutsakis, who cooked delicious recipes both days of the Lesvos Food Fest in Eressos with the help of young and old. The Chef achieved the perfect integration of the traditional caramel toffee into savory and sweet recipes. The Cretan Kostis Kostakis helped him as well and this way Chania and Lasithi came together and collaborated in the most “delicious” way here in Eressos.

 

Moreover, there was a demonstration of the traditional way of making the Eressian caramel toffee, while dancing lessons of the Kantrilies took place as well. The event came to an end with singing, delicious food and of course ouzo on the beach of Skala Eressos.

 

The board of directors of the Association would like to thank every one of the volunteers for their ongoing support. They truly showed that working unselfishly as a team with passion we can have the best result possible for our common cause, the development and promotion of our place.

 

We greatly thank: the bakery Konstantinos Taktikos and Ms. Cassandra Karakousi for the making of the traditional caramel toffee and the treats, the Cultural Association “Fanias” for the reviving Kantrilies with their dancing team and the choir “Melirritos” and Ms. Stacey Miller for kindly allowing us to use her property as our meeting place for the events. A special thanks to Mr. Kostas Agopian, who professed once again his love for our village, Eressos.

 

Our warmest thanks to everyone who supported in any way our local events of the Lesvos Food Fest in Eressos: Community of Eressos, Cleaning Service of the Muncipality of Lesvos, Meat Business AMERIKANOS, Mystakelli Dairy Products, Eva- Ouzo Dimino/ Sertiko, P. Mantzoros, P. Tzimis- P. Marinatos & Co. L. P., Europcar, Parasol beach bar, Sappho Travel, Eressos Ilios Apartments, Galini Hotel, Eressyko, the Restaurants / bars: “Soulatso”, “Blue Sardine”, “Kafenes”, “Adonis”, “Sam- the tradition”, “Aigaio”, “Vento”, Belle Ville” in Eressos and “Australia” in Sigri, Moliviatis toys, fruit store Michalis Geralis, Aeolian Village, Kontakt Creative Studio, Vicky Pafylia, Maria Tsirigoti, Tzeli Chatzidimitriou, Charalampos Demiris, Kalliopi Taktikou, Nikos Karidis, Kostas Katachanas, Makis Savvelos, Vasilis Vouvouloudas, Kostas Lamprinidis, Andreas Parliaros.

 

Last but not least, the Eressos Tourism Association would like to kindly thank Molyvos Tourism Association which organized the 3rd Lesvos Food Fest with the collaboration of the North Aegean Region and Τhe Hellenic Confederation of Professionals, Craftsmen & Merchants (GSEVEE), with the support of the Secretariat General for the Aegean and Island Policy, Alfa beer as a gold sponsor and Greek Saltworks as a silver sponsor, as well as every local organization and association for their strong support for the festival so that the gastronomy and culture of Lesvos will be promoted in the best way possible.

 

The local events of the festival are funded by the Local Programme of CLLD/LEADER.