The application period for the official restaurants \u201cSabores Imaginarius 2022\u201d will take place from 18 to 22 April, and those selected will be the target of a tourist and gastronomic promotion campaign on different digital platforms of the Municipality of Santa Maria da Feira, as part of the 21st edition of the Imaginarius festival, which will take place between 26 and 29 May.<\/p>\n
With the \u201cSabores Imaginarius\u201d initiative, open to all restaurants in the municipality that meet the application requirements, the Municipality and the Imaginarius festival intend to affirm and promote Santa Maria da Feira\u2019s chefs and restaurants in the regional, national and international domains, promoting and raising the profile of its typical gastronomic heritage, without forgetting the gastronomy present in the migrant communities residing in the region.<\/p>\n
The designation Creative City of Gastronomy, awarded by UNESCO in November 2021, adds value, visibility and responsibility to the creative, ethnic and sustainable gastronomic proposals that the selected restaurants must present during the four days of the festival.<\/p>\n
Santa Maria da Feira is a borderland, where gastronomy intertwines with art and creativity. The \u201cSabores Imaginarius\u201d creations, inspired by endogenous and seasonal products, are meant to reveal a clear influence of this crossroads of regional flavours and proximity to the origin, based on the strategy \u201cfrom farm to plate\u201d, which results in an identity gastronomic offer, both rich and differentiating.<\/p>\n
Three criteria will be valued in the evaluation of applications : the use of local and seasonal products, creativity in cooking and creativity in plating. It is a mandatory requirement that each selected restaurant includes the selected Imaginarius Menu in its menu, for lunch and dinner, during the festival period.<\/p>\n