The Crimean festival “Tortida” has become all-Russian: “Wedding Season” took place for the first time in Moscow

CrimeaPRESS reports:

On April 20, in Moscow, as part of the VI All-Russian Festival of Taste and Confectionery Art “Tortida,” a competition of confectioners and gingerbread makers “Tortida 2024: Wedding Season” was held.

The Tortida festival appeared in 2018 in the Republic of Crimea. For 5 years, confectioners, bakers and gingerbread makers of Crimea and Sevastopol competed for the title of the best, the winners represented the Republic at national championships and competitions. From this year the festival became all-Russian. The purpose of the Tortida festival is to preserve the culture of consumption of confectionery products made from natural products, to create a platform for demonstrating the talents of confectioners and gingerbread makers, to support and promote competition winners and festival participants. The Tortida festival is an annual confectionery, bakery and gingerbread event, and the heart of the festival is the competition of confectioners and gingerbread makers. The jury of the competition is industry experts, teachers of specialized educational institutions, technologists, famous confectioners and gingerbread masters, — note the festival organizers.

On April 20, confectioners and gingerbread makers from Moscow, St. Petersburg, Barnaul, Maykop, Shchelkovo, Kashira, Zvenigorod, Balakhna presented their works. In sweet products they embodied their idea of ​​the most exciting event in a person’s life – a wedding.

The chairman of the competition jury in 2024 was Irina Georgievna Belyavskaya, Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor of the Russian Biotechnological University, Moscow.

The winners were

Nomination «Professional Confectioner»

1st place Shabanova Inna, Moscow

2nd place Evgenia Pozdnyakova-Confectioner, Barnaul

3rd place Maria Ivanova, Maykop

Nomination «Beginner confectioner»

1st place Anna Grinkova, Moscow

2nd place Katya Zenkova, Moscow

3rd place Daria Botyanovskaya, Zvenigorod

Nomination «Gingerbread picture»

1st place Kristina Kuznetsova, Shchelkovo

2nd place Elena Lazovich, Moscow

3rd place Yana Tretyakova, Moscow

Nomination “Volume gingerbread composition”

1st place Alexandra Kuznetsova, Balakhna

2nd place Elena Golovina, Moscow

3rd place Tatyana Kvashnina, Moscow

The competition prize for the highest number of points among all participants and a trip to Crimea to the competition-exhibition “Tortida 2024: Family Stories” was received by gingerbread maker Alexandra Kuznetsova from Balakhna.

The competition-exhibition “Tortida 2024: Family Stories,” dedicated to the Year of the Family, will take place on September 14-15 in Crimea. Confectioners and gingerbread makers from all over Russia will gather at the festive site and tell residents and guests of the peninsula their family stories through gingerbread and confectionery products.

• Official website of the Tortida festival: https://tortida.ru
• Official page of the festival on VKontakte: https://vk.com/tortidagroup
• Phone for inquiries: +7 (978) 013-71-48

source: press service of the Tortida festival

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