Uhlelo lwe-TAP Air Portugal oluthi 'Taste the Stars' oluqukethe izihlabani ezinhlanu ze-Michelin eziwina abapheki base-Portuguese kanye nomeluleki wezokudla wenkampani yezindiza UChef Vítor Sobral, wengeza Umpheki wase-Portuguese-American u-George Mendes ohlwini. Kuze kube manje, ithimba labapheki lalihlanganisa uJosé Avillez, Miguel Laffan, Rui Paula, Henrique Sá Pessoa, Rui Silvestre kanye noVítor Sobral.

Isizukulwane sokuqala saseMelika esizalwa abazali abangamaPutukezi, umpheki odumile kanye nombhali wezincwadi zokupheka uGeorge Mendes waletha ukupheka okuphezulu kwesiPutukezi eNew York City lapho evula indawo yokudlela yakhe yokuqala, i-Aldea, ngo-2009. Ngemva kokuphothula e-Culinary Institute of America ngo-1992, uMendes wachitha iminyaka engu-17 iminyaka ecija ulwazi lwakhe, amasu, kanye nesitayela ngaphansi kokuqondisa kwabanye ochwepheshe bezokupheka abakhulu emhlabeni okuhlanganisa u-Alain Passard, uMartín Berasategui, uRoger Vergé, u-Alain Ducasse, kanye nomeluleki wakhe onethonya elikhulu, uDavid Bouley. E-Aldea, uMendes uphakela imenyu yezidlo ezicolisisiwe eziphefumulelwe isiPutukezi ezibonisa ukuqeqeshwa kwakhe kwakudala, ulwazi lwase-Iberia, kanye nama-flavour of heritage—etholela indawo yokudlela isilinganiso senkanyezi eyodwa kumhlahlandlela we-Michelin minyaka yonke kusukela ngo-2010.

UMendes uqanjwe ngokuthi “Umpheki Omusha Ongcono Kakhulu” ngumagazini we-Food & Wine, futhi incwadi yakhe yokuqala yokupheka, i-My Portugal, yashicilelwa ngo-Okthoba 2014 ukuze ituswe kakhulu. Useke wavela kaningi kuthelevishini, okuhlanganisa ne-NBC ethi “TODAY Show,” ye-CBS ethi “This Morning,” kanye nekaBravo “Top Chef Masters.” Uma engekho kubapheki abamhlophe, uMendes uthanda ukugijima, ukudoba endizeni, nokupheka ukudla okulula nokunempilo ekhaya.

I-TAP yethule okuthi “Taste the Stars” kubagibeli Bekilasi Lebhizinisi unyaka owodwa odlule, inikezela ngokukhethwa komunye wabapheki abawine imiklomelo njengenketho ekukhetheni kwabo ukudla okungenamsoco ukuze bakhuthaze ukudla okuphambili kwesiPutukezi emhlabeni jikelele. Abagibeli abavela e-John F Kennedy International Airport eNew York bazojabulela ukukhetha okuvela ku-George Mendes lapho besendleleni eya e-Lisbon (okuhlanganisa nezitsha zakhe ezisayiniwe ezifana ne-Potato ne-Collard Green Soup; I-Cod with Potatos, Onion, Tomato and Black Olives; kanye ne-Pastel de Nata) .

“Ngikhethe lezi zidlo ezintathu ngoba ziveza ukunambitheka kwendabuko namaphunga okudla kwesiPutukezi, kanye nendabuko yami yesiPutukezi. Uma ngikhula, ngokwesibonelo, ngangipholisha izitsha zeSobho Lezambane neCollard Greens endaweni ka-anti u-Natalia njalo ngoKhisimusi. Ichaza isiko kanye nabantu basePortugal: efudumele, enomphefumulo, futhi kulula ukuyithanda.”

Umtshali-zimali we-TAP uDavid Neeleman ukholelwa ukuthi lesi sivumelwano nabapheki “sizovumela abantu abaningi ukuba bathole ubuhle bokudla kwesiPutukezi futhi bathande amakha nephunga elimnandi lezwe, ukukhanya kwelanga nolwandle, iwayini nokudla kanye, yebo, namasiko akhona.”

Njengengxenye yephrojekthi ethi “Taste The Stars”, i-TAP inikeza inkundla yokuthuthukisa amakhono asemasha aqeqeshwe abapheki, abazophinde banikezwe ithuba lokwethula abakudalile njengengxenye yensizakalo entsha yokuphuma kwendiza.

I-TAP indizisa abagibeli abangaphezu kwezigidi eziyi-14 ngonyaka. Ngo-2017, i-TAP yanikeza ukudla okungaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-14 endizeni, cishe amalitha angu-528,000 amanzi, amalitha angu-500,000 ejusi yezithelo neziphuzo ezibandayo, amakhilogremu angu-81,000 ekhofi, amalitha angu-46,000 kabhiya, kanye namalitha angaphezu kuka-132,000 wewayini. yakhiqizwa ePortugal.

Izindawo zokudlela zabapheki base-Michelin e-Portugal nazo ziyingxenye yohlelo lwe-TAP lwe-“Portugal Stopover”, oluhlinzeka ngamabhodlela ewayini amahhala kubahambi be-Stopover abavakashela e-Lisbon noma e-Porto, ngenkathi besendleleni eya ezindaweni zonkana eYurophu nase-Afrika.

Imilando yabapheki bokuqala be-Taste the Stars ingezansi:

UVitor Sobral

Omunye wabapheki abadumile basePutukezi, ungumuntu owaguqula ukudla kwamaPutukezi. UChef Sobral ukuphela kompheki ongumPutukezi ohlukaniswa nguMongameli wasePortugal. Ungubuso beqembu lamaPutukezi lamazwe ngamazwe, eliphethe izindawo zokudlela e-Portugal naseBrazil, lapho ehlala ebonisa ukudla kwesiPutukezi. E-Portugal, wayengomunye wabaguquli be-cuisine kazwelonke kanye nebhizinisi lokudlela ngokwalo.

UJosé Avillez

“E-Belcanto”, u-Chef Avillez waklonyeliswa ngezinkanyezi ezimbili ze-Michelin futhi wathathwa njengenye 'yezindawo zokudlela eziphuma phambili eziyi-100 Emhlabeni' ngohlu oludumile "Loluhlu Lwezindawo Zokudlela Ezihamba phambili ezingama-50 emhlabeni." U-José Avillez unikeza ukudla kwesi-Portuguese esibuyekeziwe esimweni esiyinkimbinkimbi esagcina uthando oluthile oluvela ku-Chiado endala. Lolu uhlobo lokupheka olumkhomba ngempela futhi oluveza ukuziphendukela kwakhe kokudala.

URui Silvestre

Amandla akhe, ukuzimisela kanye nobuchwepheshe bakhe kwacaca lapho, eneminyaka engu-29 ubudala, enikezwa inkanyezi yakhe yokuqala ye-Michelin, endaweni yokudlela ethi "Bon Bon", eCarvoeiro, e-Algarve. Ngenkathi isitayela sakhe se-gastronomic sisekelwe kuhlelo lwesiFulentshi, uguqula ngesibindi ukuxhumana okungenakwenzeka ezitsheni ezithokozisayo nezihlwabusayo. Ukholelwa ukuthi imikhiqizo yendawo, ekhethwe ngokucophelela, yenza umehluko esitsheni sakhe ngasinye, kanye nobuciko bakhe, obukhumbulekayo ngempela.

UMiguel Laffan

Usebenza ekuphekeni kwakhe ngendlela yomuntu siqu. Ngokuthanda ama-flavour ase-Asia, uwaxuba nezinambitheka zesiPutukezi ngezindlela ezihlukile. U-Miguel Laffan ubethuthukisa ukupheka kwakhe, enza ulimi oluhlukile ngesi-Alentejo, e-L'AND Vineyard Wine Resort kusukela ngo-2011.

UHenrique Sá Pessoa

Ku-Henrique Sá Pessoa, kunokupheka okuhle kuphela nokupheka okubi. Uchaza okwakhe ngokuthi "i-taste cuisine": ngokunambitha okucolisisiwe, amasu aphelele kanye nomkhiqizo omuhle kakhulu. Ifilosofi yakhe ye-gastronomic isemathonyeni nasezikhombo zakhe: ukuhamba emhlabeni wonke, uthando lwakhe nge-Asia, ulwazi lokudla kwendabuko yesiPutukezi, nokuphila e-Lisbon.

U-Rui Paula

U-Rui Paula, uzuze inkanyezi yakhe yokuqala ye-Michelin endaweni yakhe yokudlela i-'Casa de Chá da Boa Nova', ngasolwandle esakhiweni esisayinwe umakhi uSiza Vieira, e-Leça da Palmeira. UChef Paul useneminyaka eminingi enguChef nomsebenzi omuhle weqembu lakhe ezindaweni zokudlela ezidumile emhlabeni.