A whole Sunday dedicated to bees, honey, and the cuisine that plays with it, featuring workshops, demonstrations, and a revived bread oven, the festival promises to be friendly.
A whole Sunday dedicated to bees, honey, and the cuisine that plays with it, featuring workshops, demonstrations, and a revived bread oven, the festival promises to be friendly.
The 32nd Honey Festival takes place on Sunday, April 26, from 10 AM to 7 PM, throughout the village of Mouans-Sartoux.
Free entry, easy stroll: the idea is simple and delightful, bringing together producers, artisans, and curious visitors around the honey of Provence and the work of professional beekeepers, in an atmosphere that is both playful, educational, and flavorful.
We don't come here just to watch. Of course, there will be honey sales, but also tasting workshops, honey extraction sessions, exhibitions, hive painting, games about pollination...
The entire program is designed for the whole family, with an educational aim: to understand the world of bees and the work of beekeepers, while sharing a friendly moment.
More than 40 professional beekeeping operations from the region will be present, and a few farmers from the Alpes-Maritimes (olive oil, cheese, wines, Menton lemons) will join them.
It goes without saying that the diversity of honeys and bee-related products should fill the stands and tantalize the taste buds.
Honey cuisine holds a special place during the festival. A conference by chef Guy Gedda will present his latest cookbook, and chef Jean Montagard will offer a honey cooking demonstration.
If you enjoy combining sweetness and local flavors, this will be the perfect opportunity to take notes, ask questions (if you dare), and perhaps leave with new ideas for your table.
A traditional and very concrete moment: the village bread oven, located on Liberty Street, will be rekindled by volunteers. Batches of bread will be baked on the night before the festival and sold in front of the town hall on Sunday morning. The icing on the loaf: you can bring your dishes to cook (casseroles, stuffed dishes, pies, etc.) into the still-warm oven. They should be dropped off between 9 AM and 11:30 AM, covered with aluminum foil, in metal containers sturdy enough to be placed in and taken out of the oven with a peel.
Practical advice: no glass or overly fragile earthenware dishes, as the handling is quite rough.
The event includes an educational program dedicated to children: workshops, games about pollination, activities to explain the role of bees.
It's the kind of event where young ones can touch, ask questions, and leave with a little extra knowledge, without getting bored.
Parents also learn there, sometimes surprising themselves by looking at a hive from a different perspective.
A bookstore space will be set up to browse through works related to honey, beekeeping, or honey cooking.
Between tastings and a culinary demonstration, it's the perfect place to enhance your recipe collection or practical knowledge.
The event is organized by Beekeepers in Provence and the City of Mouans-Sartoux.
The Cultural Center of the Cedars is listed as the contact: 77, Allée des Cèdres - 06370 Mouans-Sartoux,
Tel: 04 92 92 47 24. A good reference if you have practical questions (specific times, location of a workshop, etc.).
Honey extraction: operation that allows for the retrieval of honey stored by bees by emptying the frames of the hives (technique visible during dedicated sessions).Professional beekeeping: agricultural activity organized around the breeding of bees for the production of honey and other hive products.Bread oven: traditional communal oven, heated with wood by volunteers to bake bread and sometimes other recipes brought by the residents.
Because it's a day where we learn while having fun: we taste, we look, we listen, and we leave with a jar (or a recipe idea) and answers.
We also enjoy a village moment, with markets, demonstrations, and encounters that bring together producers and food lovers around a common theme: honey. And then, between the communal oven baking and the chefs' demonstrations, there is a wonderful promise of experiencing new and authentic flavors.
Join us on Sunday, April 26, from 10 AM to 7 PM, throughout the village of Mouans-Sartoux. Free entry. Prepare your dishes if you wish to bake them (reminder: drop-off between 9 AM and 11:30 AM, rigid metal dishes and aluminum foil). It's a great opportunity to learn more about Provence honey, meet professional beekeepers, and taste honey-based recipes—simple, educational, and friendly.
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