The Cretan Cuisine Festival Association, with the support of the Region of Crete, the Municipality of Malevizi, and the Cultural Associations of Keramoutsio and Gazi, invites you to an evening filled with taste, memory and tradition.

Join us on Sunday, August 3rd, 2025 at 8:00 p.m. at Mihail Katsamanis Square in Gazi, for the 11th Cretan Cuisine Festival—an open-air celebration of the island’s authentic food heritage.

Once again, associations from across Crete are coming together to showcase the flavours and stories that define Cretan life.

Free entry means anyone can drop by and enjoy:

• Live traditional cooking by over 20 local associations, including Amiras, Arkalohori, Marathos, Goudouras, Damas, Epano Vatheia, Kitharida, Fodele and many more.

• Basket weaving demonstration by Maria Kalentaki—a centuries-old Cretan craft.

• A look back at school lunches from the 1940s and ’50s, brought to life by the Polithea Cultural and Beautification Association.

• Hands-on workshops:

  • “Decorated Cretan Breads” by the Kitharida Association

  • “Sugary Mantinades”, Crete’s sweetest poetic tradition, by Apostolianon

  • “Homemade Xinohondros” by the Keramoutsio Association

  • “Olive Oil Biscuits” for kids by the Gazi Association

  • “Saving Traditional Seeds” by Manolis Vardakis from Asterousia Farm

Live music by Manos Lironis and his band will keep the night alive, while the Folklore Group “Lazaros and Manolis Chnaris” brings out the soul of Crete in dance.

Come hungry, stay curious, and bring your dancing shoes.