Event

The 5th World Culinary Awards (World Culinary Awards 2024) and gala dinner program were solemnly held at Summersalt, Dubai, United Arab  Emirates on the evening of October 2, 2024. The event was attended by notable representatives and organizations from the global culinary industry, recognized across various categories at the World Culinary Awards 2024. Representatives from Saigontourist Group were present to receive two internationally renowned culinary awards, marking them as the sole representative from Vietnam to receive these prestigious honors at the World Culinary Awards 2024. Thus, the “Saigontourist Group Culinary Culture and Delicacies Festival 2024” has proudly won the award for “Asia’s Best Culinary Festival” for three consecutive years - 2022, 2023, and 2024 - and has also secured the “World’s Best Culinary Festival” award for the second consecutive year.

“We are incredibly happy and proud that this year’s ‘Saigontourist Group Culinary Culture and Delicacies Festival’ has been honored by the World Culinary Awards with the ‘World’s Best Culinary Festival 2024’ and ‘Asia’s Best Culinary Festival 2024’ awards. These prestigious accolades reflect the collective dedication and hard work of our entire team, the boundless culinary creativity of our talented chefs, and the enthusiastic support from the member units of the Saigontourist Group. It is especially rewarding that through this achievement, Saigontourist Group can further promote the cuisine, culture, and tourism of Ho Chi Minh City and Vietnam on a global stage,” said Mr. Pham Huy Binh, Chairman of Saigontourist Group and head of the festival’s steering committee. 
Taking place from March 28-31, 2024 at Van Thanh Tourist Area, Ho Chi Minh City, the “Saigontourist Group Culinary Culture and Delicacies Festival 2024” attracted more than 60,000 visitors to explore over 400 unique dishes that showcase the authentic flavors of Vietnam’s three regions. Not only does it captivate domestic and international diners with a “banquet” for the taste buds, the festival also spreads Vietnamese traditional cultural values through craft village experience activities featuring more than 50 types of Vietnamese folk cakes as well as countless folk games and  traditional Vietnamese art forms.