The 13th annual Prosciutto fair takes place this weekend in Sinj!
The Sinj Business Center, in cooperation with the City of Sinj and Split-Dalmatia County, organizes the National Prosciutto Fair with international participation – and is a manifestation that brings together all of the relevant factors in the production and marketing of prosciutto and other assortments of cured meat products.
Entertained in Alkar City with a long, unchanged tradition of producing these delicacies, the fair has gained the prestigious reputation among both experts and visitors. For more than a decade, it has attracted more and more tourists to Inland Dalmatia, and best yet, during the preseason.
Manufacturers will have the opportunity to present their products at appropriate stands where visitors can see, taste and buy the products on offer. The fair also acts as an excellent opportunity for producers to present and market their products with the participation of the media that will follow the event.
There will also be a vibrant cultural and artistic program, promotion of traditional customs and crafts, and the performance of cultural and artistic associations from the area of Dalmatia and Lika.
A series of workshops regarding current topics in the fields of agriculture and economy have been planned with the participation of eminent experts. It is important to mention that this year, the traditional tourist and hospitality schools in the areas of Sinj, Dubrovnik, Split, Trogir and Šibenik will also be present. Students will compete in the BURA CUP and compete in the art of arranging and serving prosciutto and other traditional products.
The evaluation of the quality and specificity of individual prosciutto producers is planned for March 22, 2018, the day before the fair itself. A committee made up of renowned experts and scientists, members of the Association of Sensory Analysts, representatives of scientific institutions, and the Ministry and Quality Center of the Croatian Chamber of Commerce will evaluate the prosciutto, based on the Rulebook on the Quality Assessment of Prosciutto. The evaluation is public with the presence of members of the expert committee, representatives of the producers, and the media.
This year’s fair expects to see participants that manufacture prosciutto and permanent cured meat products from Croatia, family farms, prosciutto producers, Slavonian ham producers, the regional meat industry, representatives of producer associations, individual producers, leading producers of Istrian ham and Italian ham, Italian guests , guests from Slovenia and Bosnia and Herzegovina, representatives of pig breeders’ associations, regional family farms dealing with pig breeding, representatives of leading chain stores, hoteliers and caterers.
TZ Sinj
FAIR PROGRAM
22.03.2018 – program for submission of samples for evaluation
08:00 PROGRAM OF PROFESSIONAL QUALITY ASSESSMENT OF PROSCIUTTO
08:00 DELIVERY AND SAMPLES
08:30 – 15:30 ESTABLISHING QUALITY OF PRESENTATION
EXHIBITION PROGRAM / EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM AND TABLES
Day One – 23.3.2018. (FRIDAY)
09:00 ARRIVAL OF THE EXHIBITORS
10:30 CULTURAL-ARTISTIC PROGRAM
11:30 OPENING OF PROSCIUTTO FAIR
03/23/2018
Exhibition of prosciutto and cured meat products
Presentation of cheese, presentation of autochthonous food and wine
Presentation of traditional products, cultural-artistic program
Within the Fair will be organized roundtables, lectures and presentations on topics:
– Presentation of programs: Government and other institutions, associations and chambers, banks and funds, development programs of Split-Dalmatia County and the city of Sinj
– Possibilities of applying for the Ministry of Agriculture contest from the Rural Development Program 2014-2020 – Improving the economic competitiveness of the region
– HBOR – support for a balanced and sustainable economic and social development of the Republic of Croatia
– Possibilities of financing European structural projects for rural development
– Meeting and presentation of entrepreneurial support institutions and local action groups; ESIF guarantees, ESIF loans
– Clusters as a model of association – examples of good practice
– Sensory analytics: Significance of Quality Assessment of Prosciutto
– Production technology and technological trends in prosciutto production
– Introduced cooperative possibilities of pig breeders and prosciutto producers
– Presentation: “Croatian Island Product” and “Quality Labels”
– Promotion of the best-priced ham
– A cultural and entertaining program for visitors and exhibitors
Day Two – 24.03.2018. (SATURDAY)
10:00 FAIR OPENED FOR VISITORS
11:30 CULTURAL-ARTISTIC PROGRAM
13:30 PROSCIUTTO TASTING
15:30 FESTIVAL PROGRAM
– Cultural-artistic program
– The announcement of the results of the competition
– Winner announcement
