Between the days September 27th and October 1st the hotels UXUA Casa Hotel & Spa, Pousada Capim Santo, Pousada Tutabel, Fasano Trancoso, and the restaurants Tartarugas and Floresta receive the fourth edition of Organic Festival Trancoso in the south of Bahia.
Created by UXUA Casa Hotel & Spa and the gastronomic expert Charles Piriou, the Organic Festival Trancoso aims to promote the Bahian destination as a reference in sustainable tourism in Brazil and around the world. Through experiences around gastronomy, the event brings together chefs from across the country, food producers, environmental organizations such as international conservation, the local community and tourists for experiences about sustainability, preservation and well-being.
In the 2023 edition, renowned gastronomy figures will be present: Morena Leite (Capim Santo, São Paulo), Sandra Marques (Capim Santo, Trancoso), Roberta Sudbrack (Sud the green bird, Rio de Janeiro), Narda Lepes (El Comedor, Buenos Aires), Gabriela Barretto (Future Refectory, São Paulo), Ana Soares (Table III, São Paulo), Aimonna Catarine (Pousada Tutabel, Trancoso), Onildo Rocha (Priceless Space, São Paulo), Ariani Malouf (Mahalo, Cuiabá), Leila Malouf (Buffet Leila Malouf, Cuiabá), Patricia Helu (Caracolla, São Paulo), Diego Cartier (Vivente Vinhos, Rio Grande do Sul), José Branco (Fasano Trancoso), Luigi Moressa (Gero, Rio de Janeiro), Thiago Medeiros (Respiro, Brazil), Poliana Depret (Turtles, Trancoso), Paulo Sitolini (São João Batista, Trancoso), Jandira (Forest, Trancoso), Danielle Dahoui (Ruella, São Paulo), Laura Miranda (São Paulo), Rodrigo Valente (Jabalí, São Paulo), Leonardo Andrade It is Fernando Goldenstein (Cia dos Fermentados, São Paulo).
The Organic Festival Trancoso program spans five days and includes signature lunches and dinners, free classes and lectures, a community picnic with a food fair and a closing luau.
Residents of Trancoso and tourists are invited to immerse themselves in the earth-to-table concept, experimenting with recipes using ingredients from the rich local biodiversity, such as uçá crabs from RESEX Canavieiras, cocoa, biri-biri, coconut, local algae from the Marine Extractive Reserve from Corumbau and other foods native to the Atlantic Forest biome such as Juçaí, the brand of organic açaí made in a totally sustainable way from the wild fruit of the Juçara Palm.
Since its foundation in 2018, Organic Festival Trancoso has worked in partnership with Associação Despertar Trancoso in order to promote education about healthy eating through initiatives such as cooking classes and the maintenance of an educational organic garden. Also joining the event are the NGO Conservation International and Aliança Futuri, which promote actions to protect the ecosystems of the Abrolhos region, including projects aimed at fishing communities, forest restoration and the strengthening of sustainable and regenerative tourism.
Official agenda
Wednesday September 27th – 9am
SE7E Sintropia & UXUA Roça
Immersion in local producers
Free | Tickets (73) 99950-6440
12pm – Lunch at the wood stove
120 reais per person | Tickets (73) 99950-6440
Thursday 28th September
9am – Pousada Tutabel: Immersive experience at RPPN Rio Brasil
Free | Tickets (73) 3668-2848
10am – International Conservation & Party House
The construction of a Seed Collectors Network in the region
7pm – Pousada Capim Santo: Dinner for eight hands
Morena Leite & Sandra Marques and Ariana & Leila Malouf
260 reais per person | Reservations (73) 99990-5817
Friday September 29th
9am – Despertar Trancoso Association: Cooking class with Patricia Helu
Free | Tickets (73) 98886-9658
1pm – UXUA Maré on Itapororoca Beach: Lunch by Roberta Sudbrack
350 reais per person | Reservations (73) 99950-6440
3pm – International Conservation & Party House
Lecture on Forest restoration
5pm – Soul Nest
Morena Leite & Leila Malouf
250 reais per person / Reservations (73) 99852-3851
8pm – UXUA Quadrado: Dinner by Narda Lepes
320 reais per person | Reservations (73) 99950-6440
Saturday September 30th
9am to 7pm – Home Organic Festival
Conservation International Brazil & Casa das Festas
Classes & Lectures
Free | Tickets (73) 99950-6440
Granolas with chef Thiago Medeiros
Natural fermentation of foods with Cia dos Fermentados & UXUA Vida
Regenerative Tourism with Futuri & CI-Brazil
Cuisine with cocoa and chocolate from Bahia with Danielle Dahoui
Brazilian Vanilla with Vanilla School
Homemade healthy cooking with Laura Miranda
Natural wines with Diego Cartier
1pm – Praia das Tartarugas: Lunch by Ana Soares, Poly Depret & Paulo Sitolini
350 reais per person | Reservations (73) 99808-0339
1pm – Floresta: Lunch by Gabriela Barretto & Jandira
280 reais per person | Reservations (73) 99804-2323
8pm – Pousada Tutabel: Dinner by Onildo Rocha & Aimonna Catarine
320 reais per person | Reservations (73) 3668-2848
Sunday October 1st
1pm – Fasano Trancoso: Lunch by Zé Branco & Luigi Moressa
280 reais per person | Reservations: (73) 3018-2954
3pm- Trancoso Square: Picnic Organic Festival
Chefs’ dishes, producers’ fair and açaí Juçaí
Open to the public
7pm – UXUA Beach: Luau by Thiago Medeiros
Pocket-show Amanda Magalhães & DJ Ubuntu
Closing | Open to the public
Source: CNN Brasil
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