HCM CITY (VNS)— Famous chefs and TV personalities Martin Yan and Bobby Chinn will show off their cooking skills and introduce global cuisine at the annual Taste of the World Culinary Festival in HCM City in December.

The seventh edition of the festival will be held at the September 23 Park in HCM City from December 12 to 16, honouring Vietnamese and other gastronomic cultures from around the world.

It is organised by the city Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the HCM City Tourism Association.

The two men will take the festival's main stage on December 12 and 15.

Taste of the World Culinary Festival is expected to feature 50 city restaurants that offer food from 25 countries.

Besides instrumental and don ca tai tu (a genre of folk music that developed and spread mainly in the south during the last century) performances, the festival will include several other events.

They include festivals for five-star-hotel executive chefs and wrap and roll dishes, and bartending performances.-VNS