Both Locals and Travelers Alike will have the Opportunity to
Experience MANGO-Related Activities and Festivities for the First Time
in One LocationWHO: South Beach Mango Festival
WHAT: THE FIRST ANNUAL MANGO FESTIVAL HELD IN MIAMI BEACH- a community
event, which will offer participants the opportunity to enjoy the work
of a range of talented chefs and mango experts, culinary delights and
various family activities, all inspired by the versatile and delicious
mango. The event will also be featuring avocados, dragon fruit,
coconut, and many other natively-grown fruits.
WHERE: LUMMUS PARK @ 1200 OCEAN DRIVE
MIAMI BEACH, FL 33139
WHEN: SUNDAY, AUGUST 5TH, 2018
FROM 11AM-7PM
MORE INFO:
FEATURING:
- Kids Cooking Class
- “Best Baked MANGO” Recipe Contest Judging
- Kids MANGO EATING CONTEST
- Amazing MANGO COOKING CLASS
- Healthy MANGO JUICING & Smoothies
- Mixology Competition
- MANGO DANCERS
- Kids Bounce House
- Live music
Miami Beach, FL – Introducing the first ever of its kind, South
Beach Mango Festival, being unveiled on Sunday, August 5, 2018, from
11 a.m. – 7 p.m. at South Beach’s beautiful, white sandy beach in
Lummus Park, adjacent to Ocean Drive. With the mango craze hitting an
all-time high, ranging from mango shampoo to mango beer, South Florida
wants to commemorate and celebrate the importance and peak of its
famed fruit. The event is aimed at tropical fruit lovers and culinary
enthusiasts, as well as the domestic and international visitors who
flock to South Beach. The event will also benefit a vital non-profit
philanthropic organization, Big Brothers and Big Sisters.
With SOUTH FLORIDA BEGINNING AN UPWARDS SHIFT TOWARDS INTRODUCING
HEALTHY FESTIVALS AND EXPOS INTO THE MIX, millennials, families,
locals and visitors will have the opportunity to continue to educate
themselves on healthy eating options and alternatives, using MANGO IN
THEIR RECIPES, with activities including a farmer’s market offering
more than 40 varieties of juicy, sweet, locally farmed MANGOES; MANGO
TASTINGS; cooking classes for kids and adults, featuring the GOLDEN
FRUIT; a children’s play area; and an entertainment area with live
music and dancing; top chef demos, and a memorable MANGO-mixology
competition. A sampling of creative farm-to-table culinary
creations, showcasing the luscious MANGO FROM A VARIETY OF SOUTH
FLORIDA’S TOP FINE-dining destinations and neighborhood cafes,
served amid cooling ocean breezes, will make this a not-to-be-missed,
uniquely SOUTH FLORIDA EXPERIENCE.
The festival was born from the passion of visionary entrepreneur
Robert Lansburgh, the Chief Mango Officer and mango enthusiast, with
direction and host, Culinary Director, Chef Allen Susser. Chef Allen
is one of the original members of “The Mango Gang,” the group of
supremely talented chefs who injected South Florida with the
tropically-infused cuisine in the 1990s. The gang launched local
cuisine into the national and international culinary repertoire,
attracting new visitors and shining the media spotlight on South
Florida as an exciting dining destination. Recipient of the
prestigious James Beard Award as best chef in the Southeast; a famed
restaurateur, restaurant consultant, mango aficionado, and educator,
Chef Allen is the author of a highly regarded book on mangoes, “The
Great Mango Book”.
Lansburgh notes, “South Florida grows some of the most delicious
mangoes in the world. We will bring the local bounty to the Beach and
celebrate the mango in all of us. Mangoes stir a passion inside
people and the festival is a product of that passion.” Chef Allen
Susser continues, "I am wild about mangoes. Mangoes are a national
pastime around the world. Each village and town passionately claims
they grow the best mango. Every man, women and child has their own
favorite, which is often sour, and not sweet. Locals embrace the mango
in reverence as if it were the key to the universe. You can tell a
mango eater by the way they grasp the mango before they devour one.
Mangoes Rule!”
Being that this is the first ever fruit festival to take over South
Beach, there will be no shortage of tropical fruit to go around at the
various mango competitions, top restaurants, stations for artists,
vendors, and sponsors, with a plethora of tastings and recipes. Feast
on the delicious array of MANGO infused specialties direct from fine
dining establishments of Miami, while discovering new eats and
libations by huge sponsors including Miami New Times, Miami Beach Life
magazine, and Big Brothers, Big Sisters of Miami.
Tickets:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/south-beach-mango-festival-tickets-43309983326
[https://www.eventbrite.com/e/south-beach-mango-festival-tickets-43309983326]
Ticket prices: $20 for adults, $12 for Miami Beach residents, and kids
7 under are free. VIP tickets $59.
As a taste of what's to come, please visit the website
www.sobemangofest.com [http://www.sobemangofest.com] and visit the
Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/mangosfestival
[https://www.facebook.com/mangosfestival].
Twitter: sobemangofest
Instagram: southbeachmangofestival
For hi res images, media interviews and more, please contact Kat at
CEO@do-tellpr.com or call 305-490-5911.
More about Founder Robert Lansburgh:
Robert Lansburgh was born and raised in MIAMI BEACH, and grew up with
a MANGO TREE IN HIS BACKYARD. As part of his upbringing, he would
spend time at friends’ houses, and one always knew when it was MANGO
SEASON, because everyone had MANGOES IN THEIR KITCHENS. His Aunt Merle
kept his affection of MANGOES SATIATED, gathering MANGOES FROM FRIENDS
IN COCONUT GROVE AND BRINGING THEM ON VISITS. MANGOES HAVE BECOME
EXCEEDINGLY IMPORTANT TO ROBERT, as the flavor has really made an
impression on his wife, friends, and kids. Five years ago, a search on
Craigslist yielded a kind man with 15 trees in Miramar. Since then,
they have met once a week during MANGO SEASON FOR AN EXCHANGE. The
average delivery is over 100 MANGOES. Armed with MANGOES AND WITH THE
ABILITY TO ONLY CONSUME 7 OR 8 PER DAY, Robert and his family have
MANGOES TO SHARE. While eating a Miami MANGO IN HIS KITCHEN, his
“aha” moment came when he said to his wife, “there should be a
MANGO FESTIVAL HERE IN MIAMI BEACH”. Minutes later, after a
coincidental conversation with a MIAMI BEACH Commissioner, the
epiphany was shared. After making a few calls, it was decided that
Chef Allen Susser would join the team. Allen and Robert have known
each other for over 30 years. When Robert was 12 years old, Allen was
the head Chef at the Monaco Dining Room at Turnberry Isle. Years
later, Allen opened his famed restaurant, Chef Allen’s and is a
James Beard Award recipient and an icon in global cuisine circles.
Allen and Robert brought on Big Brother and Big Sisters of Miami, of
which Robert is a Big, and his Aunt Merle was a social worker there
for over 40 years.
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