Taste of Haiti brings to the community of South Florida a discovery of Haiti’s Culture and flavors primarily trhough its food and all its cultural components. The festival offers a blend of the best of Haiti’s cuisine, music and art.
This festival is free to the public, and in its 4th year has drawn over 5000 people from the Haitian and International communities in South Florida and its surroundings. From 2pm to 10pm, visitors have the opportunity to go around the chosen venue sampling food from various local restaurants, catering companies, bakeries, and chefs, and can enjoy the flavors of Haitian rum, beer, soda and juices at the VIP tent . Taste of Haiti offers a range of activities throughout the day such as cooking demos, a chefs cooking competition, live music, display of Haitian art for purchase.
This event has become one of the premier events in the city of North Miami, and one of the largest cultural events in South Florida.
It is not to be missed! During the Month of May, we celebrate Haitian Cultural Month and the creation of our national flag on May 18th.
A number of activities are planned throughout the month including Taste of Haiti. Haitians in the South Florida community have become the second largest ethnic group; we are a major component in this communities’ cultural, professional, economic and social development.
The objectives of this unique festival are to promote Haiti’s Gastronomy and culture to the community and to showcase the best Haiti has to offer. Haiti has a unique offering through its history and the influences of many other cultures, It shares a common bond with many of the ethnic groups which forms the South Florida community.
Taste of Haiti – Miami is proudly presented by Commissioner Jean Monestime Miami-Dade County, District 2 and the City of North Miami in collaboration with the Consulate General of Haiti in Miami and the Haitian American Chamber of Commerce of Florida.
For the fifth edtion of Taste of Haiti, we want to invite Cuba as our guest country. Cuba shares a similar cuisine as Haiti does and is part of the Creole Cuisine family. Cuba also shares a special historical relationship with Haiti and what better way to share and showcase our common grounds then to invite the Cuban community in South Florida to share in the celebration.
Taste of Haiti is organized by the Haitian Culinary Alliance, a global nonprofit educational, networking organization of culinary and hospitality professionals with the mission to forge a strong and united network of food service, hospitality and culinary professionals of Haitian escent while providing networking and educational resources to its affiliate.
Taste of Haiti – Miami is proudly Presented by Miami Dade County District 2- Commissioner Jean Monestime, the City of North Miami in collaboration with the Consulate General of Haiti in Miami and the Haitian-American Chamber of Commerce of Florida.
Hosted by the Haitian Culinary Alliance, a global nonprofit organization, the festival also benefits our program Haiti Chefs for Education which has been supporting culinary programs in Haiti through scholarships, equipment donations and mentor-ship programs. Our goal is to also establish a scholarship fund for young inspiring Haitian/Americans wanting to attend Culinary/Hospitality programs in South Florida. This year we are also supporting the North Miami First Response Scholarship program.
