02.11. 2024
Oyster Fest 2024 – an oyster opening competition and a culinary event
Venue
AGROKSENMÄEN HOLVIKELLARI
Vanha Talvitie 14, 00580 Helsinki
Agroksenmäki's vaulted cellar in Hermann, Helsinki is a 150-year-old brewery warehouse and barrel maker's workshop. Its nautical
interior suits perfectly to this event.
Oyster Fest 2024
by Finlandia Caviar
The description of the event
A celebration of oysters!
Caviar and oyster bar Finlandia Caviar, which just turned ten years old, organizes the first oyster festival in Finland. Oyster Fest 2024 will be celebrated in Helsinki on Saturday November the 2nd. welcome to enjoy with us!
The first Finnish oyster festival called Oyster Fest 2024 will be arranged on Saturday, November the 2nd in Vanha Talvitie 14 , which is situated on the wholesale market area of Helsinki. Festival hours are from noon to 11 pm. We promise you splendid culinary moments and a fascinating journey to the world of oysters. Our guides on this voyage will be Johann Schlag, the most famous oyster expert in Finland, and Anti Lepik, who has won numerous times the world championship of oyster opening. The festival guest will receive great tips of enjoying and preparing oysters. They can also participate the oyster eating competition. The restaurant professionals from over 20 different restaurants compete in the exciting oyster opening tournament.
What does your ticket price include?
1. 6 different oysters or 12 oysters. The ticket for six oysters costs 60 euros and the ticket for twelve is 110 euros.
If you have not tasted oysters before, you can get to know their fascinating world by the guidance of two well-known oyster experts, Anti Lepik and Johann Schlag. You do not need to be a connaisseur in order to patricipate this festival! The curiosity and passion for experiencing new flavours is quite enough.
2. One or two drinks (depending on the price of the ticket): bubbly, wine or soft drinks. Beverage experts tell about their products and guide how to pair drinks perfectly with oysters. You can purchase all these drinks for a very reasonable price and enjoy them at the festival.
3. Each festival guest will get a magnificent crystal glass with the event logo. It is made by a Finnish glass manufacturer Sevenon, which is located in Hamina. You can enjoy your drinks from this glass through the whole event.
4. During the festival day you can follow exciting competitions for both professionals and amateurs, Or why not to participate yourself? The main prize is a stunningly beautiful, authentic piece of pearl jewelry (worth 300 euros). There are also numerous surprise prizes to reward the rest of the contestants.
5. Finlandia Caviar celebrates its tenth anniversary by serving cake and coffee for free. The fantastic cake, which is decorated with caviar, is baked for 200 persons by Suklaa Täplä.
6. During the whole event you can purchase more oysters, wine, champagne and lobster hot dogs. Please pay your purchase with a debit card. The speciality of the event are the hand made white chocolate confectionary flavoured with caviar and champagne. You cannot taste them anywhere else!
7. The enchanting pearl jewelry by House of Elliott and glass objects by Sevenon bring eye-candy to the event. You can shop them during the festival.
8. Association Friends of Oysters tell about their activcities.
9. The festival is hosted by stylish Juri Silvennoinen. DJ plays music through the entire day and you are more than welcomes to dance.
10. Immortalise the best moments at our digital photo booth! Create moments to remember at our interactive photo booth. Take pictures, videos, GIF animations and boomerangs with your friends. You can share them instatly to the social media with your smart phone. Welcome to have fun and create content that you love!
11. There is a live video screening to the social media channels of all the companies at the festival and Youtube.
AGROKSENMÄEN HOLVIKELLARI
Vanha Talvitie 14, 00580 Helsinki