Why Oliver Lab by TAINO GOURMET?

An article written by a general advertising writer usually appears on websites to answer the question "why?". "Why did we open this business, not a chocolate factory or car wash?"

Why did you decide to start a business and swim against the current? When you start thinking about this question, the answers are like bubbles in a kettle, but they are not always clear.

The first answer could be:

"I like problems. That's why we opened the project on Friday the 13th. Any other day wouldn't have been as fun. In fact, that's why we all work here in the tourist area. We know how to fight and have fun."
But this is not true. Or rather, not the whole truth. Sometimes we like to relax and stay for hours, like tomatoes planted in the garden.

The second answer is a confession:

I'm not a good cook.
As I always work, I never have time. So I thought it would be good to open a cooking school. So I didn't have another choice: I'll have to learn one way or another. But this is not true either; I joke by saying that when we say the verb "know," we automatically remember the phrase of Socrates "I only know that I know nothing"...

The third answer should be very obvious to everyone.
Tourists from all-inclusive hotels are already starting to get tired of visiting all these excursions to "Saona," Safari in "Samana," "Santo Domingo all day," or visiting restaurants where you can eat lobsters. There is a certain satiety and exhaustion. The Punta Cana/Bávaro area needed something new.

"Taino Gourmet" is definitely something completely new, here tourists, in addition to fun and relaxation, can learn about the history of cooking. We want to tell you how Caribbean cuisine was born and where Columbus came from. Did you know that Old World cuisine should thank the Indians of Latin America for their ingredients? Products such as potatoes, tomatoes, corn, pineapple, turkey, and sunflower seeds that we use daily were brought from the new world? Similarly, Caribbean and American cuisine have changed under the influence of Spanish and African cuisine.

All can be found here, how to shuck a clam, peel a banana, and the difference between Mimosa and Quimosa. This is true for the question "why." But not the whole truth...

The history of the true "why" was born in the WhatsApp chat of the ASOTURE (Association of Tour Operators of the East) operators a few years ago. At that time, our friend, colleague, and great businesswoman, Michelle Rosset, was the President of ASOTURE. On such a crazy day, when we were all together, she wrote: "Colleagues, orphanage, Higüey has contacted me, they asked for financial help. We have enough money saved in the association's account... and will we support them?" that time, we started to help them.

In fact, the tour operator where I worked several times also tried to help the shelter; however, more was needed. One day I asked Mrs. Maritza, the Director of the shelter. "What is it that the shelter needs the most?" She tweeted me: "at the orphanage, we need more food."

This phrase stayed with me, and I could never forget it. Here, in this area where so much food is thrown away, and here, next to us, there are children who don't even have that!...

That's how "Taino Gourmet" was born.

There is always a lot of food left over in cooking classes. And we want to donate it to the Higüey Сhildren's Home Daily...

So together, with the help of all of you, we can create something beautiful. Promoting the Dominican Republic will help those who need it the most.