We are motivated to help the “Un mundo mejor” orphanage.

My name is Olga lyzhina, and I am the owner of a new project Taino Gourmet.

An article written by a copywriter usually appears on web pages to answer the question " why?". "Why was this business opened and not a chocolate factory or a car wash?"

Why did you decide to start a company and row against the current? When you start to think about this question, the answers are like bubbles in a teapot, but they are not always clear.

The first response may be:

"I like problems. That's why we opened the project on Friday the 13th. Any other day would have been less fun. In fact, that's why we all work here in the tourist zone. 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 don't know how to cook.

Because I always work, I never have time. So I thought it would be nice to open a cooking school. So I will have no choice - I will have to learn one way or another. But this is also not true. I joke that when we say the verb "to know", we automatically remember Socrates ' phrase "I just know that I don't know anything"...

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

"Taino Gourmet" is undoubtedly something completely new, here tourists, in addition to fun and relaxation, can learn about the history of cooking. We want to tell you how the Caribbean cuisine was born. Where Columbus came from. Do you know that the kitchen of the Old world should be grateful to the Indians of Latin America for their ingredients. Products such as potatoes, tomatoes, corn, pineapple, Turkey, sunflower seeds that we use daily were brought from the new world? Similarly, the cuisine of the Caribbean Islands and America has changed under the influence of Spanish and African cuisines.

How to remove a lamb from its shell, how to peel a banana, and what is the difference between Mimosa and chymosa, all of this can be found here. This is true of the "why" question. But not the whole truth ..

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

In fact, the tour operator that I worked for several times also tried to help the shelter. However, this help was never enough. One day I asked Mrs. Maritza, the Director of the shelter, "what is most needed in the shelter? ",- and she tweeted to me: "in the orphanage, we need food most of all."

This phrase remained in 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! ...

This is how "Taino Gourmet" was born.

There is always a lot of food left in cooking classes. And we want to donate it to the Higuey Daily children's home ..

So I think that together, with the help of all of you, we can create something beautiful. By promoting the Dominican Republic, we will help those who need it most