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Commemorative coaster, "Encuentro Nacional de Técnicas Gastronómicas"
Object/Artifact
Round coaster printed in magenta/cerise on cream. A central cream roundel holds a line-drawn chef (tall toque, neckerchief, double-breasted jacket). Concentric magenta rings carry the legend around the rim: "ENCUENTRO NACIONAL DE TECNICAS GASTRONOMICAS · TRABAJANDO MAS Y MEJOR · SALUDAMOS ·."
2025.1.299
A commemorative coaster for a national Encuentro de Técnicas Gastronómicas — the Cuban food-service sector's professional meeting/competition in cooking, cantina (bartending), and service, run in connection with the Asociación/Federación Culinaria de Cuba and the Ministry of Internal Trade (MINCIN), in which provincial winners advance to the national level. The labor slogan "Trabajando más y mejor" ("working more and better") and "Saludamos" ("we greet [you]"), together with the chef mascot, mark it as an event greeting/souvenir in the idiom of Cuban socialist-era work mobilization.
The Cabrera Arús family collection
2025.1
MINCIN
Cuba
Caribbean
Central America
Source: a national Encuentro de Técnicas Gastronómicas (Cuban gastronomy-sector event; organizing body most likely the culinary federation/association with MINCIN); printer unidentified. Date: undetermined; tentatively 1970s–1980s on the basis of the "Trabajando más y mejor" slogan, the graphic style, and the material/wear matching the other vintage coasters. The specific edition/year is not on the object. (Note: a re-launched "Primer Encuentro de Técnicas Gastronómicas" was announced in 2020; the vintage style here points to a much earlier event and should not be conflated with it.)
Inscription
front
Saludamos Encuentro Nacional de Técnicas Gastronómicas Trabajando Más y Mejor
Spanish
We salute National Meeting of Gastronomic Techniques Working More and Better
9.5 cm
Cardboard
Good
Havana
Cuba
Caribbean
Central America
used
Sources: Cuban culinary-sector reporting establishing the "Encuentro de Técnicas Gastronómicas" as a recurring cooks-and-bartenders competition/meeting under the Federación Culinaria de Cuba and MINCIN, with provincial winners advancing to the national event. The specific edition, year, and organizer for this vintage coaster are not established.