A press conference was held at Paryatan Bhavan. The conference was addressed by Nikhil Desai, Tourism Director Amea Abhyankar, CCP Commissioner Sanjit Rodrigues, President of Churchill China (Our partners for the event), Chef Cyrus Todiwala, Planet goa magazine owner Gautam Mukherjea and Armando Gonsalves, CEO Taste of Goa. The press were run through the events that were in store or the three day festival at Garcia de Orta Garden, Church Square.