I-TAP yasePortugal isebenzisana nabaPheki abahlanu abaneenkwenkwezi ze-Michelin, kunye nomcebisi we-TAP we-cuisine Chef u-Vítor Sobral, baya kwazisa inkqubo ye-"Taste the Stars" ukunyusa amava ohambo lwabathengi bayo. Ukongezwa kwabona Bapheki abadumileyo belizwe kuthatha injongo ye-TAP yokwabelana ngencasa yesiPhuthukezi ukuya phezulu.
Ukuqala ngoSeptemba, ukutya kwe-inflight kuya kubandakanya indalo evela komnye wabapheki abahlanu be-Michelin star abamkele umngeni wokukhuthaza ukutya okugqwesileyo kwePortugal.
“IPortugal isoloko kubhekiselwa kuyo kumajelo eendaba ezizwe ngezizwe ‘njengeyona mfihlelo igcinwe ingcono eYurophu.’ Ukuzibophezela kwe-TAP ekubhengezeni le projekthi kucace ngokugqibeleleyo: siya kwenza konke esinokukwenza ukuze iPortugal ingabi yimfihlo, "kusho uFernando Pinto, uSihlalo we-TAP wasePortugal, ekusungulweni ngokusemthethweni kwale projekthi ePalácio Pimenta, eLisbon.
Usihlalo we-TAP ukholelwa ukuba esi sivumelwano nabapheki abathandathu “siya kuvumela abantu abaninzi ukuba bafumanise ukugqwesa kokutya kwethu kwaye bathandane nePortugal: ngamavumba namavumba ayo, ukukhanya kwelanga kunye nolwandle, iwayini kunye nokutya kunye, ewe, inkcubeko yayo. .”
Njengenxalenye yeprojekthi ethi “Taste The Star”, i-TAP nayo iza kubonelela ngeqonga kwabanye abapheki abanesiphiwo – iitalente eziselula eziqeqeshwe ngabaKheki abasemthethweni abathandathu, kwaye banikwe ithuba lokubonisa izinto abazidalile kunye neengcebiso njengenxalenye yenkonzo yomoya.
I-TAP ibhabha malunga nabakhweli abazizigidi ezili-12 ngonyaka, kwaye iyakhula. Kwisikhundla salo njengomzimba ozisa iincasa zelizwe kwihlabathi, ngo-2016 i-TAP yakhonza izigidi ezili-14 zokutya kwi-flight, phantse iilitha ezi-2 zezigidi zamanzi, iilitha ze-1.7 yezigidi zejusi yeziqhamo kunye neziselo ezithambileyo, phantse i-37 amawaka eekhilo zekofu, i-175 Iwaka leelitha zebhiya kunye neelitha ezingaphezu kwama-500,000 zewayini, zonke ezo zaveliswa ekhaya.
Kwezi nyanga zizayo, i-TAP iza kubhengeza uluhlu lwewayini olutshintshiweyo, kunye nemodeli entsha yokukhetha eya kunika abavelisi basePortugal ithuba lokuthengisa iimveliso zabo kumazwe ngamazwe.
Ngeprojekthi ethi "Taste the Stars", abaPheki baya kudala ukutya kwabakhweli be-TAP, bafumane, bakhuthaze kwaye bakhuthaze iitalente ezintsha zokupheka zasePortugal, bavuselele ukusetyenziswa kweemveliso ezininzi zengingqi, babe yinxalenye yemicimbi yokupheka ye-TAP yesizwe neyamazwe ngamazwe (eNew York okanye São Paulo, umzekelo). Ngaphaya koko, indawo yokutyela yabapheki baseMichelin nayo ngoku iza kuba yinxalenye yenkqubo ye-TAP ye-“Portugal Stopover”, ebonelela ngeebhotile zewayini kubakhenkethi abandwendwela eLisbon okanye ePorto kwindlela yokusingwa kulo lonke elaseYurophu naseAfrika.
