The goose under the spotlight in Périgord

The goose was celebrated on the weekend of 7^th  and 8^th  March 2020 at the Sarlat Fest’Oie, in the Périgord (France). This event takes place every year since 2009 in the small village of Sarlat. The Sarlat Fest’Oie aims to showcase this exceptional local product, and to promote all stages of production in the sector.

During the numerous activities, visitors visited goose farms, learned how to cook goose foie gras through preparation workshops and cutting demonstrations … They also enjoyed goose carcass soup and plates composed of dry sausages, goose rillettes, dried duck breast, and aiguillettes accompanied by the famous Sarlat potatoes. In a festive and friendly atmosphere, the numerous musical and visual animations put the palmiped in the center of the festival, for the pleasure of all.

In 2011, the Association “Foie Gras du Périgord” created the brand “L’Oie du Périgord” (the Périgord Goose), in order to defend and protect the quality and origin of local products linked to the goose. The official launch of the brand took place during the Sarlat Fest’Oie 2012.

Périgord is the leading French goose production area with 130,000 geese and products of excellence.  

Find all the information about the Sarlat Fest’Oie on the Sarlat tourisme website.

Picture © Sarlat Tourisme