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Renars Purmalis

Renars Purmalis

Latvian chef and 2024 World Oyster Opening Champion; chef at Riga restaurant Buržujs and creator of the outdoor-cooking concept and TV show "Gatavo dabā".

Sep 14, 2026

37:45
Renars Purmalis, a well-known Latvian oyster sommelier, is visiting Tallinn's third oyster festival, an event built around tasting, live music, and champagne pairings, rather than a trade show.
37:59
So when we started to make oyster festivals in 2016, we just...
38:04
It, it was, and it is still our passion, and we just wanted to show it around.
38:09
And then after two years, we found Anti from Estonia, and we found out that he's world champion.
38:15
And of course, it was like a joke.
38:16
Estonian, and how can he be fast in something? But actually, he was, and he is still fast, because he became world champion as well last year of oyster opening, and there is such kind of competition in Galway, Ireland happening every year already for many, many decades.
38:33
So we were quite interested what kind of competition it is.
39:41
Oh, right.

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