Gael Greene and Le Figaro's François Simon at São Paulo foodie forum

Great food event called Paladar do Brasil took place in São Paulo this week. Here's the list of participating chefs:

Adriano Kanashiro

Alain Poletto

Alex Atala

Ana Claudia Frazão

Ana Soares

Andoni Luiz Aduriz

Bernard Twardy

Beto Pimentel

Boris Davila

Carla Pernambuco

Claude Troisgros

Conde Aquino

Coque Ossio

Dolli Irigoyen

Dona Brazi

Edinho Engel

Eduardo Maya

Fernando Trocca

Floyd Cardoz

Gastón Yelicich

Gregory Coutanceau

Hector Ordenes

Helena Rizzo

Jerônima Barbosa

Laurent Grolleau

Laurent Herve

Luis Acuña

Luiz Emanuel

Mara Salles

Marc Le Dantec

Miguel Rovira

Massimo Bottura

Maurizio Remmert

Neide Rigo

Nelsa Trombino

Oriol Rovira

Pascal Valero

Paola Carosella

Paulinho Martins

Roberta Sudbrack

Rodrigo Oliveira

Rui Gomes

Shin Koike

Simon Lau

Thomas Troisgros

Tommy Franssila

They invited some high-profile food journalists to fly to Brazil and cover the event. Examples? François Simon (Le Figaro), James Oseland (Saveur) and Gael Greene (ex-restaurant critic at New York magazine, who's tweeting about the trip).