THE PURPOSE BEHIND THE SCENE
Black Basalt Arena
A signature arena for finals, demonstrations and awards. Basalt shapes the story; the actual venue must be designed and authorised.
PATRICE LEBON / A NEW AMBITION FOR MAURITIUS
FIRE ISLAND
MAURITIUS.
Born of fire. Seasoned by the world.
Fire cooking, producers’ ingenuity and island hospitality. The ambition of a gathering that would leave products, skills and markets behind.
MAURITIUS VOLCANIC FIRE & BBQ CHAMPIONSHIPProject in development · concept visual
THE ECONOMIC AMBITION
An island creates
its own stage.
Make Mauritius a place people visit for a distinctive culinary experience, and organise the conditions for its value to circulate locally.
Fire Island combines a proposed competition, Mauritian cuisines, training, products, hospitality and business meetings. Preparation must establish what it can finance, transmit and leave after the event.
01 / THREE DAYS TO BUILD
A crescendo.
Many ways to feel it.
01 / MORNINGCraft and transmission
PROPOSED PROGRAMME
Meet the craft.
The proposed opening day brings together demonstrations, training, professional meetings and the Volcanic Table.
- Academy & Fire Lab
- Moris Fire Market
- Volcanic Table
The first embers
02 / BLACK BASALT ARENA
Fire at the centre.
Craft all around.
Nine proposed scenes, each with a purpose. Explore their role in the experience and the project’s economics.
RECORDED FLAMES AND SMOKE
Recorded fire · Yeşim Çolak / Pexels · atmospheric footage, not the festivalFire brings us together.
THE SOUND OF FIREPYROGENÈSEThe Night of a Thousand Embers · 2 min 55 s
RECORDED FLAMES AND SMOKE
Real fire footage: flames unfold, smoke follows the air and embers glow. This atmospheric close-up does not depict a festival venue. The other three views present the proposed design.
03 / EXPERIENCE BECOMES CAPABILITY
What the event
should leave behind.
The model will be judged on its markets and costs as well as its images. The outcomes below are objectives to measure, not secured benefits.
01
The experience
An experience worth visiting.
02
The product
Products prepared for their market.
03
The skill
Skills that remain.
04
The market
Buyers and orders.
05
The asset
A brand, content and relationships.
A diversified economy.
Sponsorship, tickets, stands, hospitality, training and products: revenue streams to test separately, with their costs and conditions. No return is guaranteed.
A meaningful dashboard.
- Room nights and spending attributable to the event.
- Local purchases, SME access and post-event orders.
- People trained, incidents, waste and water use.
04 / THE DISCIPLINE OF EVIDENCE
90 days to examine.
A decision to earn.
A proposed feasibility sprint. Its launch, resources and responsibilities remain to be agreed; no government mandate is announced.
Frame
Mandate, scope, focal points and decision criteria.
Expected evidenceA scoping letter and decision register.
Proceed · resize · stop
The project must be able to stop if safety, demand or funding conditions are not met. Reversibility is part of its credibility.
THE INDIAN OCEAN HORIZON
Distinct islands.
Connections to build.
Begin in Mauritius. Test the first edition, with a place to prepare for Rodrigues.
Choose an island to explore its proposed role.
NASA Blue Marble · projection Equal Earth
The starting point
Mauritius
Test the pilot, train teams and prepare producers’ access to buyers.
Pilot to prepare · no confirmed event01starting point
Distances are approximate straight-line distances between island markers, not air or sea routes. Mauritius and Rodrigues are part of the same Republic. Atlas connections show possible cooperation, with no announced agreement.
THE CUISINES OF A PLURAL ISLAND
Fire reveals
diversity.
Ocean cuisine, poultry, plant-based dishes, street food, heritage and condiments. Categories must respect dietary sensitivities through separation, information and food safety.
Hotel × Lakaz
Partnerships to build between hotels and local talent.
Rodrigues Wildcard
A participation pathway to define with Rodrigues stakeholders.
Women of Fire
Visibility and mentoring to structure for women chefs and entrepreneurs.
Young Fire
Training and transmission to prepare with schools and professionals.
05 / CO-CREATE
Your place
in the preparation.
Business & sponsor
Associate a brand with an emerging destination asset.
Funding, equipment, distribution or expertise: define rights and benefits before any commitment.
PROPOSED INSTITUTIONAL DIALOGUE
Ministry of Tourism
Positioning, experience and destination promotion
Official reference ↗Ministry of Finance
Economic appraisal and funding conditions
Official reference ↗Framework, sources and project status +
This public presentation draws on Patrice Lebon’s proposal. Budgets, capacities and deployment conditions remain to be examined. The complete working dossier is reserved for professional discussions.
Rules and conditions for potential WBQA recognition must be confirmed directly with the organisation. No affiliation, sanctioning or official participation is announced.
Institutional references checked on 28 October 2026.Project conceived and led by Patrice Lebon. Texts and presentation are subject to applicable rights; commercial reuse of the dossier must be agreed with its author. Third-party rights and statutory exceptions remain reserved.
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