Variety was definitely on the menu at an evening dedicated to thetastes of different cultures.
The 17th Bath International Evening could also have been the lastafter an appeal for volunteers fell on deaf ears.
The event saw representatives of different communities, includingpeople from the Caribbean, Greece and India, showing off theirculinary and cultural roots.
The event is held at the end of October to mark One World Week,which raises awareness of poverty and global justice.
Organisers are hoping that other people will be interested intaking the event forward to its 18th year - but so far no one hasoffered to help.
Chaya Bamber, secretary of the Bath International Eveningcommittee, said: "The events are always so popular and we havewatched them grow from starting with 70 to 80 people visiting to 250.
"It is just such a shame that this has to be the last evening, butI have been volunteering for five or six years now and the othershave been here since the beginning.
"We would love for the event to carry on growing but have had novolunteers offer to take over yet.
"The evening that we have just had was really fantastic and we hadlots of people turn up."
She added: "The tasting evenings are so popular, especially withfamilies and students from the university, they are great fun. It hasbeen brilliant to be a part of this."
Organisers teamed up with Bath's twinning associations for theevening and four representatives cooked dishes from Hungary, France,Germany and Holland.
Rosco Jones, director of the Bath and North East Somerset RacialEquality Council, said the demise of the event would be a shame.
"It is very sad but the problem we have got locally is that thereseems to be not enough people interested in running these events.
"People don't mind going to the activities and events once theyhave been organised, but they don't want to do the hard work."
Anyone interested in volunteering should contact organisers via www.bathinternationalevening.org or call Chaya Bamber on 01225482216.
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