Slovenia impressed the European Regions of Gastronomy Platform with their proposal to become candidate for the award in 2021. Slovenia, has already taken important steps to towards the Award, with ten key institutions already signing a protocol agreement demonstrating their firm commitment for Slovenia to bid for the title in
A promising year has just started for North Brabant, European Region of Gastronomy 2018 (The Netherlands) that officially opened its title year on 1 March 2018 in front of representatives from local and foreign authorities, the Regions of Gastronomy Platform, and local and international press. The region of North Brabant
At a time when increasingly fast-paced globalisation and worryingly rapid climate change threaten our territories and our living, a strong commitment is needed to promote sustainability as a goal and as means to ensure a better quality of life for present and future generations. The Regions of Gastronomy are tackling
A new, exciting year has just started for Catalonia, European Region of Gastronomy awarded 2016 that is ready to kick-start a full programme of initiatives in the framework of 2018 European Year of Cultural Heritage to celebrate local and European cultural richness. IGCAT attended the opening ceremony of the Year
The Bit 2018 “Your Travel exhibition” held in Milan from 10 to 12 February has been the framework for some of the European Regions of Gastronomy to meet and assess the current situation. During the session titled “A comparison among European Regions of Gastronomy” the Platform members discussed the important results achieved
As part of the programme of events for South Aegean, European Region of Gastronomy 2019, a special showcase of the region’s gastronomy and culture was conducted at the 2018 EXPOTROF food and drink expo at the Athens Olympic Fencing Center 26-29 January. Visitors and professionals were treated to a wide
The First Report on Food Tourism in Italy, launched at the beginning of “The year of Italian food in the world”, was presented in Milan on 23 January. During the Press Conference, the author, Prof. Roberta Garibaldi, researcher and Professor of Food Tourism at the University of Bergamo, IGCAT expert and Coordinator of East
The Future of Food: Turning ASEAN Tradition and Craftsmanship into Sustainable Gastronomic Tourism was the title of the ASEAN Gastronomy Conference that took place on 25 January 2018 within the framework of the ASEAN Tourism Forum, 22-26 January 2018 in Chiang Mai, Thailand. Tourism and Sports Minister of Thailand, Weerasak Kowsurat presided over
South Aegean, European Region of Gastronomy 2019 included the promotion of the Aegean diet as a healthy nutritional model among its main actions. As part of the region’s Taste the Season programme and developed in cooperation with Harokopio University of Athens, the initiative aims to gather, record and evaluate scientific, cultural and historical data
In the framework of Galway-West of Ireland, European Region of Gastronomy 2018, Enterprise Ireland allocated just under €2.5 million from the Regional Development fund to the BIA Innovator Campus project, an innovative regional food workspace infrastructure aimed to revamp the food sector in the West of Ireland. Supported by Galway
IGCAT and its flagship Regions of Gastronomy Platform and Award was applauded at the 2nd UNESCO/UNWTO World Conference on Culture and Tourism, as a leading initiative fostering sustainable cultural tourism development. The World Conference, held in Muscat, Oman 11-12 December 2017, brought together world leaders including Taleb Rifai, UNWTO Secretary-General, H.E. Ahmed
In its title year, Riga-Gauja, European Region of Gastronomy 2017 received a prestigious recognition for one of its flagship events, the gastronomic performance Latvian Senses, awarded second best cultural event in 2017 at international BEA World Festival in Portugal last November. Designed around the concept Wild at Palate, which forms the
Last October, Bergamo, in East Lombardy, European Region of Gastronomy 2017 was the framework of the G7 Agriculture ministerial meeting, an occasion to rethink agriculture and food policies through the lenses of sustainability and biodiversity. The Agriculture Ministers of the G7 Countries, the Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Economy of
On 23-24 November 2017, IGCAT participated in the kick-off meeting of FOODBIZ – University and business learning for new employability paths in food and gastronomy, a two-year project developed in the framework of Erasmus+ programme’s action Strategic Partnerships for Higher Education and aimed to boost smart and sustainable regional development. Based on cross-sectoral dialogue and placed at
International press coverage of the European Young Chef Award 2017 has been huge. The competition held last 6 November in Sant Pol de Mar, Barcelona, organised by IGCAT in collaboration with and hosted by the University College for Hospitality and Culinary Arts EUHT StPOL has received press coverage in at least eight
During the European Young Chef Award 2017, the young finalists had the opportunity to become IGCAT Regional Chef Ambassadors by signing a protocol and joining IGCAT in its advocacy of cultural and food diversity. By becoming Ambassadors, the young talented chefs commit to spread this message, underlining the importance of local products, innovation on
