Food waste monitoring proven to reduce food waste

Food Waste Monitoring is proven to reduce food waste by up to 25% in the first 4 weeks! This was one of the exciting messages provided by two international experts that addressed the World Regions of Gastronomy Platform in a webinar, held on 15 July 2020. The meeting also looked at how training and awareness […]

Legacy announced for North Brabant European Region of Gastronomy 2018

North Brabant, awarded European Region of Gastronomy 2018 celebrated its successful title year during a closing event held in Breda on 3 December 2018. The Grande Finale was an opportunity to highlight many achievements of an intense yearly programme and to announce a legacy plan for 2019. During the title year, North Brabant celebrated food […]

Spanish magazine Buenavida highlights North Brabant as European Region of Gastronomy 2018

Creativity and innovation lie at the heart of North Brabant’s programme as European Region of Gastronomy 2018, as highlighted by Buenavida, the monthly magazine on health and wellbeing issued by the Spanish newspaper El País, that published an article about the region’s capital ‘s-Hertogenbosch titled La Ciudad Laboratorio (The Lab City). Author of the article, Juan Pelegrín underlines the region’s efforts […]

Healthy eating and youth; North Brabant style!

North Brabant, European Region of Gastronomy awarded 2018, has dedicated the fourth month of its We Are Food programme to highlighting the importance of nutritious lifestyle choices for its young citizens. As stated in on the Region’s dedicated website, the programme looks to bring healthy eating closer to the experience of youth. A key theme […]

North Brabant Region on Tour in Brussels

On 22 March 2018, Strategic Advisor for ’s-Hertogenbosch City Anja van Hout presented to experts from the Pays de La Loire agrifood industry the distinct benefits and challenges of joining the successful cross-region European Region of Gastronomy Platform. Anja Van Hout, an IGCAT Expert and representative from North Brabant European Region of Gastronomy 2018, was contributing to a meeting of […]

From the Ground Up, Feeding our Future. Galway-West of Ireland 2018 officially launched

Galway-West of Ireland, when embarking on their European Region of Gastronomy journey two years ago, boldly proclaimed their aim to reach into local communities and develop a vision for Galway Gastronomy, involving farmers, fishermen, producers, small businesses, health workers, teachers, parents and children; in short, everyone! On Friday 16 of March, Galway-West of Ireland, European […]

Bit 2018: A comparison among European Regions of Gastronomy

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 till now as well as […]

Introducing North Brabant’s contestant for the European Young Chef Award

Bon Sawatdee is the young chef who will represent North Brabant at the European Young Chef Award 2017 next 6 November in Sant Pol de Mar, Catalonia at the University College for Hospitality and Culinary Arts, EUHT StPol. The aims of the Young Chef Award are to: promote innovations on traditional cuisine, highlight sustainable food cultures and create […]

North Brabant’s top young chef to go to European final

Local tradition and Thai roots was the innovative recipe that won the preliminary contest for top young chef in North Brabant. Bon Sawatdee, aged 24, won the Preliminary and will now represent North Brabant at the European Young Chef Award 2017 next November in Sant Pol de Mar in Catalonia. Six chefs competed on Sunday 10 September: […]

European Commissioner visits North Brabant, candidate European Region of Gastronomy 2018

Corina Creţu, the European Commissioner responsible for Regional Policy visited the Province of North-Brabant on 16 November 2015, where she participated in an event on Smart Specialisation and visited EU-funded projects, including the Gruyterfabriek and the Plant Lab, in s-Hertogenbosch. The Mayor of s’Hertogenbosch, Chairman of AgriFood Capital and Ambassador for the European Region of […]