Food Film Menu 2023 – Best Food Film showcasing a European Region of Gastronomy

The short film A Year Celebrating Galway’s Gastronomy from Galway-West of Ireland, European Region of Gastronomy awarded 2018, is the winner of the European Regions of Gastronomy category of IGCAT’s International Food Film Menu 2023. The video offers a look back at 2018, celebrating Galway-West of Ireland as the European Region of Gastronomy. This award […]

Best trips 2019

Best Trips 2019 – Galway, Ireland WHY GO NOW: Get inspired by big ideas Galway may sit at the far western edge of Europe, but lately the “City of Tribes” has been the center of attention. Named a 2018 European Region of Gastronomy, Ireland’s fourth largest city (population 80,000) is gearing up for the next big thing: Galway 2020, […]

Galway-West of Ireland awarded Best Economic Development Project

Galway-West of Ireland, European Region of Gastronomy 2018 has been elected Best Economic Development Project in Ireland on 22 November 2018, earning Galway County Council the first prize in the category at the Chambers Ireland Excellence in Local Government Awards 2018. Designed to give prominence to best practise in local government, the recognition acknowledged the […]

EUREGA launched in Galway-West of Ireland

“Food tourism – not just tourism – is essential to the makeup of the city, county and region. Food is the thing that knits together the fabric of our land and sea. The experience of food is vital to our visitors. That is what they will remember: how good or bad our food was, what […]

Winner of the European Young Chef Award 2018 announced!

With his dish Memory of my Childhood, Andreas Bjerring from Aarhus-Central Denmark, European Region of Gastronomy awarded 2017 obtained the title of European Young Chef 2018, impressing an international jury chaired by Michelin-starred Irish chef and Ambassador for Galway-West of Ireland, European Region of Gastronomy 2018, JP McMahon. The European Young Chef Award 2018 took place at Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology […]

Saving the planet with food

Finalists in the European Young Chef Award 2018 became IGCAT Regional Chef Ambassadors by officially committing to promote local food products and gastronomic traditions from their regions throughout their future careers. The Young Chefs joined the IGCAT Regional Chef Ambassadors network that gathers European Young Chef Award finalists since its first edition in 2016. Together, they […]

Spirit of the European Region of Gastronomy – Three Galway businesses awarded

Three businesses from Galway-West of Ireland, European Region of Gastronomy 2018 featured among the winners of Georgina Campbell’s guide 2019 Awards in the newly created category Spirit of the European Region of Gastronomy. The winning trio – The Twelve boutique hotel, Beechlawn Organic Farm, and Gannet Fishmongers – shined for excellently demonstrating “collaborating and working together in action, showing […]

South Aegean selected finalist for 2018 European Young Chef Award

Chef Antonis Dimovasilis from Mykonos shone in the final of the local young chef competition held in Syros, Greece and took the title of best young chef. He will go on to represent the South Aegean European Region of Gastronomy in the 2018 European Young Chef Award. This has been the third edition of the […]

Growing expectations for the European Young Chef Award 2018

Expectations are growing in the European Regions of Gastronomy, where local competitions are being held to select the finalists who will compete in the European Young Chef Award 2018, to be held in Galway-West of Ireland, European Region of Gastronomy awarded 2018 on 25-26 November. Young talents from the different regions will engage in an […]

Galway-West of Ireland starring on national television

Landscape and local producers from Galway-West of Ireland, European Region of Gastronomy 2018 were featured in Ireland’s RTÉ national television programme Nationwide on 16 May 2018. The programme, presented by Anne Cassin, visited the Wild Atlantic Way Food Festival in Connemara and took the opportunity to offer to the wide public an insight of Galway-West of Ireland’s programme as […]

Open Call! European Young Chef Award 2018

The third edition of the European Young Chef Award will be hosted by the Galway International Hotel School, GMIT  on 25 – 26 November 2017. Galway, West of Ireland is European Region of Gastronomy Awarded 2018 and the region belonging to the European Young Chef 2017 edition winner, Aisling Rock. The competition will see finalists coming from […]

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 […]