Catalonia’s finalist selected for the European Young Chef Award 2018
The European Young Chef Award 2018 has its first finalist from Catalonia, European Region of Gastronomy awarded 2016. His name is Eric Díaz, from Joviat hospitality school (Barcelona) and he is the winner of the Catalan Young Chef Contest (Concurs Cuina Jove de Catalunya) held in its 32nd edition on 25 April 2018 at the University […]
Africa Food Prize opens 2018 nominations
The Africa Food Prize has announced the commencement of the search for the 2018 Africa Food Prize Winner. This is a distinguished award that recognises outstanding individuals or institutions that are leading the effort to change the reality of farming in Africa from a struggle to survive to a business that thrives. The US $100,000 […]
Galway-West of Ireland, European Region of Gastronomy 2018 supporting entrepreneurship in the food sector
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 County Council and Teagasc, two […]
Keeping the flame alive
In occasion of the European Young Chef Award 2017 on 5 November 2017 at EUHTStPOL the young chefs participated to a Master Class held by Stamatios Misomikes, IGCAT Regional Chef Ambassador and winner of the European Young Chef Award 2016. The Master Class, titled Tradition meets innovation, focused on the central theme of the competition. The Chef opened with a quote […]
Invitation to the European Young Chef Award 2017
Young European chefs have been selected as finalists from awarded European Regions of Gastronomy to join a European competition on the 6th November 2017, set to protect and promote cultural and food diversity, culinary traditions, gastronomic innovation and promote young chefs starting out on their careers. World renowned chef Joan Roca is ambassador for the […]
Kuopio awarded the title European Region of Gastronomy 2020
Life According to Nature’s Rhythm is the title of Kuopio‘s proposed programme that gained them the prestigious European Region of Gastronomy Award for 2020. “One of our key objectives is to promote innovation activities in the region’s food and hospitality companies, including new products, new approaches and food-related business innovations” states Kuopio’s bid book. Counsellor of […]
Redefining Sustainability at 2017 Parabere Forum
IGCAT took part in the 3rd edition of the Parabere Forum, held on 5-6 March 2017 at the historical building of the University of Barcelona. As “an independent international platform featuring women’s views and voices on major food issues,” Parabere Forum “is committed to improving the state of gastronomy, food, nutrition, and agriculture by engaging […]
Strengths and challenges for Regions of Gastronomy! – 10th Platform Meeting
The Regions of Gastronomy celebrated their 10th partner meeting on Rhodes island in the South Aegean region of Greece on 26 and 27 January 2017. The meeting gathered representatives of ten European regions that have committed to the principles of working in a Platform, organised by IGCAT to support sustainable development. The meeting took place following […]
East Lombardy 2017 presented to tourism professionals
East Lombardy – European Region of Gastronomy 2017 is a project featuring the enhancement of quality local food and wine products and culinary traditions, with a view to integrating them in the tourism offer and to improving local sustainability. East Lombardy 2017 was presented at TTG, an international B2B exhibition on tourism that gathers about 2.400 enterprises from […]
Artsy: an easier way to discover the world of art
Artsy is a website with its mission is to make all of the world’s art accessible to every people with an Internet connection. Like a bridge with its growing database of 300,000 images of art, architecture, and design by 40,000 artists spans historical, modern, and contemporary works, and includes the largest online database of contemporary […]
How Innovation and Sustainability transform Tourism
The “2nd International Executive Forum on Tourism Innovation and Entrepreneurship” will take place at the USC campus in Columbia, SC on August 3rd and 4th 2015. Hosted by the University of South Carolina, in collaboration with the Aruba Management Institute for Sustainable Tourism and Development (AMISTAD) and the University of Aruba, the forum will gather […]
The Importance Of “Cultural Alignment” for Global Creativity
How does culture impact creativity? What is the difference between “local” and “foreign” creative tasks? And what does that all have to do with crowdsourcing? A recently published article sheds light on the relationship between culture, creativity and the importance of “cultural alignment” for cross-cultural creative tasks. Read original article at egyptinnovate.com
