Food Film Menu 2020 officially launched!

IGCAT has just opened a call for submissions to the Food Film Menu 2020 competition with the aim to place a spotlight on awarded and candidate Regions of Gastronomy and their culinary heritage. IGCAT launched the competition with the aim to collect short food films that will help raise awareness about the importance of cultural […]
Mapping for the Ark of Taste in Nariño and Chocó, Colombia

Nariño and Chocó – Under agreement No 204 of 2015 between the Department for Social Prosperity and the Latin American Center for Rural Development – RIMISP, and as part of the process to implement food and nutrition security policy in Colombia, RIMISP, Slow Food and Diversidad & Desarrollo have, since 2013, been carrying out a series of projects to Promote Regional Food Heritage in […]
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 […]
Catalonia presents European Region of Gastronomy 2016 programme at Fòrum Gastronomic Girona

Catalonia presented its programme as an European Region of Gastronomy 2016 on Monday 16 November at Fòrum Gastronomic in Girona. The event was an introductory conversation for all professionals and stakeholders related to Catalonia European Region of Gastronomy 2016 to present some of the 150 actions that the awarded region is planning for 2016 in […]
Regional Gastronomy: Between Innovation and Tradition

An international expert meeting on Regional Gastronomy: Between Innovation and Tradition was organised by IGCAT, ATLAS and the Polytechnic Institute of Viana do Castelo on May 29-30th 2014. The meeting held in Refóios do Lima attracted some 30 participants from countries including Portugal, South Africa, the United States, Thailand, New Zealand, the UK, the Netherlands, Spain, Russia and […]