{"id":12457,"date":"2016-09-30T16:44:35","date_gmt":"2016-09-30T16:44:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/igcat.org\/?p=12457"},"modified":"2016-10-03T18:10:59","modified_gmt":"2016-10-03T18:10:59","slug":"european-regions-of-gastronomy-2019-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/igcat.org\/fr\/european-regions-of-gastronomy-2019-announced\/","title":{"rendered":"European Regions of Gastronomy 2019 Announced"},"content":{"rendered":"
The\u00a0European Region of Gastronomy 2019 title was recommended to be given to two bidding regions, South Aegean (Greece) and Sibiu (Romania), on Thursday 29 September 2016 at the Brukenthal Museum in Sibiu. The announcement took place\u00a0prior to the 9th European Region of Gastronomy Platform Meeting.<\/p>\n
The international jury comprising of IGCAT experts\u00a0was\u00a0chaired\u00a0by\u00a0Blanca Cros<\/strong>\u00a0from the Catalan Tourist Agency (Spain), and included\u00a0Peter Astrup<\/strong>, Central Denmark Region (Denmark);\u00a0Anna Blaua<\/strong>, Delightfully Delicious Destination Project at Riga Tourism Development Bureau (Latvia); Alfred van Mameren<\/strong>, Province of Noord-Brabant (Netherlands)\u00a0and;\u00a0Ilona Sares<\/strong>, ProAgria\u00a0Kuopio\u00a0(Finland).<\/p>\n The jury was impressed with the work undertaken by both candidates regions in preparing and presenting their bids remarked that they had both:<\/p>\n The jury formulated its recommendations to each of the two regions, advising them to:<\/p>\n In addition, it was recommended that Sibiu:<\/p>\n and, it was recommended that the South Aegean:<\/p>\n IGCAT\u2019s board will approve the jury decision in November 2016 and an\u00a0official award ceremony will take place in early 2017.<\/p>\n About IGCAT<\/strong><\/p>\n IGCAT (International Institute of Gastronomy, Culture, Arts and Tourism) organises the Award with the support of European institutions.\u00a0IGCAT\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0(International Institute of Gastronomy, Culture, Arts and Tourism is an international network of experts in the fields of culture, arts, tourism and gastronomy that aim to empower local communities by guiding, facilitating and supporting leaders in cities, regions and cultural projects to understand the potential of their distinct food, culture, arts and sustainable tourism assets.<\/p>\n\n
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