wacs report – Culinary Olympics
Culinary Summit with Record Participation Since its premier in 1900, the event has not lost any of its appeal: Over 50 nations are expected to participate.
The 23rd IKA/Culinary Olympics feature all the right ingredients: This October, 36 National Culinary Teams, 28 Junior National Culinary Teams, 14 Community Catering Teams competing for the international GV-Award, 8 Military Culinary Teams and Patisserie Teams will “celebrate good taste” over a period of 4 days. Approximately 40 Regional Culinary Teams and 200 individual exhibitors will present their creative masterpieces. During the new “Vegetable Carvers’ Olympics” competition, almost 60 food carvers will undoubtedly fascinate the visitors live with their artistic exhibits.
additional tickets, please simply click on www.ticketschop-thueringen. de, keyword “inoga”. Since the beginning of May, the menus of the GV-Award have also been available at the German Chefs’ Association (VKD) Head Office, felizitas.laun@vkd.com.
Each day of the show, 2,500 freshly prepared menus will transform the Erfurt exhibition halls into the world’s largest restaurant. For the very first time, the IKA/Culinary Olympics will offer meals in the evenings as well. The 3-course menus of the National Culinary Teams will be available in the evenings, while those of the Junior National Culinary Teams, the Military Teams and the Community Catering Teams will be served at lunchtime. This means that throughout the day, chefs will be demonstrating their superb craftsmanship to the expert and gourmet audience from within the glass kitchens.
Ever since its premier in 1900, the IKA/Culinary Olympics has had the reputation of being a trend-setting event, and each of the events has exceeded the preceding edition in attractiveness and size. The 2012 IKA/Culinary Olympics in Erfurt will set new trends and benchmarks once again. Experts are already eagerly awaiting the overall review of the cold show platter contest. Instead of high costs for transportation of the sometimes elaborate decorative elements for the presentation of the show platters, the National Culinary and Junior National Culinary Teams will be allocated a pre-defined table surface with a firmly mounted centre structure. Suitable lighting will be provided by the German Chefs’ Association. The organisers want the 2012 IKA/Culinary Olympics to be guided by the spirit of economic efficiency and equal opportunity. For more information please visit www.culinary-olympics.com.
This new proposition strikes a chord with many companies. Numerous companies use this opportunity to invite clients for dinner and reserve “company tables”. At the same time, pre-sales of the menus are soaring and some teams were sold out right from the start. To purchase
Starting on 5th October, with the opening of the Culinary Olympics and the Parade of Nations, the sky over Erfurt will be studded with innumerable culinary stars. Inspiration will be the magic word for every visitor of the 23rd IKA/Culinary Olympics.
38 World Association of Chefs Societies