RESTAURANT DESTINATION: 2016 International Culinary Olympics

RESTAURANT DESTINATION: 2016 International Culinary Olympics
by Jorge R. Jefferds August 16, 2016

Would you like to get involved in the jury of a food competition? The Italian Culinary Institute together with the ICI Culinary Team are sponsoring and presenting the 2016 International Culinary Olympics in Erfurt, Germany.
Between October 21 and October 26, forty local teams, twenty military teams, scores of regional and private teams and over two thousand individuals will compete in an attempt to show the rest of the world whose cuisine is the best. Prizes go to those teams and individuals, who can demonstrate that the technique, taste, and presentation employed during preparation are superior than their colleagues.

Swedish team reacting as they won the gold medal in the International Exhibition of Culinary Art IKA in Erfurt, Germany, on October 10, 2012

The scope of international culinary competitions is the assessments of chefs' and pastry chefs' performances. Attendees are offered a practical demonstration of the latest developments in culinary art, while the new generation of cooks will receive encouragements for further efforts. Particular importance is placed on pristine neatness, organization, and variety of dishes preparation.
The IKA Culinary Olympics has been performed since 1896, and is one of the five major international culinary competitions sanctioned by WACS. Over fifty thousand visitors, mostly chefs and restaurateurs, are expected to attend the events that are held amidst several important tradeshows.

Silver medal awarded in 2012

The program (EURO 4,995 per person) is all-inclusive from the arrival time to the hotel until departure.
In detail, you will get:

• 5 nights accommodation in a three star hotel in Thüringen, Germany.
• Full use of hotel facilities.
• Transfer from the hotel to the convention center and return daily,
• Entrance tickets to the competitions and trade fair at INOGA Convention Centre.
• Transfer to and from the Welcome Dinner.
• Complete board (all meals included): Welcome Dinner, 5 breakfasts at the hotel, 4 haute cuisine lunches at the Restaurant of Nations, 3 haute cuisine dinners at the Restaurant of Nations, Beer Fest, and Gala Dinner.
• Fully guided and accompanied by English speaking master chefs.
• Certificate of Completion ICI: 50 hours full immersion.
• Certificate of Collaboration, ICI Culinary Team

Another silver medal awarded culinary work

Restaurant of Nations
The participating culinary teams will prepare specialties of their nations. The entire preparation of each team can be viewed as they work flawlessly in glass kitchens. In all, over 3500 haute meals are prepared by countries spanning six continents. Each national culinary team has to prepare 110 full menus. Ten judges will sit with one hundred visitors and will judge accordingly. It is the only place where visitors actually dine on the same food with the judges offering participants a one in a lifetime chance to experience the absolute best in haute dining from forty different countries!


If you want a complete information about the daily schedule, visit the Italian Culinary Institute here.