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The next steps in sustainable gastronomy
Sustainable gastronomy has for years been a topic of interest to chefs, restaurants and diners alike. The idea of cooking and eating fresh, local and environmentally friendly food has become a trend all over the world. But, what are the next steps in sustainable gastronomy? How can we keep moving towards a greener and healthier future? One of the...
Sustainability as the word of 2023
Showing yourself as a responsible company is a difficult task. However, it is profitable. For this 2023, the role of companies in the face of sustainability must consider and maintain a balance between social, environmental and development impacts. In a world that is constantly changing and companies are facing unprecedented challenges, big brands are forced to take responsible measures...
Cocina Creativa 2022
The third edition of Cocina Creativa comes to end, where 20 young talented Dominicans worked to enhance their gastronomic knowledge and skills in alliance with Instituto Nacional de Formación Técnico Profesional (INFOTEP) a (national institute for professional technical training. One of these young talents resulted the winner of a full scholarship to study a workshop improvement of culinary techniques...
Cocina Creativa 2022
We started the third edition of the “Creative Cooking” diploma, taught by the INFOTEP Hotel and Gastronomy School, with the participation of young talents from different DR provinces, each of the participants is demonstrating their culinary skills and getting closer to being the next winner. of the international training workshop at the Basque Culinary Center (BCC) in San Sebastián,...
The Middle East: A growing luxury travel destination.
Last year, the size of the luxury tourism industry exceeded $17 billion in the United States. Despite setbacks from years of the pandemic, the market is still growing and on pace to be worth more than $82 billion by 2030. This huge growth is driven, in part, by big sporting events (think Super Bowl packages), baby boomers spending more...
Diazgranados Family Foundation Announces Scholarship Program at The Culinary Institute of America
Hyde Park, NY – August 9, 2022 – The Diazgranados Family Foundation announced today that it has founded the Diazgranados Family Foundation Scholarship at The Culinary Institute of America (CIA). The scholarship will award two students a grant of $5,000 each toward their tuition at the world’s premier culinary college. “I have long admired the CIA’s approach to developing...
Closing of the Creative Cooking course
For two months, fifteen participants from the eastern region of the Dominican Republic had the opportunity to develop their cooking skills at the Instituto Nacional de Formación Técnico Profesional (INFOTEP) at its Gastronomy and Pastry School located in Higuey. This year I had the honor of seeing another winner for the 2nd edition of the Creative Cooking Course. An...
Gastronomy Dominican talent at the Basque Culinary Center.
A few days ago I was talking with colleagues about the development of the culinary industry, we mentioned some outstanding chefs of now days. Today I realized that most of them had an interesting factor in common, they graduated from the Basque Culinary Center, also called by people as the international “Harvard” of culinary. This academy started on 2011...
2nd edition for Creative Gastronomy program.
I’ve always thought the young ones carry the hope for a better future and it’s our duty to support them. That is why, once again I’m fully content to sponsor opportunities to a group of teenagers for gastronomy. Through the Gastronomy Workshop by INFOTEP, the students will demonstrate their will and abilities in the four weeks Creative Gastronomy program. ...
Young Dominican gastronomic talent begins specialization at a top Spanish culinary school
Elvis Hidalgo is taking a five-week workshop to perfect his culinary techniques at the prestigious Basque Culinary Center in San Sebastian after having been the best performing student in the Diploma of Creative Cuisine, an initiative of businessman Danilo Diazgranados, taught by the INFOTEP School of Hotel Management, Gastronomy and Pastry. Santo Domingo, June 2021 – After Elvis Hidalgo...