The gastronomy college students of a technical highschool from Turkish culinary hub Gaziantep, a metropolis included in UNESCO’s “Creative Cities Network” record, gained an award for combining conventional flavors with completely different cooking methods and trendy presentation.
Several college students learning within the meals and drinks division of Şehit Karayılan Vocational and Technical Anatolian High School in Gaziantep’s Şahinbey district with the assist of their academics participated within the “19th International Gastronomy Festival Culinary Days Cooking Contest,” profitable a gold and silver medal.
The contest, which was organized in cooperation with the Turkish Cooks and Chefs Federation (TAŞFED) and the World Chefs Association (WACS), occurred in Istanbul between Dec. 23-25.
The college students who gained the awards by integrating conventional flavors particular to the area, utilizing the “fusion” cooking methods and trendy presentation obtained the primary place award for making a “firik risotto” dish, whereas their bitter quince scallop took silver.
By collaborating within the competitors that gathered round 1,500 contributors from 54 nations that they had the chance to current varied dishes together with one named “Antepia,” recalling the identify of town they’re coming from.
They additionally ready baklava souffle (pistachio waterfall), lamb delight, olive pastry and pirpirim appetizer, salmon with saffron sauce, beef scarf and apple kebab.
Fatma Alperen, the varsity’s cookery and gastronomy trainer mentioned in her interview with Anadolu Agency (AA) that Gaziantep is a gastronomy metropolis and that college students who’re educated in non-public faculties can encounter job alternatives as quickly as they graduate.
Highlighting the extreme curiosity in Gaziantep delicacies within the competitors, Alperen mentioned: “Gastronomy now calls for innovation. This metropolis has unbelievable business acumen. It has intelligence that has commercialized a chickpea wrap. We each admire it and work on easy methods to enhance it. All the medals we obtained have been due to town’s native flavors.’’
The trainer additionally famous that they at all times search for innovation and new concepts, whereas attempting to mirror all the pieces they see onto the brand new dishes. ‘’For instance, we made apple kebab,’’ she continued saying that they offered it with trendy cooking methods and on trendy plates.
“We are looking for the results of how we can combine Gaziantep local flavors with different methods and techniques and open up to the international arena on the basis of gastronomy,” Alperen advised.
One of the scholars, Hasan Hüseyin Koca, presently a twelfth grader shared his ideas after profitable the gold medal within the competitors stating that they felt like they have been in a personal course though it was a public faculty.
Explaining that they’re continuously studying easy methods to make new flavors from their academics, Koca mentioned: “We are entering the era where new-generation flavors are more popular. We try them because we believe in them. We combine the two and present them to regional cuisine and innovation lovers. That’s the foundation of what our teachers want.”
