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Our students are rewarded in GastroANTEP

Young chiefs showed their skills II. International Gaziantep Gastronomy Festival (GastroANTEP) coordinated by Gaziantep Governorship and organized with the cooperation of the Foundation of Gaziantep’s Development (GAGEV). The teams are grouped with 3 people in the competition named “Local Chef University Students Competes” and our university’s team members were Aleyna Gümüş, Akın Kiraz and Buğra Anıl Türker with the guide of Lecturer İbrahim Levent Demirçakmak, they became the second.

In the competitions that Gökmen Sözen took place and organized within the scope of GastroANTEP, not only professionals but also amateur cooks competed with each other to rank. In “Local Chef University Students Competes” organized among universities, the jury found it difficult to decide on the best meal among different dishes. Our students rewarded with 7500 TRY in the competition where they became the second.

Thousands of visitors who came to the Festival Park attended the events around-the-clock in GastroANTEP for 4 days. The visitors go around the various fields that are built for daytime of the festival such as Street of Gaziantep Tastes, Street of Handicrafts and Ahis, institution’s and folk arts, children play area with animators and photo shoot area, and they also attended the workshop program of the chiefs Michel-starred. The nighttime of the festival continued with concerts of the favorite singers.

In the panels organized with the presentation of the specialist in the fest, drawing attention to the importance of local cuisine, it is told about the deliciousness of Gaziantep’s dishes and its impact on the people’s health. In the last day of the fest, people watched with interest the panels themed “The Future is in Tradition with Dilara Koçak”, “Dishes in the Cinema and Music with Ömür Gedik”, “Gaziantep’s Dishes and Heal with Ender Saraç”.