The influence of Italian cuisine on the product range of the food trade and the catering sector is extremely important all over the world. So Italy was a logical choice as Anuga's partner country this year, following Thailand and Turkey at previous events.
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Sebastian Frank, the chef de cuisine of Restaurant Horvath in Berlin, was named the winner of the international competition Chef of the Year on 10 October at Anuga. The international jury of experts headed by the leading chef Dieter Müller chose Tristan Brandt of Victor's Gourmet Restaurant Schloss Berg in Perl-Nennig as the second-place winner; third place went to David Papin of the Lago restaurant in Ulm. The winners were awarded €26 000 in prize money. Read more...
Greece has won the first edition of Ecotrophelia Europe, the European competition for the creation of eco-innovative food products, held at Anuga. Read more...
The message at Anuga Organic is that an increasing number of suppliers of conventional food are now also offering organic products. In addition, all of the important German retail chains are also offering extensive ranges of own-brand organic products, leading to significantly more intense competition.
Increasing numbers of consumers are no longer content to have organic food only labelled with the EU's organic product logo. Additional trust is generated by the labels of organic farming associations. Read more...
As part of Anuga's supporting programme, the Federal Association of the German Retail Grocery Trade (BVL) is conducting a seminar called ‘Sustainable Saltwater Fish and Environmentally Compatible Aquaculture’. The seminar is being held at Koelnmesse in Cologne today (10 October). Speakers from the fields of science, the retail trade, the fishing industry and certification and environmental organisations will present ways and means of organising the process of buying fish from sustainable sources and environmentally friendly aquaculture. Read more...
