EURO-TOQUES AT THE HEAD OF THE OPEN DAYS RECEPTION

EURO-TOQUES AT THE HEAD OF THE OPEN DAYS RECEPTION

“CULINARY TOUR OF THE EUROPEAN REGIONS”

11 OCTOBER 2011 AT THE COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS IN BRUSSELS

ONE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE OPEN DAYS WEEK

Repeating the success of 2007 and 2008, the official reception of the Open Days will be organised this year by Euro-Toques, the European Community of Cooks. It will be held at the head office of the Committee of the Regions, in Brussels, on the 11 October.

A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO DISCOVER THE CULINARY DIVERSITY

Famous Chefs from thirteen countries will prepare and present regional specialties to more than 1,000 guests. It will also be the chance for chefs to promote quality, artisanal, local, traditional and flavoured food products. Invited guests, among others, will include the Members of the Committee of the Regions, Members of the European Parliament, European Commissioners and other Commission officials, ambassadors, representatives from businesses as well as partners from regional offices in Brussels.

ONE OF THE LARGEST EVENTS IN BRUSSELS ORGANISED WITHIN THE EUROPEAN INSTITUTIONS

In 2010, the Open Days was awarded the 'Best Event 2009' in the category of ’Associations and Institutional Meetings’ at the annual awards ceremony organised during Brussels Meetings Week, a Europe-wide conference of specialists of the meeting industry.

ALLIANCE BETWEEN GASTRONOMY AND WINE

Euro-Toques and the Comité Européen des Entreprises Vins (CEEV), which represents the wineries and wine business in the European Union, are working in collaboration to enhance the European culinary heritage and the quality and diversity of the European gastronomies. While top Euro-Toques chefs will indeed propose specialties from their respective countries, CEEV will provide quality wines from thirteen regions of six countries, matching each of the menus proposed by the chefs. The reception will also be an opportunity to present the ‘Wine In Moderation, Art de Vivre’ Programme, underscoring how our gastronomy and our wines enjoyed responsibly are integral part of the European life and culture.

A BROAD EU PARTNERSHIP

Other partners of Euro-Toques will work together at the reception to provide guests with European products of quality, and in particular different sorts of water will be presented by the European Federation of Bottled Waters (EFBW). Euro-Toques would like also to thank Philipponat (Champagne), Bridor (Bread) and the Belgian Gastronomy schools for helping chefs in their work as well as to the wineries Members of CEEV (Carpenè Malvolti, Erbeldinger, Markgrafler, Nes – C.P.C. SPA, Righi-Grupo Itallaino Vini, Samos Wines, Semeli, Sigalas, Sogrape, Sovidis Patriache, Studert-Prum Maximinhof, Torres) for providing premium wines from Regions across EU.

L'exposition "SEMAINE VERTE" à Berlin 2011

Daniel Rameau, président d'Eurotoques Luxemourg et Eurotoques International, participera avec ses confrères d'Eurotoques Allemagne à l'exposition internationale de la "semaine verte" à Berlin du 21 au 30 Janvier.

L'exposition "SEMAINE VERTE" est la plus grande exposition dans son genre au monde tout autour de l'alimentation, de l'agriculture et de l'architecture du jardin.

A l'occasion de cette exposition, l'Union Européenne a fait appel à Eurotoques International, afin de faire un show-cooking tout au long de la foire, afin de faire déguster les produits allemands-bio aux visiteurs.

Il faut savoir que la Commission a présenté le 10 décembre 2010 un « Paquet Qualité », qui comporte des propositions législatives et des lignes directrices.

Ce paquet qualité établit pour la première fois une politique globale concernant les programmes de certification, les mentions qualitatives qui confèrent une valeur ajoutée aux produits agricoles ainsi que les normes de produits, qui se trouvaient jusqu'à présent répartis entre différents textes législatifs. Cette révision s’inscrit dans le cadre de la stratégie de la Commission relative au secteur agroalimentaire européen sur le marché mondial.

La commission européenne en charge de l’Agriculture et du développement rural fera une présentation de ce paquet lors de la foire à Berlin et soulignera ce "paquet de Qualité" par  de  multiples démonstrations culinaires réalisées par des chefs Eurotoques, tout au long de la foire