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“Food and the experiences that surround young chefs to serve as global culinary
the destination is a very powerful medi- ambassadors.
um, one that creates life-long memories.
It creates a desire to return, to explore Emerging talents have earned mul-
more and share these experiences with tiple wins for traditional local dishes in
others” he says. competitions such as European Young
Chef. The region’s restaurants also figure
In 2019, the South Aegean was prominently in the annual Greek Cuisine
named European Region of Gastron- Awards.
omy in recognition of its efforts to sup-
port local food heritage and position the Central to the region’s efforts is the
archipelago as an attractive culinary des- Aegean Cuisine (aegeancuisine.org), a
tination. To achieve this distinction, the quality control programme and network
region worked to increase the number of embracing producers and restaurants.
certified and labelled key local products,
create local products from native ingredi-
ents that travellers can sample and enable
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