Erfurt/Frankfurt am Main. Erfurt in Germany is awaiting its guests for
next year's 22nd IKA / Culinary Olympics. From October 18 to 22, 2008,
the world's best chefs and pastry chefs will gather in Erfurt to show
their expertise and know-how in culinary arts. The international
four-day competition which takes place only every four years is
considered the most important event in this field. And while the
hosting German Chefs Association is looking forward to welcoming
colleagues from more than 35 countries, an extraordinary city promotion
was kicked off.Press
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IKA 2004
The IKA 2004 Culinary Olympics were just great!
Enjoy the review and look forward to Erfurt in 2008.
Culinary Olympics 2008 - the book
Illustrated Culinary Art volume 8 - now available
More than 1500 chefs from around the world take part in the international culinary art exhibition IKA 2008 in Erfurt, Germany. if you missed the event - don't miss the book.Illustrated Culinary Art 8 records this unique event, which is characterised by both tradtion and innovation. This book and CD show the highlights of the IKA, including brief descriptions of the menus, dishes and showpieces.
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The International Culinary Exhibiton (IKA/Olympiade der Köche) 2008
54 nations and more than 1600 chef de cuisine
On 18th October about 1600 cooks from more than 50 nations will enter the main exhibition hall in Erfurt. All dressed in their white uniforms, swaying their flags - an impressive picture! This grand parade is the traditional starting signal for the biggest and most important culinary exhibition of the world.
Organised by the Verband der Köche Deutschlands - VKD (The German Chefs%u2019 Society) the International Culinary Exhibition (IKA/ Olympiade der Köche) this is the 22nd time it takes place and for the 3rd time running in Erfurt.
Between 19th and 22nd October the participants of the challenge will meet at the fair grounds, where, in 2004, there were 1200 participants, 40 nations represented, 23,000 visitors and more than 300 media representatives. In 2008 the German Chefs%u2019 Society expects these numbers to be overtaken.
This years participants
32 national teams
20 junior national teams
10 military teams
8 teams communal serving
65 regional teams
560 single exhibitors
Participants of the Culinary Olympics
In the following you will find al listing of all nations of the national teams, junior national teams, military teams, communal service teams as well as regional teams and singel exhibitors.
General program of the Culinary Olympics
Here you can see the general program of the Culinary Olympics
Days of competition for nationalteams, junior national teams and military teams
Here you find the competition day of all national teams, junior national teams and military teams.
The competition days of all others you will find in "participants"
tickets / prices
ticket opening ceremony 18.10. (incl. small snack) 15,00 Euro
ticket award ceremony 24. 10. (incl. small snack) 10,00 Euro
Both tickets available at the German Chef's Society
info@vkd.com or by phone 0049-69-6300060
Ticket IKA/inoga (without menu)
ticktes for the IKA are available at the German Chef's Society
info@vkd.com or by phone 0049-69-6300060 or at the cashier of the fair
day ticket 15,00 Euro
reduced day ticket 11,00 Euro
(apprentices, students, handicaped)
apprentices gastronomy 9,00 Euro
group tickets (over 20 pers.) per person 9,00 Euro
tickets for all days 25,00 Euro
Menus /reservation at the competion restaurants
Restaurant of the nations (3-course-menu) 39,00 Euro
Restaurant of the nation (main course) 12,00 Euro
Restaurant of the communal service (Front-Cooking) 9,00 Euro
Restaurant military teams 21,00 Euro
Drinks
There is a voucher for all drinks available at the IKA (one voucher is 10 Euro all together, six tokens)
These vouchers are available at the cashiers or at the Germany Chef's Society, info@vkd.com or by phone 0049-69-6300060
Advance Sale: info@vkd.comor by phone: 0049-69-6300060
Panel chief physicians and chefs
Chief physicians and chefs
Chefs and chief physicians demonstrate healthy nutrition
Healthy nutrion on the one side is an absulte top trend - on the other
many still thnik of it as boring food you eat, when you are sick . They
think of diabetis, adiposity or allergies. To say it short: Many people still think that healthy fod does not taste
quite good. And this is wrong. Even a diet that has to take core of allergies
or other sensitivities, provides any chance for real pleasure.
At the IKA some chefs of the German Chef%u2019s Association will produce evidence for that. They support the lectures of well known chief physicians, who will represent the scientific side of healthy recepies.
Sunday, 19.10.: Traditional Chines nutrition sciencs
chief physician: Dr. Martin Sure,
Klinikum Minden chef: Küchenmeister B.Brunkhardt,
G. Pfefferle and D.Girg
Monday, 20.10.: Food allergy
chief physician: Prof. H. Renz, Uniklinikum Marburg
chef: Küchenmeister B.Brunkhardt,
G. Pfefferle and D.Girg
Tuesday, 21.10.: Food allergy Diabetes - the wide spread desease!
Wrong nutrition as a main course?
chief physician: Dr. Joachim
Feldkamp, Städtische
Kliniken, Bielefeld GmbH.
chef:
Küchenmeister
B.Brunkhardt,
G. Pfefferle and D.Girg
German Chefs Society
The German Chefs Society - Verband der Köche
Deutschlands
Conected with the
past - fit for futur
The German Chefs Society (VKD), with its 14.000
members is the most powerful Chefs Society in
Members of the German Chefs Society come from all different fields of the
profession. You will find Michelin start cooks as well as hotel restaurateur, chefs
for diet and health programs or cooks in communal feeding. They all are experts
in their profession and their special field.
Speaking with Ctefan Wohlfeil, chefs that are members in the Society particularly
are ambassadors of health and culinary indulgence: „Eating
means so much more than just consuming food. Speaking of the culture of food,
the ”what%u201D in a way is not as important than the ”how%u201D. We have to relearn to
really enjoy our food again. And we have to be willing to pay an adequate price
for it. There is a very famous advertising slogan in
International Community
VKD-members automatically are member of the World Association of Chefs
Societies (WACS) with 8 million members in 75 member countries.
The history of the German Chefs Society
It began in 1896, when in Frankfurt am Main the Verband der Köche (IVdK)
(Internationals Chefs Society had been founded. At this time this association lobbied for the
legal admission of professional cooking as a trade, the supervison of
apprenticeship by the chambers of trade, the legal prohibition of professional
job placement (this making many chefs looking for a new job dependent on their
financial possibilities) and for a
social security systems as well as a funeral expenses fond for chefs.
The first Internationale Kochkunstausstellung - IKA (International
Culinary Exhibition) had already been but by the IVdK in the year 1900.
Up to now the IKA/Olmypiade der Köche in
During the 1930s the IVdK had to dissolve itself and could not be
resolved until some years after World War II.
The VKD today, thanks to its actual president and its managing committee,
represents a dynamic, future oriented professional society: Based on culinary
tradition, open for development and future trends, responsible concerning the
topic of human health, ambassador of a living food culture and the best network
for all dedicated chefs in
