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THE VILLAGE IN 2019
Alain DUCASSE
Parrain du Village International de la Gastronomie 2026
Admiré dans le monde entier, Alain Ducasse incarne le rayonnement de la gastronomie française à l’international. Depuis plus de trois décennies, le Chef partage un savoir-faire unique qui illustre sous de multiples formes l’art du bien vivre et du bien manger français. Restaurants, manufactures, auberges, écoles de cuisine, maison d’édition culinaire… Sa curiosité ne connait ni limite, ni frontière. Le monde l’inspire, il s’imprègne de sa richesse culturelle, de sa diversité.
Réunir les patrimoines culinaires de cinq continents à Paris en présence d’Alain Ducasse constitue une immense fierté pour le Village International de la Gastronomie. Symbole de l’amitié entre les peuples, c’est une affirmation de la dimension culturelle et diplomatique de la cuisine en tant qu’outil de dialogue et de connaissance.
En cette année de célébration du jumelage exclusif entre Paris et Rome, les maisons d’Alain Ducasse dans nos deux capitales illustrent leur complicité gourmande, et la portée universelle de ces deux grandes traditions inscrites au patrimoine immatériel de l’humanité. Une manière de fêter ensemble la richesse de nos héritages culinaires, et de les transmettre aux générations à venir.
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PARIS
September 1-4, 2022
Under the High Patronage of
Monsieur Emmanuel Macron
Président of the French Republic
For two years our lives have been far from our landmarks, from our families, and for many of us, from our countries. For two years we have been limited to walking around our homes, seeing our neighbors, hopefully our children, and hopefully our parents. We all suffered from this distance from those we love. Being far from one’s roots remains an unknown feeling for those who live in their own country, but such is the daily life of those who can only turn the globe to touch their native land with their finger.
During this period, the kitchen has reclaimed the central core of our homes. Feeding the other has become the fundamental activity of the day, with its share of sharing, discoveries, successful or failed attempts, laughter immortalized in photos and on social networks, and the memory of past trips.
Years ago, I created the International Gastronomy Village for these same reasons: cooking seemed to me to be the gateway to different cultures, the means to learn and exchange through gestures, tastes, aromas and colors. It also allows us to reconnect with our roots, to pass on to our children the richness of their culinary heritage, to rediscover ancestral dishes and to meet others with curiosity and greed.
The cuisines we celebrate in the Village tell the story of centuries of popular, local and family traditions. In an unceasing tribute to generations of mothers and grandmothers, these cuisines cross ages and borders, offering people a link and a bond. Convivial and festive, they make the Village a meeting place where everyone can share their dishes, their products, their landscapes and their customs.
This is how the Village quickly became a crossroads of gastro-diplomatic strategies, professional exchanges between chefs, producers, authors, importers and journalists, and sharing with the general public. We missed them. We missed you. See you in September 2022, at the foot of the Eiffel Tower!
Anne-Laure DESCOMBIN
President and Founder
+ de 60 pays et régions
du 10 au 13 septembre 2026
Afghanistan
Algérie
Arabie Saoudite
Azerbaïdjan
Brésil
Canada
Cambodge
Cap Vert
Cameroun
Centreafrique
Chine
Colombie
Congo
Corée du Sud
Côte d’Ivoire
Cuba
Espagne
El Salvador
Egypte
Emirats
Finlande
France
Géorgie
Polynésie
France
Marie Galante
Haïti
Italie
Israël
Indonésie
Iran
Japon
Kazakstan
Kenya
Laos
Liban
Madagascar
Mali
Maroc
Mexique
Moldavie
Ouzbekistan
Oman
Pakistan
Paraguay
Pérou
Portugal
Philippines
Roumanie
Royaume Unis
Sénégal
Syrie
Tanzanie
Tchad
Tunisie
Thailande
Vénézuéla
Vietnam
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PARIS COOKBOOK FAIR
For the first time, the Village will include a huge area for the international cookbook market. It is the come-back of the Paris Cookbook Fair, with books from over 170 countries and the most important publishers, authors, agents, photographers, TV producers, graphic de-signers, tourism offices and specialized media. The professional area will allow them to network, trade foreign rights and launch new projects with colleagues from as many countries as possible.
Since 1995, the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards bring together the best culinary books of the world. The competition is free, and open to every country, publisher or author, regardless of power or influence. In 24 years, a huge network of professionals has been growing as over 1500 books are sent every year to participate, adding new members to this large family of food culture lovers.
That exponential growth allowed publishers, authors, TV producers, photographers, designers and wine- makers to multiply their contacts around the world. The need of a professional summit was clear: fantastic texts and recipes from all over the world were available to be translated and adapted from one country to another.
The Paris Cookbook Fair was created in 2010, at Le Centquatre, a splendid cultural center in the east of the city. In 2013, the fair moved to the Carrousel du Louvre, before travelling to China in 2014, where the publishing industry was becoming more and more open to international content. In 2015, Gourmand International found an agreement with the Frankfurt Book Fair, the major cultural event of the world, to develop the Gourmet Gallery where publishers meet every year since then. In parallel, Gourmand co-organizes the food and drinks area of the Beijing International Book Fair.
In 2019, the Gourmand World Summit at the UNESCO Headquarters brought together the huge network of food culture professionals, around a big exhibition of 2000 books from 170 countries. It was the opportunity to see what is done and written around the world, by alphabetical order, from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe. So many topics, styles, layouts, formats, angles, traditions, fusions and research were there to be discovered and shared. So many talented authors and creative publishers to be met.
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Visitors in 2019
PROGRAM
A strong program will include events on the central show kitchen, conferences with the greatest authors, lots of dancing and many concerts on the cultural stage of the Village
THE VILLAGE IN 2019
BOOK YOUR SPACE
From June 3 to 7, each exhibitor of the Village International de la Gastronomie has the opportunity to represent its country in the heart of Paris. Projects must be representative of the traditions of each country to be selected. Products have to be excellent, and the dishes prepared on site must respect the authenticity of the reference recipes.
Sale to the public
All exhibitors can sell their products, dishes and books to the public. The number of visitors being very important, a well defined logistics organization is necessary to be able to meet the demand for five days.
Professional meetings
Each exhibitor has the possibility of meeting his diplomatic counterparts, chefs, editors, authors or journalists during the event, either on his own stand or in the meeting spaces provided for this purpose. A professional catalog lists all the exhibitors to facilitate their meetings.
Media coverage
The large media coverage is an opportunity to showcase each country effectively and attractively. Exhibitors take care to create beautiful spaces where the visitors can discover a fine selection of products, dishes and representative books of every country or region.
Registration form
The registration form can be dowloaded here, and contains all the details for exhibitors. Once completed, it will be examined by Agora Expo, and validated if the quality and authenticity criteria are met.