Dénia is interested in the culinary education of the smallest for Creative City project

The gastronomic education of young dianenses as the linchpin of the project Denia & Marina Alta Tasting Life. That's the next objective is marked Dénia City Council after his visit last week to the Italian city of Parma, designated as such Dénia Creative City of Gastronomy UNESCO last December.

Mayor and Councilor for Tourism, Vicent Grimalt, together with the coordinator of the project, Floren Terrades attended the meeting of Creative Cities of Gastronomy held in the Italian city and where they spent several days learning about the experiences of other cities and visiting factories and schools of gastronomy .

But if something has caught the attention of the Dianense delegation is the importance given to the gastronomic Parma education of children. In the city is the headquarters of the Academy Barilla brand pasta market leader, with an auditorium and kitchens where food lessons taught to schoolchildren in the city.

After knowing this experience, Dénia wants to implement something similar in order to enhance the project Creative City of Gastronomy UNESCO, so they are studying how you can establish in the capital of the Marina Alta.

During his stay in Parma Dianense entourage had the opportunity to visit a cheese factory and other sausages, as well as the Academy of Italian gastronomy based in the city of Alma, in which students take around 1.200 kitchen for ten months.

The next meeting of the UNESCO Creative Cities will take place in September in Ostersund (Sweden), where they will meet the 170 creative cities from all fields to exchange experiences and expand knowledge.