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.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
