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The Michelin Guide, the world's leading restaurant guide, announced its 2025 selection for Istanbul, İzmir, and Muğla provinces in Türkiye. In its third year, the list gave positive vibes that sustainability and environmentally friendly venues will be on the rise in the future with the increase in Green stars. The concept of farm-to-plate has been officially given the green light!

The Michelin Guide 2025 Istanbul-İzmir-Muğla selection was unveiled at a ceremony held on Dec. 5 at the Four Seasons Hotel Istanbul at the Bosphorus.

Özgür Üstün, the executive chef at the Michelin-recommended Avlu Restaurant, is a key figure in the new generation of chefs, known for his expertise in local ingredients, his command of advanced cooking techniques and, most importantly, his down-to-earth personality.

Education Minister Yusuf Tekin has proposed the introduction of a "Mengen Accreditation" as an alternative to the prestigious Michelin Star in recognizing Anatolian cuisine.

The Mengen Culinary and Tourism Festival, held annually since 1981, showcases a variety of local dishes and cultural events.

As part of the annual Sani Gourmet – Savour the Stars event, which has been held for 17 consecutive years honoring gastronomy as a Fine Art, we journeyed through the edible narratives of Spanish chef Paco Morales at the Elia restaurant of the Porto Sani hotel.

The countdown is under way to unveil the 2024 class of the European Young Leaders (EYL40). Motivated by the urgent need to tackle the increasing disconnect between citizens and policymakers, and to rebuild the trust that is vital to democracies, Friends of Europe launched the EYL40 leadership programme in 2012. The EYL40 Class of 2024 will be unveiled on 22 January.

The Michelin Guide has said it will unveil its first restaurant selection for Istanbul in October this year.

"Istanbul, which is a first-rate gastronomy destination, impressed our team. Michelin Guide will now introduce this city to gourmets from all around the world," Gwendal Poullennec, international director of the Michelin Guide, told a press conference in Istanbul on April 21.

Paris – Slovenian olive oil Vanja produced by Koper-based olive grower Vanja Dujc has won the prestigious Olio Nuovo award for the best olive oil in the northern hemisphere in 2021, the contest’s organisers announced.

Kebabs may be the first thing that comes to mind when you think of Turkish food, but for a Turkish chef who recently won a Michelin star for his restaurant nestled in an Irish village, his homeland's cuisine is far more than that.

Ljubljana – Mario Fafangel, the head of the Centre for Communicable Diseases at the National Institute of Public Health (NIJZ), was declared the Person of the Year 2020 by the newspaper publisher Delo at an online event on Thursday evening. He was labelled the leading epidemiologist “showing us the way in the restless sea of the epidemic”.