The Syrian Academy of Gastronomy

Founded in 2002
Registered at the Syrian Ministry of Tourism under nr. 52

Member of the Académie Internationale de la Gastronomie.

Its Purpose:
To safeguard the culinary heritage, and to help develop, improve and promote the Syrian Cuisine.

A society for tourism is created in Syria under the denomination of “The Syrian Academy of Gastronomy”.

 This Academy aims to contribute in making the Syrian Cuisine and its peculiarities and richness known worldwide through:
1-     Organizing food weeks in all the provinces of the country.
2-     Organizing international tourism festivals in Syria, in coordination with the Ministry of Tourism, to enhance tourism and to make known the Syrian Cuisine.
3-     Participating with the International Academy of Gastronomy in its international festivals and having stands for the Syrian Cuisine in these festivals and inviting the International Academy of Gastronomy to organize similar events in the cities and provinces of Syria.
4-     Preparing studies and leaflets which promote the food and the tourism in Syria.
5-     Honoring the successful restaurants and chefs, and granting them certificates of appreciation and symbolic prizes.

The Academy does not aim at making profits or at realizing personal benefits for its members. It works in coordination with the Ministry of Tourism in order to fulfill its goals in promoting and making known the Syrian Cuisine and its tourism industry.