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Save the Date: The countdown to the next IKA/Culinary Olympics is running and with a new clip on our YouTube channel, we get you in IKA mood already.

At the end of May, the who's who of the global culinary industry will meet in Abu Dhabi. Worldchefs members are cordially invited.

The IKA/Culinary Olympics 2020 was exactly one year ago. Now we look back to unforgettable moments and thank those partners who made this unique cooking event possible.

The name of the oldest culinary competition worldwide, the IKA/Culinary Olympics, is a protected term. We explain, what that means when talking, writing or publishing about the event.

Exactly six months ago today the champions of the IKA/Culinary Olympics 2020 were chosen. To celebrate this jubilee, we have something really exciting for you: the official film of the IKA/Culinary Olympics 2020 in Stuttgart. Take a trip down memory lane and experience again all those goosebumps moments. Now...

From 14 to 19 February 2020, the 25th IKA/Culinary Olympics took place for the first time in Stuttgart. The organiser is delighted with the positive response.

“Bigger, better and for the first time in Stuttgart – once again, we have proven that the IKA/Culinary Olympics is the most renowned and important international culinary competition for chefs”, states Richard Beck, the President of the German Chefs’ Association (VKD). The German Chefs’ Association, Verband der Köche Deutschlands...

Approximately 1500 international guests and fans of the culinary teams have attended the opening of the IKA/Culinary Olympics and the Intragastra, the leading trade fair for the hotel and catering industry in Stuttgart. The lighting of the Olympic flame clearly showed that the Olympic spirit – wearing a chef’s...

The German Chefs‘ Association, Verband der Köche Deutschland e.V., is the organiser of the IKA/Culinary Olympics and as such, also responsible for ensuring the implementation of the hygiene standards, because the menus will be sold on every competition day. Since 2012, the VKD has been counting on their partner...

Without them, there would be no gold medals during the IKA/Culinary Olympics: the jury members. Besides the participating teams, they are the most important authority during this international culinary competition.