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A milestone
In 2019 Csaba Koch won the Winemaker of the Year Award of the Hungarian Wine Academy. By now the former hobby-winemaker has built a wine empire in the Hajós-Baja wine...
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Consciousness and experience
In 2020 Péter Andrusch won the ‘Restaurateur of the Year’ award of the Guild of Hungarian Restaurateurs (MVI). How long have you been in the restaurant business? – I stared...
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Hungarian Tourism Agency: Hungarian tourism set a new record in 2019
Last year Hungarian tourism set a record again, with the number of guests in commercial accommodation reaching 12.8 million and the number of overnight stays reaching 31.3 million. Revenue from...
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The street mixers of Mumbai – Video of the day
This Boy is making Extreme Lemon Soda with Amazing Skills....
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Faster drink trends
The buzzwords in drink innovation are free from allergens and sugar, low-calorie, low- or no-alcohol, organic, functional and local. Some of this year’s top trends are the following: • the...
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More restaurants want sustainability certification
According to the Responsible Gastro Hero Foundation, in the last 2-3 years, much more eco-friendly restaurants and cafés earned the Sustainable Hospitality Unit certification than before. Currently, 52 restaurants, cafés,...
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Heat as a Factor in the Perception of Taste, Smell, and Oral Sensation
Because all biological systems are to some extent sensitive to temperature, heat can be expected to affect the perception of taste. Although thermal influences on taste perception have been confirmed...
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2019 was a record year in tourism
2019 was a record-breaking year for Hungarian tourism: the number of guests staying at commercial places of accommodation reached 12.8 million, and these people spent 31.3 million guest nights there....
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Business and sustainability
At online marketplace foodfinder.hu food from hospitality units in Budapest can be saved from being wasted – at very good prices. Áron Kovács and Marco Máté launched the site in...
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22nd Chef’s Ball
On 8 February Étrend Hungarian Chefs Association and Hotel Benczúr organised the 22nd Chef’s Ball. President of the association István Asztalos gave a welcome speech, after which there was an...
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Better with music!
Background music is played in more and more bars and restaurants: Artisjus counted 36,800 of them in 2019. According to research, music can increase the time spent in a shop...
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Culinary Olympics 2020
There were 2,500 chefs from 59 countries competing at the Culinary Olympics in Stuttgart. The Hungarian Cook and Confectioner National Team won a bronze medal in the Chef’s Table and...
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Practice makes perfect!
Tibor Meskál, senior duty manager of Corinthia Grand Hotel Royal won the Gundel Award in 2019. What kind of career did the Gundel Award put the crown on? – I...
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A chef’s novel that contains 25 recipes too
Gundel Award-winner chef Frigyes Vomberg has published his autobiography, titled ‘Locked in a Chef Coat’. The chef’s life is full surprises, in the past, he worked as a head chef,...
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Sirha closed a successful exhibition at Hungexpo
All participants as a professional consider the Sirha Budapest International Food and HoReCa Trade Fair as a business success. The HUNGEXPO Budapest Convention & Exhibition Center saw 12 percent more...
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Kelemen Roland wins special sustainability award at the Budapest Final of Bocuse d’Or
Kelemen Roland, chef at Hunguest Hotel Aqua-Sol in Hajdúszoboszló won the S.Pellegrino Special Sustainable Gastronomy Award, presented for the first time at the Bocuse d’Or Chef Competition in Budapest. Veres...
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KSH: more tourists came to Hungary last year
192 thousand more (3.2 percent) more foreign guests a total of 6.137 million foreign guests (2.3 percent more) spent 15.687 million overnight stays in commercial accommodation in 2019, compared to...
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Hévíz is one of the top 15 European destinations
Héviz has been ranked among the top 15 destinations in Europe as a result of a public vote recently closed – the city council informed MTI on Friday. According to...
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(HU) Szakácskabátba zárva – könyvbemutató az MKVM-ben
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Accommodation in the Czech Republic received more than 22 million guests last year
A record number of more than 22 million guests stayed last year in hotels, boarding houses and camping sites in the Czech Republic, 3.5 percent more than in 2018 –...
Read moreSpain received a record number of tourists again last year
Spain again welcomed a record number of tourists last year – according to a report published on the Spanish Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Tourism’s website. According to the latest...
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Cabbage is an additional component of the Hungarian final of the Bocuse d’Or
Cabbage has become an additional element of the Hungarian finals of the Bocuse d’Or Cooking Competition. The mandatory ingredients were drawn from five vegetables at the official opening of the...
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Hospitality 4.0: Sustainability and innovation help maximize hospitality and profit
Research has shown [1] that consumers are increasingly open to innovative and sustainable hygiene solutions, and that their application can contribute to the competitiveness of the hospitality industry. The new...
Read moreForty-five buffets and six specialty beer machines await visitors to the Puskás Arena
Budapest is preparing for unprecedented sports events and concerts in 2020. In addition to the four matches of the European Football Championship, the newly opened Puskás Arena, with a capacity...
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Dancing pudings – Video of the day
Jenny van Sommer is a still life photographer who worked alongside Bompas & Parr to create the rather odd video you see below. Called Jelly Roles, the project i based...
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Tourism in Tiszaroff is being developed from more than 350 million HUF
Fishing tourism in Tiszaroff, Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County will be developed from more than 350 million HUF from domestic sources, and construction is scheduled to begin in early summer and lasts until...
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