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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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Marneváll’s new owner
After the approval of the Hungarian Competition Authority (GVH), it was announced that LDC-Tranzit Zrt. had acquired a 100-percent stake in Marneváll Zrt. Convenience food company Marneváll operates two factories...
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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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Nestlé’s Henniez Mineral Water Switches To 75% rPET Bottles
Nestlé Waters’ mineral water brand Henniez has switched to water bottles made of 75% recycled PET plastic across its entire range. The announcement was made three weeks after Nestlé pledged...
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Coca-Cola To Launch Recycled Plastic Bottles In Sweden
Coca-Cola has announced plans to launch a new range of bottles made entirely from recycled plastic in Sweden. The company is also introducing new labels on its Coca-Cola, Fanta, Sprite...
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Lifeblood of Amazon merchants threatened as coronavirus infects Chinese workers
Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O) sellers are bracing for product shortages as Chinese workers – worried about the fast-spreading coronavirus – may be unable or unwilling to return to idled factories. The...
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Magazine: Modern wine sector management
Members agreed at the November meeting of the National Council of Wine Communities (HNT) that one of their main tasks in the previous four years had been reorganising the public...
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AM Secretary of State: mangalica breeding is marketable still in the 21st century
Mangalica cultivation is not just a tradition, but a constantly evolving, marketable value creation in the 21st century – the State Secretary responsible for Agriculture said at the opening of...
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Almost 900 million HUF development at the Bát-Grill Kft.
The Bátaszék-based company specializing in poultry processing, has upgraded its slaughterhouse with an investment of 870 million forints – the company’s managing director told MTI. The project was funded by...
Read moreThe foreign trade surplus last year was almost 5 billion euros
The value of exports in euro terms increased by 4.0 percent and imports rose 4.8 percent in 2019, and the foreign trade surplus fell by 4.985 billion euros to 535...
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Lecsó was cooked at the Catering Cook Competition
The Catering Cook Competition was held on 6 February within the Sirha the most prestigious food and hospitality trade show. The competition was won by the Hungast Pécs from twelve...
Read moreNAV found 27 million HUF worth tax-free cigarettes on the M3 motorway
About 27 million HUF worth tax-free cigarettes were found in a truck on the M3 motorway – the National Tax and Customs Administration (NAV) told MTI on Friday. According to...
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Allen & Overy: a decline in international mergers and acquisitions rates last year
The global Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) market has seen a decline in international transactions, with investors focusing primarily on their own markets last year – the Hungarian partner of Allen...
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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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FAO: Food Price Index eases in October as dairy prices decline
Global food prices dipped in October, led lower by dairy products, averaging 27 percent below its all-time high reached in early 2011. The FAO Food Price Index averaged 176.4 points...
Read moreAccommodation 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 moreLegislation and subsidies help to increase irrigated areas
The new legislation, which came into effect in January 2020, provides an opportunity to expand irrigated areas in Hungary, for which simplified irrigation development plans can be made and farmers...
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Kroger Is Testing ‘Food as Medicine’ With Food Prescriptions for Customers
Kroger is testing a new concept where doctors can write food prescriptions their patients then fulfill at one of the grocery chain’s stores with the help of a Kroger Health...
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Norway Raises Output Quotas For Salmon Farmers
Norway will allow fish farming companies to raise their salmon and trout output capacity in nine of the country’s 13 ocean farming regions, its fisheries minister has said. The system...
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Kaufland To Remove Microplastics From All Personal Care Products By 2021
Discounter Kaufland says that it will have ‘completely dispensed’ with microplastics across its cosmetics and personal care ranges by the end of 2021. The Schwarz Group-owned retailer has already eliminated...
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(HU) Lendvai Levente, az Arany Kaviár séfje lett a Jeunes Chefs Rôtisseurs Ifjúsági Szakács VB hazai döntőjének győztese
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FAO: world food prices continued to increase in January
World food prices have risen in January for the fourth consecutive month, this time mainly due to higher prices of vegetable oils, sugar and cereals. The January Food Price Index...
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