The Taste of the Future

Although televisions have been promoting competition shows led by chefs in which cooking enthusiasts try their culinary talent for years, in reality the profession of a chef has lost its luster and especially its appeal among young people.

There are few restaurants where customers feel they are truly honored by a chef who does his job with love, inspiration and culinary science.

This is the context in which AGRICOLA, through Asociația Agricola – Neam de Gospodari, aims to reach the new generation, to be an inspirational engine for young people and to support those who create the Taste of the Future – one of the projects launched from the social responsibility program by Agricola.

Thus, 20 students from the Ion Ghica Bacău Economic High School were invited to join Chef Cezar Munteanu in the kitchen. The young people were selected following registrations made via e-mail, after the meeting with Chef Cezar in August 2019.

The focus of the workshops supported by Chef Cezar is to bring children into the kitchen, and even into the actual kitchens, so that they have a real learning experience.

From ingredients, routine and discipline in the kitchen, following the steps of a recipe to teamwork, taking on responsibilities and experimenting as closely as possible to being a chef, the students got to experience it all and more.

Because this was a context in which children were able to practice, learn, cook and reach finished products, working in a team, with raw material not available to them during school hours, and under the guidance of Chef Cezar.

The final point of this year’s stage of the project is to challenge these children to cook a gala dinner, demonstrating their talent and skill while showing how far you can go when someone trusts you.