Balıkesir Metropolitan Municipality returned to its country with two grand awards from Gourmand Awards 2023. Metropolitan, who won 1st place in the "bread book" category with his book "Bread City Balıkesir", also won 2nd place in the "Mediterranean Books" category with his book "Olive Country Balıkesir", revealing the power of Turkish Cuisine in the competition in which 205 countries participated.
Balıkesir Metropolitan Municipality; It is reaping the fruits of its efforts to highlight the city's food culture, product diversity and potential in these matters. This year, Balıkesir Metropolitan Municipality was chosen first with its book "Balıkesir, the City with 2019 Cheeses" in the "cheese and milk" category from the Gourmand Awards, the world's only international cookbook competition in 50; He honored his country and Balıkesir by winning 2st and 2nd place in the competition in which he participated with 1 books in 2 different categories. In the 29th Gourmand Awards Competition, the Metropolitan Municipality won 1st place in the "bread book" category with its book "Bread City Balıkesir" and won 2nd place in the "Mediterranean Books" category with its book "Olive Country Balıkesir".
Metropolitan Municipality Rural Services Department Head Serkan Akça, who attended the organization held in Riyadh, the Capital of Saudi Arabia, on behalf of Balıkesir Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Yücel Yılmaz, said: “For the last 3 years, we have finished our cheese, olive and bread books with intensive work and our books have been published. In 2019, our book '50 Cheese City Balıkesir' was chosen first and received the 'Best Of Best' award. This year, our book 'Bread City Balıkesir' received the 1st prize in the bread books category. Our book 'The Land of Olives, Balıkesir' was chosen 1nd in the 'Mediterranean Books' category. As Balıkesir, we are an olive country city, we have 2 million olive trees. We are in a very important position in olive production. We would like to thank our President Yücel, the owner of these efforts that brought us this far. “He paved the way for us and gave great support to our work.” he said.
EACH OF THE BOOKS THEY WRITTEN ABOUT BALIKESİR HAVE BEEN AWARDED
Stating that they were happy to return from the competition with 2 beautiful awards, the authors of the books, Berrin Bal Onur and Neşe Biber Aksoy, stated that they have received very good awards worldwide with their book works about Balıkesir since 2019. Reminding that they won 2019st place at the Gourmand Awards in 50 with their book "Balıkesir, the City with 1 Cheeses", the authors now say; Stating that they are proud to win 1st place in the "bread book" category with the book "Bread City Balıkesir" and 2nd place in the "Mediterranean Books" category with the book "Land of Olives Balıkesir", they thank Balıkesir Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Yücel Yılmaz and his team for all the opportunities and support they provided. He thanked.