Gelisim News

Istanbul Gelişim University (IGU) in cooperation with the kitchen equipment firm Öztiryakiler and with the support of TÜBİTAK will implement the 'engineer in the kitchen' project on January 23-25. Students who will study at the Gastronomy, Gastronomy and Culinary Arts, and Cooking Departments will participate in the project with industrial products.

With the project, students are expected to work in their fields. In order to direct these works, to encourage and to contribute to scientific developments, advanced techniques in cooking, cooling, washing areas, theoretical and practical training will be given on kitchen technologies.

The coordinatorship of the organized project will be run by the Head of the Department of Gastronomy, Faculty Member Ismail Hakki Tekiner. Tekiner said that they scored a first in Turkey, and added: "We aim to ensure that the students who study in related fields are practically working within the scope of the project. In this context, we will share the advanced techniques and practical applications in the cooking, cooling and washing areas, and encourage them to work in this field.”
 
“CHEFS WORK WITH SCIENTISTS”
Tekiner indicating that the inclusion of science and technology into the kitchen is increasing day by day, said: “Some restaurants have developed their own test kitchens so that their chefs can work with scientists. Independent groups begin to combine scientific approaches to culinary techniques with sustainability”.
 
Providing information on the subjects to be covered in the scientific project Tekiner stated: “The use of science, technique and technology in gastronomy will be discussed. The place and development of cooking, cooling and washing in human history will be discussed. Innovative kitchen, new product development, professional kitchen technologies, nutrition, health, innovations in professional kitchen technologies, areas open to improvement, food and nutrition systems will be discussed. Students will be shown R & D potentials, chefs' secrets and tricks, future predictions, cooling, washing products and laboratory applications in cooking, cooling, washing”

The application requirements of the project were published on the website of İstanbul Gelişim University. The list of candidates to be accepted will be announced on Monday, January 14th, and the letters will be sent to the candidates via e-mail.