The expert jury reached its decision on 20 September, which was announced immediately to representatives of the trade press.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In keeping with tradition, the ceremonial event was held at the Hungarian Museum of Trade and Hospitality. The decision on the award, established by the Hungarian Guild of Caterers, was made \u2013 also in keeping with tradition \u2013 at the end of September, in the days leading up to K\u00e1roly Gundel\u2019s birthday. A jury comprising the heads of the most prestigious professional organisations, as well as representatives from several educational institutions, selected this year\u2019s two winners from a shortlist of 11 nominees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At the press conference following the decision, first of all R\u00f3bert T\u00f6r\u00f6k<\/strong>, Director of the MKVM, and then J\u00e1nos Gundel<\/strong>, a descendant of the Gundel family, the successor to their culinary legacy and a well-known figure in hospitality education, welcomed those present.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Kov\u00e1cs<\/strong> L\u00e1szl\u00f3<\/strong>, the chair of the MVI stated, amongst other things, that all the nominees would be worthy of the award, but that, according to the statutes, there can only be two \u2013 or, in exceptional cases, three \u2013 winners each year. The chair of the MVI also stated that <\/p>\n\n\n\n a Gundel<\/strong> Charles<\/strong> The prize, established in memory of (1883\u20131956), is awarded to individuals who \u2013 in addition to having practised their profession to an outstanding standard for at least 25 years \u2013 uphold the historical traditions of Hungarian hospitality, are committed to the renewal of the profession, support the professional development of the younger generation, and contribute to the promotion of Hungarian hospitality.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n This year\u2019s award winners\u00a0Bics\u00e1r<\/strong>\u00a0Attila,<\/strong>\u00a0executive chef at the Sauska 48 restaurant at the Sauska Winery in Vill\u00e1ny, and\u00a0L\u00e1z\u00e1r Kov\u00e1cs-Sikl\u00f3s<\/strong>\u00a0(Chef L\u00e1z\u00e1r), an organiser of youth cooking competitions, who also undertakes to prepare young people for international competitions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The award, which was first presented in 2014, will be presented at a formal ceremony during a gala dinner to be held at the Gundel restaurant on 27 October<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The expert jury reached its decision on 20 September, which was announced immediately to representatives of the trade press.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":20319,"template":"","publikacio":[35],"class_list":["post-20326","sajto","type-sajto","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","publikacio-turizmus-com"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gundel.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sajto\/20326","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gundel.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sajto"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gundel.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/sajto"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gundel.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sajto\/20326\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gundel.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20319"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gundel.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20326"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"publikacio","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gundel.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/publikacio?post=20326"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n