Morocco

The Moroccan Academy of Gastronomy was founded in Tangier in 2022. The purpose of this foundation is to:

• To protect and perpetuate the Moroccan culinary arts and everything related to them,
• Make an inventory of the list of dishes at the regional and national level,
• Create a dictionary and a guide to national and regional recipes and dishes,
• Promoting Moroccan culinary heritage,
• Encourage the acquisition of this culinary culture through training and internships for the benefit of young talents,
• Encourage initiatives to create niche restaurants serving Moroccan cuisine,
• To support Moroccan artisans and young chefs in their creativity,
• To provide chefs and researchers in the Moroccan culinary heritage with the necessary means to better perpetuate these culinary arts and promote them,
• To combat poor workmanship and practices seeking to distort this heritage and to help kitchen artists and chefs so that they can live with dignity and sustainability in their work,
• Participate in the gradual establishment of a culinary arts space at the national and local levels,
• To offer professionals, chefs, researchers and artists, a space to exchange in order to better promote this gastronomy,
• Encourage constructive exchanges and consultations between professionals, chefs, academics and researchers from Morocco and abroad on topics and issues relating to the national culinary heritage,
• Finally, the Moroccan Academy of Gastronomy Foundation is independent and apolitical.