Our Undergraduate Gastronomy and Culinary Arts Program Students Celebrate a New Achievement at GastroAntep

The Özyeğin University team made up of Berke Sert, Bora Uludemirciler and Onur Dikbaş, our senior students in the Undergraduate Gastronomy and Culinary Arts Program, were awarded first prize at the “Local Chef University Students” competition organized as part of the 4th International Gaziantep Festival (GastroAntep). The competition brought together gastronomy students from the leading universities in the field across Turkey. The winners were determined by a robust panel of judges among the menus prepared with local ingredients.

The competition was held in loving memory of Emre Özgüler, our 2019 Fall semester graduate from the Undergraduate Gastronomy and Culinary Arts Program who won first place with his team mates at the “Local Chef Universities Compete” challenge in 2019 and whom we lost in 2021. Our students were honored with this meaningful award and made our University proud once again during the Local Chefs competition in recognition of a special menu they prepared, drawing their inspiration from the local tastes of Gaziantep, and placing a special emphasis on the theme of “waste-free”.