Association honours Vietnamese culinary artisans
The Vietnam Culinary Culture Association (VCCA) has announced a programme to award honorary titles to artisans who have made great contributions to preserving and promoting traditional Vietnamese cuisine.
The association will offer the title of Nghệ Nhân Văn Hóa Ẩm Thực Việt Nam (Vietnam Culinary Culture Artisan) in three rankings based on the chefs’ experience, seniority, professional skills, and creativity in recreating traditional dishes, while keeping the traditional and cultural values and customs related to the dishes.
Nguyen Quoc Ky, VCCA chairman, said, “The honorary titles show gratitude to those who devoted their whole life to the development of Vietnamese cuisine. It is a strategic move to confirm the brand of Vietnamese cuisine, and a motivation to bring the quintessence of Vietnamese cuisine to the world and develop Vietnam into a cultural and culinary destination.”
Ky said the programme also aimed to create a database of Vietnamese culinary artisans, experts and researchers and provide them opportunities to join exchange activities all around the world as well as offer training to young generations.
He added that, “the programme will be held annually as an important preparation for building the ‘National Culinary Awards’ to elevate Vietnam’s status in the global culinary scene.”
The association is encouraging authorities of 34 cities and provinces and local culinary culture organisations to send nominees for the titles by October 30 to 170 Nguyen Dinh Chieu Street, Xuan Hoa Ward.
The selection process will be conducted by the Professional Council of the VCCA and prestigious culinary artisans and cuisine experts.
The VCCA’s Professional Council, consisting of cuisine artisans Phan Gia Ton Hien, Ho Dac Thieu Anh, Nguyen Thi Hien and Le Thi Thiet, selected 121 typical and unique dishes with high popularity from different regions.
The association plans to announce the names of “Vietnam Cuisine Culture Artisan” on November 15 in HCM City.
More information about the programme can be found at https://vcca.vn/nghe-nhan-van-hoa-am-thuc-viet-nam-dot-1-nam-2025.
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