{"id":9925,"date":"2019-12-20T13:25:18","date_gmt":"2019-12-20T12:25:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hungexpo.hu\/?post_type=event_venue_refs&p=9925"},"modified":"2022-09-19T16:02:29","modified_gmt":"2022-09-19T14:02:29","slug":"case-study-european-selection-of-bocuse-dor","status":"publish","type":"event_venue_refs","link":"https:\/\/hungexpo.hu\/en\/event_venue_refs\/case-study-european-selection-of-bocuse-dor\/","title":{"rendered":"Case Study – European Selection of Bocuse d\u2019Or 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Bocuse d\u2019Or <\/strong>contest, the most prestigious gastronomy competition in the world has come a long way since 1987 when Paul Bocuse launched an event that he intended as a celebration of haute cuisine and the grandest chefs of the world! Since then, dozens of chefs have earned international recognition and fame for themselves, new cooking techniques have been revealed, new trends have emerged, and lesser known culinary cultures have come to the spotlight and gained recognition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The European selection is a biannual competition in rotating locations, organised in order to select the top European chefs who will be representing their countries on the World Final held in every odd year in Lyon. Looking at the great prestige and highest standards of the competition it is no surprise there were very strict rules and requirements to follow for the host countries and organising venues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Hungarian Bocuse d\u2019Or Academy submitted its bid in close cooperation with Hungexpo, the venue of the contest, and won the rights to organize the event, which was announced in Stockholm on the European Selection of Bocuse d\u2019Or 2014.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To boost synergies, the European Selection of Bocuse d\u2019Or <\/strong>was organised in conjunction with SIRHA Budapest, Hungary\u2019s number one HORECA trade show, occupying 20 thousand sqm exhibition space in Hungexpo\u2019s  Hall A, attracting 20 thousand visitors overall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There were 20 countries\u2019 chefs and their teams participating over the two days. Ten identical, 18sqm fully equipped kitchen boxes have been installed, creating a restaurant kitchen-like environment in hall G.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A grandstand of 1800pax capacity was built opposite the kitchen boxes to accommodate the spectators and supporters arriving from 20 countries of Europe. Pre-event ticket sales have been provided through HUNGEXPO\u2019s online platform and visitors were able to purchase their passes on-site as well. For the sponsors and partners 13 corporate boxes each with 20 seats were installed in the front for best views. In addition altogether nine large screens with total surface of more than 200 sqm were providing great visibility of the whole competition from anywhere in the hall.  In order to reach the faultless production Hungexpo\u2019s technical operations team was cooperating with GL AV from the very beginning of the project with great success.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The project team of Hungexpo was responsible for providing each service necessary for creating the perfect environment and circumstances for the contest, such as security, electricity and water connections, rigging, stand building, carpeting, lighting, the construction of the whole Taste Hungary area, cleaning, building of the backstage and the corporate boxes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The overall security of this high profile international event was a crucial part of the organization. Due to high security alert for any large European event HUNGEXPO created a security plan approved by the Hungarian authorities. The event area was fenced and inspected before and during the event with strict access controls provided by the Counter Terrorism Centre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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