Zoltan Hamvas: Organising Bocuse d'Or Europe in Budapest is like organising an F1 event

AGERPRES special correspondent Oana Ghita reports: The President of Hungary's team participating in Bocuse d'Or, Zoltan Hamvas, told AGERPRES that organising Bocuse d'Or Europe competition in Budapest - an event taking place next year - is very much like organising a Formula 1 event.

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Bocuse d'Or Europe is one of the continental events of the prestigious Bocuse d'Or contest and includes the competition following which the chefs to participate in the world final to be carried out in two years' time are selected.

'We need a lot of money, many sponsors, the support of the Hungarian Government. It is like a Formula 1 event, there are very clear rules, related to details concerning the size of the tiers, the size of the arena hosting the contest,' Zoltan Hamvas said.

The countries entering the contest on Wednesday are: Germany, Finland, Malaysia, Norway, Canada, Japan, Denmark, Sweden, Singapore, Hungary, the Netherlands and South Korea. The award ceremony will take place on Wednesday evening, within which the winners of this year's edition of Bocuse d'Or will be announced. AGERPRES