In February, we partnered with Yeremyan Academy to educate 6 regional hosts from Areni, Dilijan, and Dvin in first aid, hospitality and the cookeries as part of a brand-new cooking experience we’re constructing called Wild Food Adventures.
Wild Food Adventures
For the previous year, we have actually been hard at the office establishing distinct new traveling experiences developed to both assistance make Armenia the # 1 location in the South Caucasus and create lasting job opportunities for neighborhood individuals in country neighborhoods. In maintaining with our commitment to openness, we’re sharing our progress with you– starting with Wild Food Adventures, a new culinary experience set in Armenia’s most spectacular natural landscapes.
What exactly does this experience resemble? While we’re still placing the last discuss it, we took inspiration from last summer season’s Ginezen Dinner, a pop-up cooking and neighborhood experience we hosted amongst the vines of the Momik Red wines winery in the heart of Vayots Dzor’s white wine nation. Submersed in nature and bordered by great food and friends, our guests left feeling nourished, both body and soul. Our team believe that Armenia has all the active ingredients to bring out this sensation in tourists, and a tasty spread laid out in nature is among the best methods to do it.
After considerable study both within and without the office, we identified hosts currently operating in the traveling sector in addition to beginners who reveal both the potential and drive to prosper in a number of locations in Armenia. After an extensive analysis and continued talks, we partnered with 6 local individuals– 2 from Dvin in Ararat Province, 2 from Areni in Vayots Dzor District, and 2 from Dilijan in Tavush District. Our goal is to give these hosts with the training and infrastructural assistance needed to develop a top notch and effective product that will certainly leave vacationers feeling motivated by Armenia while driving tourism-generated revenue to locals.
Capability Structure at Yeremyan Academy
The primary step in building these companions’ capacity for giving an excellent culinary experience was to coordinate with Yeremyan Academy , which was developed by restaurateur David Yeremyan with his firm, Yeremyan Projects. As part of its objective to develop and boost the restaurant business in Armenia, the academy intends to prepare qualified professionals both for regional and global dining establishment and service markets. Today, it is just one of Armenia’s leaders in cooking and friendliness training (and has the experience training numerous staff for restaurants in Yerevan and beyond to show it).
At Yeremyan, you can participate in curricula and training in the cookeries, patisserie, restaurant management, friendliness, and solution. With an educational program certified by City of Oxford University and a center geared up with the current technology used in the world’s finest dining establishment kitchen areas, Yeremyan was the dreamland for our partners to construct their capability to offer top-notch cooking experiences to international vacationers in Armenia.
In February, we worked together with Yeremyan Academy to particularly design a 17 -day culinary and hospitality training program for our 6 chefs and partners. After completing the program, our partners had favorable responses. Mariam, a host from Areni, mentioned that though she at first didn’t believe it essential to go through training when she currently knew just how to prepare, she later discovered that the experience had included new abilities to her food preparation arsenal, and would certainly be useful both within the extent of Wild Food Adventures and without.
Next Steps
After finishing their training at Yeremyan, our brand-new partners consulted with food anthropologist and ethnographer Ruzanna Tsaturyan to speak even more regarding themselves and the Armenian dishes details to their places. A scholar and professional with over 14 years of experience researching Armenia’s cultural heritage, particularly food, Ruzanna was the ideal individual for the job. For the previous 6 years, she has been dealing with the Smithsonian Establishment Folklife and Cultural Heritage Center to make and execute a research-based, community-driven model of a cultural heritage tourism item development.
In the coming few weeks, she will certainly carry out comprehensive research study on the foods of each place and operate in cooperation with us and our partners to produce unique food selections specific to every location.
On the other hand, our team is functioning to safeguard tough elements for the experience, such as pots and pans and tableware.
Keep tuned for more updates and launch! Questions? You can get in touch with us at [email protected]