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Arenas for Transferring Culinary Culture "Gastronomy Competitions": An Example of a UNESCO Gastronomy City

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Arenas for Transferring Culinary Culture "Gastronomy Competitions": An Example of a UNESCO Gastronomy City

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Gastronomy competitions are increasingly recognised as public arenas in which culinary practices are performed, evaluated and culturally reproduced. Previous studies have mostly examined such events in relation to tourism promotion, destination visibility and economic outcomes, while their cultural role in the transmission, representation and sustainability of culinary culture has remained comparatively underexplored. Guided by the research question “Through which mechanisms do gastronomy competitions produce cultural sustainability?”, this study examines the meanings attributed to the competition experience by stakeholders involved in the Gaziantep National Cooking Competition. An interpretive qualitative research design was adopted. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 38 stakeholders, including competitors, jury members, organisers, academics and gastronomy professionals. The data were analysed following Braun and Clarke’s thematic analysis approach. The findings show that gastronomy competitions contribute to culinary sustainability through the mechanisms of performative representation of cultural identity, experiential learning, intergenerational knowledge transfer, authenticity negotiation and selective visibility. However, competitions may also narrow the diversity of culinary heritage by prioritising recognisable and symbolic dishes. The study conceptualises gastronomy competitions as “mediating cultural infrastructures” operating between tradition and contemporary professional practice, and explains cultural sustainability not as the preservation of fixed recipes but as an ongoing process of practice, interaction and reinterpretation.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Etik Beyan

For this study, "Ethics Committee Approval" was obtained from the Committee on Research and Publication Ethics in the Social and Human Sciences of Gaziantep University with decision number 667920 dated 11.06.2025.

Kaynakça

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Ayrıntılar

Birincil Dil

İngilizce

Konular

Mutfak Kültürü, Aşçılık

Bölüm

Araştırma Makalesi

Yayımlanma Tarihi

27 Haziran 2026

Gönderilme Tarihi

25 Nisan 2026

Kabul Tarihi

5 Haziran 2026

Yayımlandığı Sayı

Yıl 2026 Cilt: 7 Sayı: 1

Kaynak Göster

APA
Can, M., & Mısır, S. (2026). Arenas for Transferring Culinary Culture "Gastronomy Competitions": An Example of a UNESCO Gastronomy City. Journal of Applied Tourism Research, 7(1), 1-20. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20921801
AMA
1.Can M, Mısır S. Arenas for Transferring Culinary Culture "Gastronomy Competitions": An Example of a UNESCO Gastronomy City. JATOR. 2026;7(1):1-20. doi:10.5281/zenodo.20921801
Chicago
Can, Meryem, ve Samet Mısır. 2026. “Arenas for Transferring Culinary Culture ‘Gastronomy Competitions’: An Example of a UNESCO Gastronomy City”. Journal of Applied Tourism Research 7 (1): 1-20. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20921801.
EndNote
Can M, Mısır S (01 Haziran 2026) Arenas for Transferring Culinary Culture "Gastronomy Competitions": An Example of a UNESCO Gastronomy City. Journal of Applied Tourism Research 7 1 1–20.
IEEE
[1]M. Can ve S. Mısır, “Arenas for Transferring Culinary Culture ‘Gastronomy Competitions’: An Example of a UNESCO Gastronomy City”, JATOR, c. 7, sy 1, ss. 1–20, Haz. 2026, doi: 10.5281/zenodo.20921801.
ISNAD
Can, Meryem - Mısır, Samet. “Arenas for Transferring Culinary Culture ‘Gastronomy Competitions’: An Example of a UNESCO Gastronomy City”. Journal of Applied Tourism Research 7/1 (01 Haziran 2026): 1-20. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20921801.
JAMA
1.Can M, Mısır S. Arenas for Transferring Culinary Culture "Gastronomy Competitions": An Example of a UNESCO Gastronomy City. JATOR. 2026;7:1–20.
MLA
Can, Meryem, ve Samet Mısır. “Arenas for Transferring Culinary Culture ‘Gastronomy Competitions’: An Example of a UNESCO Gastronomy City”. Journal of Applied Tourism Research, c. 7, sy 1, Haziran 2026, ss. 1-20, doi:10.5281/zenodo.20921801.
Vancouver
1.Meryem Can, Samet Mısır. Arenas for Transferring Culinary Culture "Gastronomy Competitions": An Example of a UNESCO Gastronomy City. JATOR. 01 Haziran 2026;7(1):1-20. doi:10.5281/zenodo.20921801

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