Its Scope
- Promote healthy, high quality food of gastronomic interest. AIG's actions contribute to the promotion of delectable and healthy food, made with natural and genuine products.
- Nurture and enhance the heritage of local cuisines. Regional cuisines, developed over time are part of the cultural heritage of mankind.
- Encourage artisan producers in their effort to provide authentic products and help them succeed.
- Showcase the talent of genius cooks who play a major role in the necessary renewal of ideas and techniques.
- Publicize the importance of gastronomy as a solution to the public health. Indeed, by promoting a healthy and balanced diet, and opposing standardized, unauthentic processed food,gastronomy plays a pivotal role in the fight against obesity.
- Support scientific research on food and nutrition.
- Support better and earlier education for a healthy nutrition based on tasty and varied products, particularly in primary schools. Encourage research on the matter of food and wine pairing. Wine is an integral part of gastronomy.
- Encourage research on matching food and wine. Wines are an integral part of gastronomy.
- Highlight the economic importance of gastronomy, particularly in terms of tourism, agriculture and craftsmanship.
- Advance general awareness of gastronomy’s rightful statusas an essential component of our culture.