Teach, Research and Disseminate Food Culture of Neapolitan Pizza, a UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage
College of Gastronomy Management Signs Educational Cooperation Agreement with The True Neapolitan Pizza Association (Associazione Verace Pizza Napoletana)
On June 26, the College of Gastronomy Management (Dean: Toshio Asakura) and The True Neapolitan Pizza Association (Associazione Verace Pizza Napoletana ; President: Antonio Pace), at the Biwako-Kusatsu Campus, signed an agreement for academic exchange and educational cooperation to teach, research and disseminate the food culture of Neapolitan Pizza, a UNESCO intangible cultural heritage.
Based on economics and business management, the College of Gastronomy Management aims to develop and produce high level management resources in the gastronomy field by offering integrated and comprehensive learning about gastronomy based on the three fields of management, culture and technology.
The True Neapolitan Pizza Association is a non-profit organization officially recognized by the Italian government, which established the standards for inheriting the traditional skills of pizza chefs, handed down over the years in Naples, to protect and spread Neapolitan Pizza, designated as an intangible cultural heritage by UNESCO. The agreement will deepen the college’s collaboration with the association to implement activities to teach, research and disseminate the food culture of Neapolitan Pizza and carry out personnel exchange and educational programs.
Planned educational programs
1) Italian food culture studies utilizing a pizza oven to be donated by The True Neapolitan Pizza Association
2) Officially approved training of The True Neapolitan Pizza Association for students as well as those who wish to become Pizza chef
Comment from Toshio Asakura, Dean of the College of Gastronomy Management:
"As part of the education and research embodying the college’s concept of ‘Savor the world’, we would like to study Italian food culture by utilizing the pizza oven donated by The True Neapolitan Pizza Association, which inherits the tradition and skills of pizza chefs handed down over the years in Naples to protect and spread Neapolitan pizza (a UNESCO intangible cultural heritage)."
Comment from Antonio Pace, President of The True Neapolitan Pizza Association:
"We donated the pizza oven to contribute to the College of Gastronomy Management through Neapolitan Pizza, which was designated as an intangible cultural heritage by UNESCO. We hope the oven will help in building a good network of people who love food culture around the world."
Savor the World, from the Field of Gastronomic Studies
