Délice, network of good food cities worldwide
The Délice association was founded on September 18th 2007 by the City of Lyon and its deputy mayor for international relations, Jean-Michel Daclin.
The international network of good food cities now has 17 members.
Our aim is to promote contacts between cities all over the world renowned for their gastronomic tradition, their professional know-how, the outstanding quality of their products and the wealth of their style of living where the culinary arts are concerned.
Délice is about the art of living as part of life’s quality, it’s about health and well-being.
The member cities carry these strong values, based on sharing and social involvement, at an international level.
The tourist and economic stakes are such that gastronomy has become an important factor in advertising a city.
A component part of a city’s culture and part of its identity, gastronomy is an integral part of our heritage.
Lyon is famous on an international level for its gastronomic traditions and has a flair for partnerships with a view to developing ideas on current local and international stakes linked to this strong theme.
Following Genoa in February 2008 and Barcelona in June 2008, the third Executive Committee meeting was held on September 24th 2008.
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The Délice network intends itself as a space for thought on gastronomy and envisages working on an international level, involving local people, highlighting each member’s culinary traditions and encouraging exchange.
The founder cities of Délice, the worldwide network of good food cities promise to :
- Promote the exchange of experience, ideas, creativity, technology and expertise
- Encourage exchange between cooks, technicians and tutors
- Organise meetings on a given theme and think how to communicate culinary tradition within the city.
- Involve our local communities in concerted action promoting gastronomy.
- Develop our cities’ identity through their heritage, and their culinary and gastronomic talent.
- Highlight events featuring gastronomy for the general public
- Include thought on gastronomy in environmental and sustainable development projects.