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From November 22 to 24, as part of the ‘Wine Vision by Open Balkan’ festival, the second competition for young chefs was held – Food Vision by Open Balkan.

The top award, the title of the Best Young Chef, was won  by  Milana Čugalj , a PhD student of Gastronomy at the Department of Geography, Tourism and Hotel Management at the Faculty of Sciences, University of Novi Sad.

Milana Čugalj, with the support of her assistant, successfully competed with more than 30 young and talented chefs. In a challenging competition, her task was to prepare a traditional dish in a modern way, and she decided to prepare  lamb  chop. Through exceptional creativity and professional approach, Milana won a gold medal and the title of the best young chef.

In addition to Milana, the team from the Faculty of Sciences, University of Novi Sad consisted of three other students whose work, organization and final dishes, received numerous positive reactions from the eminent world committee of judges.

The preparations were conducted under the expert mentorship of Dr. Bojana Kalenjuk Pivarski, Goran Radivojević, Dr. Maja Paunić, as well as assistants Velibor Ivanović and Stefan Šmugović.

Congratulations to Milana Čugalj and her team on this remarkable achievement.

In the organization and under the auspices of the Government of the Republic of Serbia, the Government of Albania and the Republic of North Macedonia, and within the implementation of the Open Balkan initiative, the second event “Wine Vision by Open Balkan” was held from November 16 to 19, 2023.

As part of this event, the first competition of professional chefs and young chefs was held under the name “Food Vision by Open Balkan – Open Balkan Chef Culinary Challenge 2023”. The quality of the competition was strengthened by the renowned international judges, with exceptional culinary experience; Dragan Unić (president of the team of judges), Daniel Schade, Dominique Grandjean, Franciane Tartari, Daniel Ayton, Miroslav Kubec, Martina Events and Saso Dravinec.

From the Faculty of Sciences, Department of Geography, Tourism and Hotel Management, Chair of Gastronomy in the category “Best Young Chef” – preparation of a traditional dish in a modern way, 6 undergraduate and master students participated, who achieved outstanding results, entering the top nine and winning the following awards:

• Milica Petrušić, gold medal, first place;
• Saveta Bikić, silver medal, second place, and award for the most promising young chef;
• Milana Čugalj, fourth place;
• Filip Vitomirović, sixth place;
• Mihailo Mlabaša, eighth place;
• Andrija Kocić, ninth place.

The proud mentors of the students were: Dr Bojana Kalenjuk Pivarski and Goran Radivojević, with the assistance of colleagues Velibor Ivanović and Stefan Šmugović.

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The new Horizon project “Engaging Approaches for Meaningful Climate Actions – CLEAR CLIMATE” was launched. It is a joint initiative that aims to develop innovative approaches and services for communication about significant actions to combat climate change. For the first time, a project like this is coordinated by our faculty, and we are proud to present you our esteemed partners:

• Wageningen University, The Netherlands
• Autonomous University of Barcelona, ​​Spain
• SWPS University, Poland
• Stichting Climate Adaptation Services, The Netherlands
• Predictia Intelligent Data Solutions, Spain
• CESIE, Italy
• Loughborough University, United Kingdom
• Previsico Limited, United Kingdom
• University of Development Studies, Ghana

Over the next four years, we will be committed together to solving the pressing challenges of climate change through innovative research and collaboration.