Good food and drink in Baden-Württemberg

also in 2022 the new gourmet guide shows the way to over 310 companies in Baden-Württemberg that offer regional cuisine with regional ingredients.

"Baden-Württemberg is the Genießerland with an unmistakable culinary profile. The regionally oriented gastronomy, such as the "Taste the south" gastronomes , have been important ambassadors for the Baden-Württemberg pleasure country for over 25 years. With a regionally profiled and understandable cuisine, you contribute to the structure and strengthening of regional delivery relationships in the value chains and to maintain the cultural landscape, ”says Minister Peter Huk on the occasion of the presentation of the gourmet guide 2022 through the "Schmeck the Schmeck" catering in the Schönbuch brewery in Stuttgart.

Regional enjoyment is trendy. With over 310 "Taste the South" restaurant and 66 "taste the south. An authentic, Create regional and transparent offer in connection with a quality assurance system. "These companies can be found in the 2022 guide and available via a QR code," said Minister Hauk.

The Ministry of Nutrition, Rural Affairs and Consumer Protection, together with the Hotel and Restaurant Association Dehoga Baden-Württemberg and the MBW Marketing Society MBH, has created the cooperation of the "Tastes southern" catering. Together, domestic gastronomy, in particular rural gastronomy, is supported in dealing with regional products.

categorization in three "lions"

The "Taste the Suede" companies use this marketing cooperation as the basis for its regional offer and as part of its quality assurance. You have to offer at least three regional dishes and document their product origin. The depth and width of their regional offers are classified and divided into three categories, the three lions:

• A lion: At least three dishes have been tried and tested
• Two lions: At least six dishes are regionally tested
• Three lions: 90 percent of the range are regional, awarded by the "House of the Wines Baden-Württemberg" and certified by "Service Quality Germany".

The restaurant guide shows more than 310 restaurants that have joined this "Taste The South" cooperation and have committed themselves to compliance with the given rules, including the documentation and quality security system. A restaurant can only present itself as a "tastes of the south" gastronomy business if it is classified and checked accordingly.

2017, the successful project from the gastronomy was transferred to the increasingly important community catering under the name "Taste The South - Enjoyment Outside" and established with over 60 companies and institutions.

"taste the south - enjoyment far from home"

"taste the south-enjoyment far from home" is a joint project of the DEHOGA Tourismus Baden-Württemberg GmbH and the MBW Marketing Society mbH, funded by the Ministry of Food, Rural Affair and Consumer Protection.

The focus of the program is the mandatory use of traceable products from the region that are used primarily for meat and meat products in accordance with the quality programs of the country ( Biomark Baden-Württemberg and quality signs Baden-Württemberg ) were generated. The concept enables modular and gradual implementation. This can be both individual components and action courts from regional or bioregional ingredients. Depending on how many components and action courts are offered weekly, the house is awarded one or two "lions". The participating catering businesses are neutral annually. The number of participating restaurants more than doubled from 20 in 2019 to 45 in 2020. Currently, 66 community catering companies (as of January 2022).

pleasure ambassador Baden-Württemberg

when pleasure ambassador Baden-Württemberg Personalities, companies and individual cases also have associations of actors. These usually come from the areas of production, processing and marketing food, media, gastronomy and tourism as well as training and further education institutions in Baden-Württemberg. Since 2008, two award winners have been chosen every year and have been honored at the country's culinary summit since 2012. In total, the price has already been awarded 43 times.

For more than 25 years, the "Schmeck the South" restaurateurs have stood for a unique cooperation with persistent and exemplary use for understandable, regional enjoyment and reliable cooperation with regional producers. This cooperation was therefore recognized as the "pleasure ambassador Baden-Württemberg".