The Hotel Chefs Perception on Traditional Kitchen Culture and Gastronationalism

Abstract

Gastronationalism is a phenomenon that supports the preservation of traditional culinary cultures of societies, revealing the level of awareness and awareness about the national cuisine of the people and preserving these values. Through to the preservation of the culinary culture, which is a reflection of the social structure, the sustainability of these values will be ensured and accurately transferred to future generations. In this context, gastronationalistic identities of the chefs are important for the development of culinary culture. In this direction, a questionnaire has been applied to hotel chefs in January and February 2019 by sampling method. As a result of the study, it has been found out that the traditional perception of culinary culture of the chefs affects the perception levels of gastronationalism and that they have enough theoretical knowledge about local and Turkish dishes.In order to make gastronationalism more effective and sustainable, it is important that chefs working in tourism businesses put the authentic features of the local cuisine to the forefront further and the chefs are encouraged and supported in terms of researching the local cuisine.  Key words: Gastronationalism; Culture; Traditional Culinary; Hotel; Chef.