Iceland sends lobster pâté to Ecotrophelia
Íslensku nemendurnir veðja á humarpaté fyrir evrópska matarkeppni. Helgi Bjarnason
Lobster pâté will be Iceland’s representative at the 2015 Ecotrophelia Europe eco-innovative food competition, to be held in Milan, Italy, on 5-6 October.
Teams from sixteen countries will be competing for the cash prize of €15,000 (approx. ISK 2.2 million) and the chance to see their national product officially marketed.
The competing countries are Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, the Netherlands, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain and the United Kingdom, and the final winner will be decided upon by a jury made up of members from the same countries.
Ecotrophelia is described as “a Europe-wide Dragons’ Den style competition that challenges student teams to develop the best eco-innovative food products, which they then pitch to industry leaders”.
The competition calls upon participants’ talents, abilities and innovatory skills.
The Icelandic team is made up of students from the University of Iceland and the University of Akureyri and has developed a lobster pâté as the national contribution of Iceland.
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