Oldways International Symposiums are week-long cultural and culinary tours designed to educate opinion leaders, food and travel journalists, chefs, food importers and retailers about specific countries or regions. Each symposium is customized to its venue to raise awareness of these countries or regions by:

• Highlighting their unique culinary traditions, foods, drinks, cooking, and cuisine.
• Fostering relationships between American retailers and importers and local food and drink producers, resulting in increased availability of traditional foods and drinks in the US – and helping to guarantee that traditional producers can continue to make a living at their craft.
• Generating growth in culinary tourism via post-tour media and press.

Oldways’ 15-year track record of organizing these Symposiums has been instrumental in increasing interest in the Mediterranean diet’s deliciously healthy foods, drinks, and culinary history. Countries or regions visited in past Symposiums include virtually all those on the Mediterranean rim. Click here for a full list of our past symposiums and locations.

For more information about potential Oldways Symposiums, please contact Sara Baer-Sinnott, Executive Vice President, at 617-421-5500.