Tag "Magyar Cukrász Ipartestület"
Cake of Hungary 2025 semi-final
This year the Cake of Hungary competition is organised for the 19th time. This article is available for reading in Trade magazin 2025/5. The theme of the 2025 competition is “Dobos...
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Mary returns home
On 17 March the Embassy of Ireland in Hungary celebrated St Patrick’s Day at the Budapest campus of Central European University (CEU). This article is available for reading in Trade...
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Scoop time!
Hungary is following global ice cream trends and is open to new ideas. Artisan ice cream is enjoying a renaissance worldwide. This article is available for reading in Trade magazin...
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Gelato Day 2025
The 13th European Artisan Gelato Day has been organised: this year’s winning gelato was selected by a jury at the SIGEP trade fair in Rimini. This article is available for reading...
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Ice Cream of Lake Balaton competition
This year marked the twelfth Ice Cream of Lake Balaton competition, which has become a nationally recognised professional event by now. This article is available for reading in Trade magazin...
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Confectioner Trade Day 2025
On 5 May the Hungarian Confectioners’ Craft Union (MCI) held its traditional spring trade day, which once again provided an excellent opportunity for representatives of the trade to refresh their...
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Simplification of what has already been simplified
László Kovács, president of the Guild of Hungarian Restaurateurs (MVI) requested assistance in a letter on behalf of several trade organisations sent to László Könnyid, CEO of Hungarian Tourism Agency,...
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Good cakes are not a luxury – what makes the pastry profession viable today?
Rising ingredient prices, labour shortages, burdensome regulations – yet customers still expect to find fresh, high-quality cakes at reasonable prices in Hungarian confectioneries. According to Balázs Erdélyi, President of the...
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MCI General Assembly 2025
At the end of February the general assembly of the Hungarian Confectioners’ Craft Union (MCI) met. In this article we summarise the most important elements of the annual report of...
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Cake of Hungary celebrates 18 years
For the 18th time the Hungarian Confectioners’ Craft Union (MCI) is organising the Cake of Hungary competition, the theme of which is the 140-year-old traditional Hungarian dessert, Dobos cake. This...
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Recognition for both the trade and its practitioners
The leaders of the Hungarian Confectioners’ Craft Union have received the Kőrösi Csoma Sándor Award. This article is available for reading in Trade magazin 2025/2-3. This year’s awards were presented...
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Craft beer from the Cake of Hungary!
Last year FIRST Craft Beer brewery made a beer from the poppy seed, blackcurrant and black sesame Cake of Hungary. This article is available for reading in Trade magazin 2025/2-3....
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Bejgli of the Year 2024
2024 was the fifth year that the craft union organised the Bejgli of the Year competition for confectioneries, restaurants and artisan bakeries. This article is available for reading in Trade...
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Ice cream season in 2025: prices, trends and new flavors in Hungarian ice cream parlors
Although most of the country was greeted by cloudy, rainy weather on the weekend of March 15, this did not prevent ice cream lovers from tasting the first scoop of...
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In the light of statistical data
László Selmeczi, co-chairman and managing director of Hungarian Confectioners’ Craft Union (MCI), gave a presentation at Trade magazin’s Business Days conference about the state of play in the business. This...
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Confectioner jamboree in Vas County
At the end of September sunny weather and hospitable hosts welcomed confectioners and their families to Vas County. This article is available for reading in Trade magazin 2024/12-2025/01 In the...
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Bejglis of the year
This year was the fifth when the Hungarian Confectioners’ Craft Union announced the Bejgli of the Year competition, in the Traditional Walnut, Traditional Poppy Seed and Gourmet categories. This article...
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Trade teacher training 2024
Training courses for confectionery teachers by the Innovative Training Support Centre, within the framework of the Teacher Training Scheme, continued this year. The programme is run by the Hungarian Confectioners’...
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Szaloncukor is getting more expensive: the rise in the price of cocoa beans is also affecting the holiday sweets
The price of szaloncukor which is an essential part of Hungarian Christmas traditions, may increase significantly this year. The popular sweet has been available in stores for weeks, but more...
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Bagels of the Year 2024: Karl Confectionery and Még1kiflit Bakery on the podium
The Hungarian Confectionery Association announced the Beggar of the Year competition again this year, in which domestic confectioneries, artisan bakeries and catering establishments could present their best bagel specialties. The...
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Challenges of the HoReCa market do not disappear, they only change – We were learning together (Business Days 2024 Part 1)
Almost 1,100 “students” enrolled at the FMCG Open University, to learn from the best professors from different departments of the FMCG sector at the Trade Campus, in Hotel Pelion in...
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SweeTEN 4.0
Another milestone in the guild’s talent development programme: thanks to the successful application for funding in the National Talent Programme 2023, 10 young people were given the opportunity to participate...
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A flavour parade
“Poppy Flower” by Alfréd Kovács (Édes Vonal Confectionery, Vác) won Hungary’s Cake of the Year 2024. A cikk a Trade magazin 2024/10. lapszámában olvasható. Superfood was the theme of the...
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Ice Cream of the Year 2024
Kecskemét was the place where this year’s Ice Cream of the Year competition took place. This article is available for reading in Trade magazin 2024/8-9 Contestants had to prepare their...
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A returning guest
Tizinao Mita has worked as a head pastry chef in Michelin-starred restaurants and has been doing professional consultancy for more than twenty years. This article is available for reading in...
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Cakes of Hungary have appeared in pastry shops
This year, Hungary’s Cake and Sugar-Free Cake were selected, which in 2024 became the imaginative creation of Mákvirág by Vác confectioner Alfréd Kovács, and Zöld Málna by Szeged confectioners Ádám...
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A special creation became Hungary’s Cake (video)
We can celebrate Hungary’s birthday this year with a special cake combining modern and traditional Hungarian ingredients. The Mákvirág confection, which won the title of Cake of Hungary and is...
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Emotions and memories
A dessert must evoke emotions and memories – this is the credo of Tiziano Mita, who held a two-day workshop at the headquarters of the guild. This article is available...
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Mid-year report
According to guild president Balázs Erdélyi, there have been so many changes in the first half of 2024 that it is worth giving a fresh overview of the situation. This...
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Playful ice cream competition
The Hungarian Confectioners Guild was present at SIRHA Budapest once again, as the event’s confectionery partner. This article is available for reading in Trade magazin 2024/6-7 This year the biggest...
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