International Culinary Culture and Food Experience Report

This report investigates the role of food in generating experiences, using a site visit to the Queen Victoria Market in Australia as a case study. It begins with an introduction and a description of the market visit, highlighting the diverse range of food items available. The report then examines food in a contemporary context, discussing the impact of globalization on food systems and the increasing demand for local products. A theoretical framework is provided, exploring how markets like Queen Victoria enhance social life and provide unique dining experiences. The research incorporates evidence from various perspectives, including gastro-geography and cultural food preferences, to provide a comprehensive understanding of the subject. The report concludes with a summary of the key findings and references to relevant sources.

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Table of Content
Introduction................................................................................................................................2
Description of the site visit........................................................................................................2
Food in the contemporary Context.............................................................................................3
Theoretical Framework..............................................................................................................3
Evidence of Research.................................................................................................................3
Conclusion..................................................................................................................................4
References..................................................................................................................................5

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Topic- How does the site visit contribute to your understanding of food as a generator
of experiences?
Introduction
This research report provides insight about food as the generator of experience. The
report particularly discusses the visit to the Queen Victoria Market and critically analyses the
experiences gained from the visit. Queen Victoria Market in Australia is a major market place
which acquires a wide area of the market and surrounded by variety of grocery items. The
report discusses how the visit to the Victoria market enhances knowledge about different
types of food items and the way they are presented in the market. The report starts with
providing a brief description of the visit and then it proceeds with the foods in today’s
contemporary context. The report provides theoretical framework about how food can be
utilized as the generator of experience.
Description of the site visit
The visit to the Victoria sites helps enhance the knowledge about how a family or
individual should manage and acquire the necessary food items to lead a sustainable and
healthy life. There are several food items that hardly people know about, but a supermarket or
the market place like Queen Victoria in Australia helps providing a detailed overview about
the food items that individuals might try in their daily life. Queen Victoria Market has a wide
range of products which includes household processed foods, grocery items such as rice,
pulses, wheat, organic fruits, processed meat, bakery items, flowers, alcoholic items, beans,
cheese, egg, sea food and many more food items (qvm.com 2019).

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Food in the contemporary Context
When it comes to contemporary context of food items is worth mentioning that
globalization has a strong impact on the local food or regional food of a nation. for example,
the sunflower actually originated in North America, but it is now largely produced in Easter
Europe, Central America, Asia-pacific regions. Such globalization of food highlights the fact
that food system are changing rapidly which leads to greater availability as well as diversity
of food items despite the fact that access to food is not certain or guaranteed. On the other
side, according to Wu et al. (2015), food produced in the same region in which it is used has
relatively increased. For example, direct to end consumer sales has increased from $0.4
billion in 1995 to 4 billion in 2016.
Theoretical Framework
Queen Victoria Market provides wide variety of fresh food to the customers which is
normally hard to find at other farmer markets and give tourist’s a chance to experience local
dining experience which also enhance their social lifestyle.
Evidence of Research
It can be mentioned that understanding food has multiple perspectives and there are
different ways of preparing it. For example, gastro-geography helps to understand the type of
cuisine available in different continental areas –such as Pan African, Venezuelan. On the
other side, when it comes to culture, Italy has different food items for regular use, while UAE
nations are fond of the meat and wheat (Inglis and Gimlin 2015). The same can be applied in
case of Queen Victoria market.

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Conclusion
This report covers a wide area of food items; it starts with the description of the visit
which brings about the knowledge a visitor could gain from the visit. Report also highlights
the contemporary context of food such as the globalization of food and growing demand of
local processed food items and detailed theoretical view about the use and changes in the
food system.

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References
Atkins, P. and Bowler, I., 2016. Food in society: economy, culture, geography. Routledge.
Dunford, E. 2015. Are gluten-free foods healthier than non-gluten-free foods? An evaluation
of supermarket products in Australia. British Journal of Nutrition, 114(3), 448-454.
Inglis, D. and Gimlin, D., 2015. The globalization of food. Nova York.
Kotsanopoulos, K.V. and Arvanitoyannis, I.S., 2017. The role of auditing, food safety, and
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qvm.com 2019. Queen Victoria Market | Melbourne's Marketplace. [online] Queen Victoria
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Wu, J. H., Neal, B., Trevena, H., Crino, M., Stuart-Smith, W., Faulkner-Hogg, K., ... &
Dunford, E. 2015. Are gluten-free foods healthier than non-gluten-free foods? An evaluation
of supermarket products in Australia. British Journal of Nutrition, 114(3), 448-454.